Weingarten Realty Investors
New York Stock ExchangeCapital Structure
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in mil. unless spec.- CEO
- Andrew Alexander
- Full Time Employees
- 243
- Sector
- Real Estate
- Industry
- REIT - Retail
- Address
- 2600 Citadel Plaza Dr Ste 300 Houston TX United States of America 77008
- IPO Date
- Aug 19, 1985
- CIK
- 0000828916
- Website
- weingarten.com
- Similar Companies
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- Weingarten Realty Investors operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) primarily engaged in owning, managing, acquiring, developing, and redeveloping neighborhood and community shopping centers. Its core products and services include leasing retail space to tenants in grocery-anchored shopping centers, property management services, and retail real estate development. The company’s portfolio consists mainly of open-air shopping centers anchored by supermarkets and national value-oriented retailers, strategically located in major metropolitan markets across the United States, with high concentrations in Texas, Arizona, California, and Florida. Weingarten Realty Investors targets retail tenants and consumers in everyday retail sectors, focusing on providing well-maintained properties with strong tenant mixes to ensure long-term portfolio viability. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. A significant recent major change for Weingarten Realty Investors occurred in 2021 when the company was acquired by Kimco Realty Corporation through a cash-and-stock merger. This transaction merged Weingarten’s grocery-anchored shopping center portfolio with Kimco’s assets, creating one of the largest open-air, grocery-anchored REIT platforms in the United States. The combined entity expanded its national footprint substantially, increasing scale and density in key Sun Belt markets, while enhancing redevelopment pipelines and financial strength. This strategic alliance positioned Kimco Realty as a preeminent owner and operator in the grocery-anchored retail real estate sector, leveraging Weingarten’s existing portfolio and expertise to drive long-term growth and value creation. The merger effectively consolidated Weingarten’s operations under Kimco’s platform, concluding Weingarten as an independent public entity. The company’s geographic operations span approximately 15 to 16 states across the U.S. coast to coast. Historically, it managed around 160 to 170 properties totaling over 30 million square feet of gross leasable area. These properties are focused principally in the Southern, West Coast, and Southeast U.S. regions. As a result of the merger, Weingarten’s assets and operations are now part of Kimco’s integrated portfolio with a concentrated presence in major metropolitan markets reflecting strong demographic and retail demand trends. In summary, Weingarten Realty Investors is a longstanding REIT specializing in grocery-anchored shopping centers and retail real estate services, with a well-defined national retail footprint. Its recent merger with Kimco Realty marks a pivotal strategic shift, enhancing scale and operational capabilities within the competitive retail real estate sector. The company maintains a strong reputation for its neighborhood and community shopping centers, underpinning its role as a key player in everyday retail property ownership and management in the United States.
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