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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
The Board of Directors
Pan Pacific Retail Properties, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the current report on Form 8-K of
Pan Pacific Retail Properties, Inc. dated November 13, 2000 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, which report appears in the
December 31, 1999, annual report on Form 10-K of Western Properties Trust.
/s/ KPMG LLP
San Francisco, California
November 28, 2000
