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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
The Trustees
Western Properties Trust:
We consent to incorporation by reference in Amendment Number 1 to the
registration statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-45944) 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 report appears in the
December 31, 1999, annual report on Form 10-K of Western Properties Trust, and
to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the registration
statement.
/s/ KPMG LLP
San Francisco, California
September 29, 2000
