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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The Trustees
Western Properties Trust:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-4 of Pan Pacific Retail Properties, Inc. of our report dated February 8,
2000 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Western Properties Trust
(formerly Western Investment Real Estate Trust, and subsidiaries) as of December
31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of income,
shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1999, and the related financial statement schedule,
which reports appear in the December 31, 1999, annual report on Form 10-K of
Western Properties Trust.
We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts"
in the Form S-4.
San Francisco, California
September 15, 2000
