CATHERINE URSTADT BIDDLE IRREVOCABLE TRUST

                                                                       Exhibit 1


                                    AGREEMENT
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         The  undersigned  hereby agree that this Statement on Schedule 13D with
respect to the beneficial ownership of shares of Class A Common Stock of Urstadt
Xxxxxx Properties Inc. is filed jointly, on behalf of each of them.

Dated:   August 24, 1998

                               URSTADT PROPERTY COMPANY, INC.

                               By:  /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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                                    Name:    Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
                                    Title:   Chairman of the Board

                                           /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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                                             Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx

                                           /s/  Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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                                             Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx

                                XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXX IRREVOCABLE
                                TRUST

                                By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx 
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                                    Name:    Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
                                    Title:   Trustee

                                XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX IRREVOCABLE TRUST

                                By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx     
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                                    Name:    Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
                                    Title:   Trustee




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