joining us now for a first on cnbc interview is our friend connor flynn, the ceo of kimco realty so whystart with kroger and albertsons? how does this help you apart from the fact that i understand your company has some equity in albertsons >> hi, tyler nice to see you. thanks for having us >> you bet >> kimco had a phenomenal quarter this quarter we're very proud of the team and the results really speak for themselves we are uniquely positioned to benefit from the albertsons-kroger merger actually dating back over ten years ago we made a strategic investment in albertsons and have seen the fruits of our labor really pay off we actually generated over 300 million of proceeds from selling close to 11 million shares of albertsons prior to the end of the quarter, and we still have 28.3 million shares remaining in albertsons so as the kroger and albertsons deal moves forward we're in a great spot to have ample amounts of liquidity really at a time where obviously capital is going to be king, cash is king and kimco's sitting pretty there. >> remind me, if you can ballpark it, there's the alb