WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS /TX/
10-Q, 1996-10-29
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS
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               UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D. C.  20549
                                  FORM 10-Q
(Mark  One)

[X]         QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
          EXCHANGE  ACT  OF  1934

             For the quarterly period ended September 30, 1996

                                      OR

[    ]     TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
          EXCHANGE  ACT  OF  1934

  For the transition period from____________________ to ____________________

                       Commission file number 1-9876

                        WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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             Texas                                              74-1464203
- ----------------------------------------------------------  -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction of                              (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                              Identification No.)
<S>                                                         <C>

2600 Citadel Plaza Drive, P.O. Box 924133, Houston, Texas            77292-4133
- ----------------------------------------------------------  -------------------
(Address of principal executive offices)                             (Zip Code)
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     Registrant's  telephone  number,  including  area  code: (713) 866-6000

                ____________________________________________
               (Former name, former address and former fiscal
                     year, if changed since last report)

     Indicate  by  check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required  to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934  during  the  preceding  12  months  (or for such shorter period that the
registrant  was  required  to  file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such  filing  requirements  for  the  past  90 days.  Yes     X.        No.

              APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY
                 PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and
reports  required  to  be  filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan
confirmed  by  a  court.      Yes.    No.

                    APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:

Indicate  the  number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of
common  stock,  as  of  the  latest practicable date.  As of October 21, 1996,
there  were  26,572,651  common  shares  of  beneficial interest of Weingarten
Realty  Investors,  $.03  par  value,  outstanding.



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                                    PART 1
                            FINANCIAL INFORMATION


ITEM  1.          CONSOLIDATED  FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS

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                                WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
                             STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME
                                        (UNAUDITED)
                     (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)

                                                       Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
                                                         September 30,      September 30,
                                                         1996     1995      1996     1995
                                                        -------  -------  --------  -------
<S>                                                     <C>      <C>      <C>       <C>
Revenues:
  Rentals                                               $36,508  $31,917  $107,310  $91,920
  Interest:
    Securities and Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      450      851     1,250    2,425
    Affiliates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      414      528     1,236    1,933
  Equity in earnings of real estate joint ventures and
    partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      229      383       999    1,159
  Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      355      206     1,101    1,199
                                                        -------  -------  --------  -------

       Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   37,956   33,885   111,896   98,636
                                                        -------  -------  --------  -------

Expenses:
  Depreciation and amortization. . . . . . . . . . . .    8,518    7,819    24,788   22,119
  Operating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    5,749    5,044    16,830   14,986
  Ad valorem taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4,604    4,029    14,184   12,484
  Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    5,569    4,508    15,890   11,930
  General and administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1,248    1,245     3,798    3,677
                                                        -------  -------  --------  -------

       Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   25,688   22,645    75,490   65,196
                                                        -------  -------  --------  -------

Income from Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   12,268   11,240    36,406   33,440
Gain on sales of property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4,057       19     5,454      114
                                                        -------  -------  --------  -------

Net Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $16,325  $11,259  $ 41,860  $33,554
                                                        =======  =======  ========  =======
Net Income Per Common Share. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $  0.61  $  0.42  $   1.57  $  1.27
                                                        =======  =======  ========  =======
Cash Dividends Declared Per Common Share . . . . . . .  $  0.62  $  0.60  $   1.86  $  1.80
                                                        =======  =======  ========  =======
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares
       Outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   26,554   26,530    26,548   26,441
                                                        =======  =======  ========  =======
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               See notes to consolidated financial statements.


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                                        WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
                                        CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                              (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)



                                                                              September 30,    December 31,
                                                                                  1996             1995
                                                                             ---------------  --------------
                                                                               (unaudited)
ASSETS
<S>                                                                          <C>              <C>
Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $      908,034   $     849,894 
Accumulated Depreciation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        (236,259)       (216,657)
                                                                             ---------------  --------------
      Property - net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         671,775         633,237 
Investment in Real Estate Joint Ventures and Partnerships . . . . . . . . .           7,307           8,960 
                                                                             ---------------  --------------
         Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         679,082         642,197 
Mortgage Bonds and Notes Receivable from:
      Affiliate (net of deferred gain of $4,487 in 1996 and $5,514 in 1995)          14,441          15,863 
      Real Estate Joint Ventures and Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . .          14,921          13,897 
Marketable Debt Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          14,093          16,262 
Unamortized Debt and Lease Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          22,204          20,602 
Accrued Rent and Accounts Receivable (net of allowance for doubtful
  accounts of $868 in 1996 and $1,436 in 1995)                                       11,681          13,357 
Cash and Cash Equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           1,662           3,355 
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           6,931           9,291 
                                                                             ---------------  --------------
               Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $      765,015   $     734,824 
                                                                             ===============  ==============

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Debt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $      326,410   $     289,339 
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          30,965          30,880 
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           2,646           3,006 
                                                                             ---------------  --------------
          Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         360,021         323,225 
                                                                             ---------------  --------------

Shareholders' Equity:
  Preferred Shares of beneficial interest - par value, $.03 per share;
         shares authorized: 10,000; shares issued and outstanding:
         none
  Common shares of beneficial interest - par value, $.03 per share;
         shares authorized: 150,000; shares issued and outstanding:
         26,573 in 1996 and 26,546 in 1995                                              797             796 
  Capital surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         404,197         410,803 
                                                                             ---------------  --------------
  Shareholders' equity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         404,994         411,599 
                                                                             ---------------  --------------
               Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $      765,015   $     734,824 
                                                                             ===============  ==============

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               See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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                                 WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
                            STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS
                                         (UNAUDITED)
                                   (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)

                                                                          Nine  Months  Ended
                                                                             September  30,
                                                                           1996       1995
                                                                         ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                      <C>        <C>
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
     Net Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $ 41,860   $ 33,554 
     Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
          operating activities:
               Depreciation and amortization. . . . . . . . . . . . . .    24,788     22,119 
               Equity in earnings of real estate joint ventures and
                  partnerships                                               (999)    (1,159)
               Gains on sales of property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    (5,454)      (114)
               Amortization of direct financing leases. . . . . . . . .       492        496 
               Changes in accrued rents and accounts receivable . . . .       329      1,492 
               Changes in other assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    (5,890)    (5,058)
               Changes in accounts payable and accrued expenses . . . .      (578)     1,216 
               Other, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        24         56 
                                                                         ---------  ---------
                    Net cash provided by operating activities . . . . .    54,572     52,602 
                                                                         ---------  ---------

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
     Investment in properties                                             (51,683)   (77,232)
     Mortgage bonds and notes receivable:
               Advances                                                    (2,021)    (6,202)
               Collections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     5,780     11,817 
     Proceeds from sales of property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     7,099        299 
     Real estate joint ventures and partnerships:
               Investments                                                    (44)       (53)
               Distributions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       928      1,116 
     Proceeds from investment in marketable debt securities . . . . . .     2,511      2,084 
                                                                         ---------  ---------
                    Net cash used in investing activities . . . . . . .   (37,430)   (68,171)
                                                                         ---------  ---------

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
     Proceeds from issuance of:
               Debt                                                        75,678    148,790 
               Common shares of beneficial interest . . . . . . . . . .       177 
     Principal payments of debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   (45,071)   (85,303)
     Dividends paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   (49,376)   (47,560)
     Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      (243)      (545)
                                                                         ---------  ---------
                    Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities   (18,835)    15,382 
                                                                         ---------  ---------

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    (1,693)      (187)
Cash and cash equivalents at January 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     3,355      3,295 
                                                                         ---------  ---------
Cash and cash equivalents at September 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $  1,662   $  3,108 
                                                                         =========  =========
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               See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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                         WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
                  NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                 (UNAUDITED)
                            (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)

1.          INTERIM  FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS

The  consolidated  financial statements included in this report are unaudited,
except  for  the balance sheet as of December 31, 1995.  In the opinion of the
Registrant,  all  adjustments  necessary  for  a  fair  presentation  of  such
financial statements have been included.  Such adjustments consisted of normal
recurring  items.    Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results
for  a  full  year.

The  consolidated financial statements and notes are presented as permitted by
Form  10-Q,  and  do not contain certain information included in the Company's
annual  financial  statements  and  notes.

2.          SIGNIFICANT  ACCOUNTING  POLICIES

Effective  January  1,  1996,  the  Company  adopted  Statement  of  Financial
Accounting  Standards  ("SFAS")  No.  123,  "Accounting  for  Stock-Based
Compensation".   As allowed under this statement, the Company has continued to
use  the  intrinsic  value  based  method  of  accounting  for  such  plans.

Also  effective January 1, 1996, the Company adopted SFAS No. 121, "Accounting
for  the  Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed
Of".  The adoption of this standard did not result in the impairment of any of
the  Company's  long-lived  assets.

3.          DEBT

     The  Company's  debt  consists  of  the  following:
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                                                  September 30,   December 31,
                                                       1996           1995
                                                  --------------  -------------
<S>                                               <C>             <C>

Fixed-rate debt payable to 2015 at 6.0% to 10.5%  $      248,568  $     189,413
Notes payable under revolving credit
agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          43,654         73,500
Reverse repurchase agreements, due daily
and collateralized by $14.1 million
of marketable debt securities. . . . . . . . . .          13,824         11,900
Industrial revenue bonds to 2014 at 4.5%
to 6.6% at September 30, 1996. . . . . . . . . .           7,586          7,669
Obligations under capital leases . . . . . . . .          12,467          6,001
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             311            856
                                                  --------------  -------------
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $      326,410  $     289,339
                                                  ==============  =============
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At  September 30, 1996, the variable interest rate for notes payable under the
$200  million  revolving  credit  agreement, including the cost of the related
commitment fee was 6.5%, and the variable interest rates under the $15 million
revolving credit agreement and the reverse repurchase agreements were 6.4% and
6.2%,  respectively.    The  weighted  average interest rate for the Company's
short-term  debt  for  the  quarter  ended  September  30,  1996  was  6.3%.


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During  the quarter, the Company issued $60.0 million of unsecured Medium Term
Notes  with  an  average  term  of  11 years and an average rate of 7.3%.  The
proceeds  from  these  transactions were used to pay down balances outstanding
under  the  Company's  $200  million  revolving  credit  facility.

     The  Company's  debt  can  be  summarized  as  follows:
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                                           September 30,   December 31,
                                                1996           1995
                                           --------------  -------------
<S>                                        <C>             <C>

As to interest rate:
Fixed-rate debt (including amounts fixed
through interest rate swaps)               $      288,611  $     229,994
Variable-rate debt. . . . . . . . . . . .          37,799         59,345
                                           --------------  -------------

Total                                      $      326,410  $     289,339
                                           ==============  =============
As to collateralization:
Secured debt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $       92,120  $      87,133
Unsecured debt. . . . . . . . . . . . . .         234,290        202,206
                                           --------------  -------------

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $      326,410  $     289,339
                                           ==============  =============
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4.          PROPERTY

     The  Company's  property  consists  of  the  following:
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                                        September 30,   December 31,
                                             1996           1995
                                        --------------  -------------
<S>                                     <C>             <C>

Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $      168,454  $     151,985
Land under development . . . . . . . .          33,180         40,464
Buildings and improvements . . . . . .         688,558        636,601
Construction in-progress . . . . . . .           9,434         11,648
Property under direct financing leases           8,408          9,196
                                        --------------  -------------

Total                                   $      908,034  $     849,894
                                        ==============  =============
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5.          CARRYING  CHARGES  CAPITALIZED

During  the  periods  shown,  the following carrying charges were capitalized:

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              Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
                  September 30,  September 30,
                  1996   1995    1996    1995
                  -----  -----  ------  ------
<S>               <C>    <C>    <C>     <C>

Interest          $ 252  $ 786  $1,069  $2,332
Ad valorem taxes     23    131     253     372
                  -----  -----  ------  ------

Total             $ 275  $ 917  $1,322  $2,704
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6.          NON-CASH  TRANSACTIONS

     In August, the Company issued 24,227 common shares of beneficial interest
to  the  seller  of a property purchased by the Company in 1994.  These shares
were  issued  pursuant  to  a  price  increase  guaranty.



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                                    PART 1
                            FINANCIAL INFORMATION


ITEM  2.       MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS  OF  OPERATIONS.

Weingarten  Realty Investors owned and operated 155 anchored shopping centers,
20  industrial properties, one multi-family residential project and one office
building  at  September  30, 1996.  Of the Company's 177 developed properties,
137  are  located  in  Texas (including 89 in Houston and Harris County).  The
Company's  remaining  properties  are  located in Louisiana (10), Arizona (7),
Arkansas  (5),  New Mexico (5), Oklahoma (4), Nevada (4), Kansas (2), Missouri
(1),  Maine  (1)  and  Tennessee (1).  The Company has nearly 3,000 leases and
2,200  different tenants.  Leases for the Company's properties range from less
than  a  year  for  smaller spaces to over 25 years for larger tenants; leases
generally include minimum lease payments and contingent rentals for payment of
taxes,  insurance  and  maintenance and for an amount based on a percentage of
the  tenants'  sales.    The  majority  of  the  Company's  anchor tenants are
supermarket  chains, drugstore chains and other retailers which generally sell
basic  necessity-type  items.

During  the  first  nine  months  of 1996, the Company renewed or released 1.4
million  square  feet  of  retail  space  comprising 448 leases.  Rental rates
increased an average of 7.5% over the rates charged to the prior tenants.  Net
of  capital costs for tenant improvements, the increase averaged 4.0%.  Retail
sales  on  the  same  store basis as reported by the Company's tenants for the
twelve months ended September 30, 1996  were up 1%, with supermarket operators
also  up  approximately  1% as compared to the same period of the prior year. 
Shopping  center occupancy increased to 92.5% at September 30, 1996 from 92.0%
at  year end and 92.3% at the end of the third quarter of 1995.  Occupancy for
the  total  portfolio is unchanged from 92% at year end and down slightly from
92.5%  at  the  end  of  the  third  quarter  of  1995.

Acquisitions  added  510,000 square feet to the Company's portfolio during the
third  quarter  of  1996 at a combined cost of $8.8 million.  A 207,000 square
foot    industrial  building was purchased in August and a 303,000 square foot
warehouse/distribution center was purchased in September.  Both properties are
located  in  Houston.      Subsequent  to  quarter  end, a 151,000 square foot
shopping  center  in  Houston  was  purchased.    Presently,  six  additional
properties  totaling over 1.0 million square feet are under contract or letter
of  intent.    However,  there is no assurance that these transactions will be
completed.

Leasing activity at the Company's two high-profile new development projects in
 Houston  is  progressing  as  scheduled,  with both centers over 93% leased. 
Construction  of  these centers is generally complete except for tenant finish
work,  which  will  be  completed  as  the  last  few spaces are leased.   The
majority of the 300,000 square feet from these two projects came on line prior
to  year-end  1995.

FUNDS  FROM  OPERATIONS

The  Company considers funds from operations to be an alternate measure of its
performance  since  such  measure  does  not  recognize  depreciation  and
amortization of real estate assets as operating expenses.  Management believes
that  reductions  for  these  charges  are  not  meaningful  in  evaluating
income-producing  real  estate,  which  historically has not depreciated.  The
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT") defines funds
from  operations  as  net  income  plus  depreciation and amortization of real
estate  assets,  less  gains  and  losses  on  sales of properties. Funds from
operations  does  not  represent  cash  flows  from  operations  as defined by
generally  accepted  accounting  principles and should not be considered as an
alternative  to  net  income  as  an  indicator  of  the  Company's  operating
performance  or  to  cash  flows  as  a  measure  of  liquidity.



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Funds  from  operations  increased  to  $20.7 million for the third quarter of
1996,  as  compared  to  $19.0  million  for  the  same period of 1995, a 9.2%
increase.    Recoveries of previously reserved accounts receivable contributed
approximately  $.2  million  in funds from operations in the current quarter. 
For  the  nine  months ended September 30, 1996, funds from operations totaled
$61.0  million, up $5.6 million from the same period of the prior year.  These
increases relate primarily to the impact of the Company's acquisitions and new
developments  during  the  past  twelve  months  and,  to a lesser degree, the
activity  at  its  existing  properties.

LIQUIDITY  AND  CAPITAL  RESOURCES

The  Company  anticipates  that  cash  flows  from  operating  activities will
continue  to  provide adequate capital for all dividend payments in accordance
with  REIT  requirements, and that cash on hand, borrowings under its existing
credit  facility,  and  the use of project financing as well as other debt and
equity  alternatives  will  provide  the necessary capital to achieve growth. 
Cash  flow  from  operating  activities  as  reported  in  the  Statements  of
Consolidated  Cash  Flows increased to $54.6 million for the first nine months
of  1996, from $52.6 million for the same period of 1995, primarily due to the
acquisition  and  development of additional income-producing properties during
the  past  year.

The  Company's  Board  of Trust Managers approved an increase in the quarterly
dividend  per  common  share from $.60 to $.62, effective the first quarter of
1996.   The percentage of funds from operations paid out in cash dividends, or
dividend  payout  ratio,  was  79%  and 84% for the third quarters of 1996 and
1995,  respectively.

Debt  to  total  market  capitalization  of  24%  at September 30, 1996 was up
slightly  from  22% at December 31, 1995.  Total debt outstanding increased to
$326.4  million at quarter-end from $289.3 million at December 31, 1995.  This
increase  was  primarily  due  to the acquisitions in the first nine months of
this year and, to a lesser degree, the Company's ongoing development efforts. 
These  capital  needs  were  initially  financed under the Company's revolving
credit  facility.

In  August, the Company issued $60.0 million of unsecured Medium Term Notes in
four $15.0 million tranches.  These tranches have average maturities of eleven
years  with  an  average  interest  rate  of  7.3%.    The proceeds from these
transactions  were  used  to pay down balances outstanding under the Company's
revolving  credit  facility.    During  the  quarter,  the  Company   filed an
additional  shelf  registration statement under which the Company can issue up
to  $250  million  of  debt  or  equity  securities  or  warrants.

At  quarter  end,  the  Company has protection against interest rate increases
through  fixed-rate  loans and interest rate swap agreements on $288.6 million
of  the  total  debt outstanding at September 30, 1996.  For the quarter ended
September 30, 1996, total debt costs averaged 7.4% as compared to 7.5% for the
same  period of the prior year. This decrease is primarily a result of overall
decreases  in  market  interest  rates  over  the  last  twelve  months.

RESULTS  OF  OPERATIONS
QUARTER  ENDED  SEPTEMBER  30,  1996

Net  income increased to $16.3 million, or $.61 per share, from $11.3 million,
or  $.42  per  share,  for the third quarter of 1996 as compared with the same
quarter of 1995, an increase of 45.2% on a per share basis.  Of this increase,
$4.1  million,  or $.15 per share, represents the recognition of a gain on the
sale  of  the Company's 26% interest in an apartment complex and approximately
$.01  per  share  represents  the  recovery  of  previously  reserved accounts
receivable.   The remainder of the increase relates primarily to the Company's
acquisitions  and  new  developments  during  the  past  twelve  months.

Rental  revenues were $36.5 million for 1996, as compared to $31.9 million for
1995,  representing  an increase of approximately $4.6 million or 14.4%.  This
increase  relates  primarily  to  acquisitions  and  new development and, to a
lesser  degree,  the  activity  at  the  Company's  existing    properties.

Interest income decreased from $1.4 million in 1995 to $.9 million in 1996 due
primarily  to  the  sale  of  $31.8  million  of marketable debt securities in
November  of  1995.



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Interest  expense  increased  $1.1  million to $5.6 million in 1996, from $4.5
million  in  1995.    This  increase  was  due  to an increase in average debt
outstanding  between periods, from $279.7 million in 1995 to $313.1 million in
1996,  partially  offset by a decrease in the average interest rate during the
quarter  from 7.5% in 1995 to 7.4% in 1996.  Also contributing to the increase
was the reduction in construction activity at two of the Company's significant
new  development  projects,  resulting in a decrease in the amount of interest
capitalized  from  $.8  million  in  1995  to  $.3  million  in  1996.

The increase in the gain on sale of property to $4.1 million in August of 1996
is  due  to  the  sale  of the Company's 26% interest in an apartment complex.

The  increases  in  depreciation  and  amortization, operating expenses and ad
valorem  taxes  were primarily the result of the Company's acquisition and new
development  programs.

NINE  MONTHS  ENDED  SEPTEMBER  30,  1996

Net income increased to $41.9 million, or $1.57 per share, for the nine months
ended  September  30,  1996  from $33.6 million, or $1.27 per share for 1995. 
Included in 1996 net income is $5.5 million, or about $.21 per share, of gains
from  the  disposition  of  two properties and the receipt of proceeds from an
insurance  claim.   Additionally, non-recurring income items recognized in the
first  nine  months  of 1996 totaled $.02 per share compared to $.01 per share
for  the  same period of 1995.  The remainder of the increase is due primarily
to  the  Company's  acquisition  and  new  development  programs.

Rental revenues increased 16.7% to $107.3 million, compared with $91.9 million
for  the  same  period  of the prior year.  This increase relates primarily to
acquisitions  and new development and, to a lesser degree, the activity at the
Company's  existing  properties.

Interest  income  decreased  from $4.4 million in 1995 to $2.5 million in 1996
due  primarily  to the sale of marketable debt securities in November of 1995.

Interest  expense  increased  from  $11.9 million for the first nine months of
1995  to  $15.9 million for the same period of 1996.  Average debt outstanding
increased from $252.4 million for 1995 to $306.7 million for 1996.  The effect
of  the  increase in average debt outstanding was partially offset by a slight
decrease  in the average interest rate from 7.5% in 1995 to 7.3% in 1996.  The
increase in debt outstanding is a result of  expenditures for acquisitions and
new  development.    The  decrease in rate is a result of overall decreases in
market  rates.   Also contributing to the increase in interest expense was the
decrease  in  the  amount of interest capitalized from $2.3 million in 1995 to
$1.1  million in 1996 as a result of the reduction in construction activity at
two  of  the  Company's  significant  development  projects.

The  increase in the gain on sale of property from $.1 million in 1995 to $5.5
million  in  1996 is due to the receipt of insurance proceeds from fires which
destroyed  parts  of  two  shopping  centers  and  the sale of two properties.

The  increase  in  depreciation  and  amortization,  operating expenses and ad
valorem  taxes  were primarily the result of the Company's acquisition and new
development  programs.




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                                   PART II
                              OTHER INFORMATION


ITEM  6.          EXHIBITS  AND  REPORTS  ON  FORM  8-K

     (a)     Exhibits (numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

     (10.34)          7.12% Senior Medium-Term Note (Series A) of the Company,
                      dated  8-13-96,  in  the  amount  of  $15,000,000.

     (10.35)          7.44% Senior Medium-Term Note (Series A) of the Company,
                      dated  8-14-96,  in  the  amount  of  $15,000,000.

     (10.36)          7.39% Senior Medium-Term Note (Series A) of the Company,
                      dated  8-06-96,  in  the  amount  of  $15,000,000.

     (10.37)          6.95% Senior Medium-Term Note (Series A) of the Company,
                      dated  8-07-96,  in  the  amount  of  $15,000,000.

     (11)             A statement of computation of earnings per common share.

     (12)             A statement of computation of  ratios  of  earnings  and
                      funds  from  operations  to  fixed  charges.

     (27)             Article 5 Financial Data  Schedule  (EDGAR filing only).

     (b)             Reports  on  Form  8-K

                     No  reports  on  Form  8-K  have  been filed by the 
                     Registrant during the quarter  for  which  this 
                     report  is filed.

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SIGNATURES



Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has  duly  caused  this  report  to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  thereunto  duly  authorized.



                                          WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
                                       ---------------------------------
                                                 (Registrant)


                                         BY:  /s/  Stanford Alexander
                                       ---------------------------------
                                              Stanford Alexander
                                       Chairman/Chief Executive Officer
                                         (Principal Executive Officer)


                                         BY:   /s/ Stephen C. Richter
                                       ---------------------------------
                                              Stephen C. Richter
                                           Vice President/Financial
                                         Administration and Treasurer
                                        (Principal Accounting Officer)


DATE:  October 29, 1996
       ---------------- 







UNLESS  THIS  NOTE  IS  PRESENTED  BY  AN  AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE  OF  THE
DEPOSITORY  TRUST  COMPANY  (THE "DEPOSITARY") (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW
YORK) TO THE ISSUER HEREOF OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
OR  PAYMENT,  AND  ANY  NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY
AND  ANY  PAYMENT  IS  MADE  TO  CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF  FOR  VALUE  OR  OTHERWISE  BY  OR  TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE
REGISTERED  OWNER  HEREOF,  CEDE  &  CO.,  HAS  AN  INTEREST  HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED
FORM,  THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO
A  NOMINEE  OF  THE  DEPOSITARY  OR  BY  A  NOMINEE  OF  THE DEPOSITARY TO THE
DEPOSITARY  OR  ANOTHER  NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY
SUCH  NOMINEE  TO  A  SUCCESSOR  DEPOSITARY  OR  A  NOMINEE  OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY.



   REGISTERED                  CUSIP No.                 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
   No. FXR-014                 94874R AP 1              $   15,000,000.00
   -----------                 -----------              -----------------


                         WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
                      SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES A
                                 (Fixed Rate)


ORIGINAL  ISSUE  DATE:          INTEREST  RATE:          STATED  MATURITY
                                                              DATE:

      August  13,  1996             7.12%              December 15, 2005
INTEREST  PAYMENT  DATE(S)      RECORD  DATE(S):         DEFAULT  RATE:
[ x ]     3/15   and   9/15   [ x ]   3/1  and   9/1          N/A
     ---  -----     --------       -------     -------
[   ] Other:                  [   ] Other:

        REDEMPTION           INITIAL REDEMPTION   ANNUAL REDEMPTION
       COMMENCEMENT             PERCENTAGE:           PERCENTAGE
          DATE:                                       REDUCTION:
          N/A                      N/A                   N/A

OPTIONAL  REPAYMENT
DATE(S):
           N/A
- --------------------
1.   This paragraph  applies  to  Global  Securities  only.
     [   ]   Check  if  an  Original  Issue
             Discount  Note  Issue  Price:      %


SPECIFIED  CURRENCY:
     [ x ]   U.S.  dollars
     [   ]   Other

EXCHANGE  RATE  AGENT:
        N/A

AUTHORIZED  DENOMINATION:
     [ x ]   $1,000  and  integral  multiples
               thereof
     [   ]   Other:


ADDENDUM  ATTACHED
     [   ]   Yes
     [ x ]   No


OTHER/ADDITIONAL  PROVISIONS:

     N/A


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     WEINGARTEN  REALTY  INVESTORS  (the  "Company",  which  term includes any
successor  corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received,  hereby promises to pay to      CEDE & CO., or  registered  assigns,
the  principal  sum  of         $15,000,000.00, on  the  Stated  Maturity Date
specified  above (or any Redemption Date or Repayment Date, each as defined on
the  reverse  hereof)  (each  such  Stated  Maturity  Date, Redemption Date or
Repayment  Date  being  hereinafter  referred  to as the "Maturity Date") with
respect  to the principal repayable on such date) and to pay interest thereon,
at  the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until the principal hereof is
paid  or  duly made available for payment, and (to the extent that the payment
of  such  interest shall be legally enforceable) at the Default Rate per annum
specified  above  on  any  overdue  principal,  premium  and/or interest.  The
Company  will  pay  interest in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, if any,
specified  above (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing with the first
Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date specified above,
and  on  the  Maturity Date; provided, however, that if the Original Issue
Date  occurs  between  a  Regular  Record Date (as defined below) and the next
succeeding  Interest  Payment  Date,  interest  payments  will commence on the
second  Interest  Payment  Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date to the
Holder  of  this  Note  on the Regular Record Date with respect to such second
Interest Payment Date.  Interest on this Note will be computed on the basis of
a  360-day  year  of  twelve  30-day  months.

     Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  if  an  Addendum  is attached hereto or
"Other/Additional Provisions" apply to this Note as specified above, this Note
shall  be  subject  to  the  terms  set  forth  in  such  Addendum  or  such
"Other/Additional  Provisions".

     Interest  on  this  Note will accrue from, and including, the immediately
preceding  Interest  Payment  Date  to  which  interest  has been paid or duly
provided  for  (or from, and including, the Original Issue Date if no interest
has  been  paid  or  duly  provided  for  with  respect  to this Note) to, but
excluding,  the  applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the
case  may  be  (each,  an  "Interest  Period").   The interest so payable, and
punctually  paid  or  duly  provided  for,  on any Interest Payment Date will,
subject to certain exceptions described herein, be paid to the person in whose
name  this  Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close
of  business  on  the  March 1 and September 1 next preceding the March 15 and
September  15 (whether or not a Market Day, as defined below) Interest Payment
Dates  (the  "Regular  Record  Date");  provided,  however,  that  interest
payable  on  the  Maturity  Date  will  be  payable  to the person to whom the
principal  hereof  and  premium,  if  any,  hereon shall be payable.  Any such
interest  not  so punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment
Date  with respect to this Note ("Defaulted Interest") will forthwith cease to
be  payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date, and shall be paid to the
person  in  whose  name  this Note is registered at the close of business on a
special  record  date  (the  "Special  Record  Date")  for the payment of such
Defaulted  Interest to be fixed by the Trustee hereinafter referred to, notice
whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Note by the Trustee not less than
10  calendar  daysprior  to  such Special Record Date, or shall be paid at any
time  in  any  other  lawful  manner,  all as more completely described in the
Indenture  applicable  to  this  Note.

     "Business  Day",  as  used herein for any particular location, means each
Monday,  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Thursday  and Friday that is not a day on which
banking  institutions  in  such location are authorized or obligated by law or
executive  order  to  close.

     Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest in respect
of  this Note due on the Maturity Date to be made in U.S. dollars will be made
in  immediately  available  funds upon presentation and surrender of this Note
(and,  with respect to any applicable repayment of this Note, a duly completed
election  form  as  contemplated  on  the  reverse hereof) at the Paying Agent
Office  as  the  Company  may  determine;  provided, however, that if such
payment  is  to be made in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars as set
forth  below,  such  payment  will  be  made  by  wire transfer of immediately
available  funds  to an account with a bank located in the Principal Financial
Center  of  the  country  issuing  the  Specified  Currency  (or,  for  Notes
denominated  in  European Currency Units ("ECUs"), to an ECU account) or other
jurisdiction acceptable to the Company and the Paying Agent as shall have been
designated  by  the  Holder  hereof  at  least five Business Days prior to the
Maturity Date, provided that such bank has appropriate facilities therefor and
that  this  Note  (and,  if  applicable,  a  duly  completed election form) is
presented  and  surrendered  at the aforementioned Paying Agent Office in time
for  the  Paying  Agent to make such payments in such funds in accordance with
its  normal  procedures.    Such  designation  shall  be  made  by  filing the
appropriate  information  with  the Paying Agent at the Paying Agent Office in
The  City  of  New  York,  and, unless revoked, any such designation made with
respect  to  this  Note  by  its  registered Holder will remain in effect with
respect  to  any  further  payments  with  respect to this Note payable to its
Holder.    If  a  payment  with  respect  to  this Note cannot be made by wire
transfer  because the required designation has not been received by the Paying
Agent  on  or before the requisite date or for any other reason, a notice will
be  mailed   to the Holder of this Note at its registered address requesting a
designation  pursuant  to  which  such wire transfer can be made and, upon the
Paying Agent's receipt of such a designation, such payment will be made within
five  Business  Days  of such receipt. The Company will pay any administrative
costs  imposed  by  banks in connection with making payments by wire transfer,
but  any  tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed upon payments will be
borne  by  the  Holder  of  this  Note.

     Payments  of  interest  due  on  any Interest Payment Date other than the
Maturity  Date  to be made in U.S. dollars will be made by check mailed to the
address  of  the  person  entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security  Register  maintained  at  the  Payment  Agent  Office;  provided,
however,  that  a  Holder of U.S. $10,000,000 (or, if the  Specified  Currency
specified  above  is  other  than  U.S. dollars, the equivalent thereof in the
Specified  Currency)  or  more in aggregate principal amount of Notes (whether
having  identical  or  different  terms  and  provisions)  will be entitled to
receive  interest  payments  on such Interest Payment Date by wire transfer of
immediately availablefunds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been
received in writing by the Paying Agent not less than five calendar days prior
to  such  Interest Payment Date.  Any such wire transfer instructions received
by  the  Paying  Agent  shall  remain  in effect until revoked by such Holder.

     If  any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is
not  a  Market  Day  (as  defined  below),  the required payment of principal,
premium, if any, and/or interest need not be made on such day, but may be made
on the next succeeding Market Day with the same force and effect as if made on
the  date  such  payment was due, and no interest shall accrue with respect to
such  payment  for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or the
Maturity  Date,  as  the  case may be, to the date of such payment on the next
succeeding  Market  Day.

     As  used  herein,  "Market  Day"  means:

     (a) for any Note other than a Note the repayment in respect of  which  is
     to be  made in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, any Business
     Day in The City  of  New  York;

     (b) for  a  Note  the  payment  in  respect  of which is  to be made in a
     Specified  Currency  other  than  U.S.  dollars,  any Business Day in the
     Principal Financial  Center  (as  defined  below)  of the country issuing
     such Specified Currency  which  is  also  a  Business  Day  in  The  City
     of  New  York; and

     (c) for a Note the payment in respect of which is to be made in ECUs, any
     Business Day in The City  of New York that is also not a day that appears
     as an ECU  non-settlement  day  on  the  display designated as  "ISDE" on
    the Reuters  Monitor  Money  Rates  Service  (or  a  day  so  designed  by
    the ECU Banking Association)  or,  if  the  ECU non-settlement days do not
    appear  on  that  page (and  are not so designated), is not a day on which
    payments  in  ECUs  cannot be  settled  in  the  international  interbank
    market).

     "Principal  Financial  Center"  means  the  capital  city  of the country
issuing  the Specified Currency in respect of which payment on the Notes is to
be  made, except that with respect to U.S. dollars, Australian dollars, German
Marks,  Dutch  Guilders,  Italian  Lire,  Swiss Francs and ECUs, the Principal
Financial  Center shall be The City of New York, Sydney, Frankfurt, Amsterdam,
Milan,  Zurich  and  Luxembourg,  respectively.

     The  Company  is obligated to make payment of principal, premium, if any,
and  interest  in  respect  of this Note in the Specified Currency (or, if the
Specified  Currency  is  not  at the time of such payment legal tender for the
payment  of  public  and  private debts, in such other coin or currency of the
country  which issued the Specified Currency as at the time of such payment is
legal  tender  for  the  payment of such debts).  If the Specified Currency is
other  than  U.S.  dollars, any such amounts so payable by the Company will be
converted  by  the  Exchange  Rate  Agent specified above into U.S.dollars for
payment  to the Holder of this Note; provided, however, that the Holder of
this Note may elect to receive such amounts in the Specified Currency pursuant
to  the  provisions  set  forth  below.

     Payments  of  principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on any Note
denominated  in  a  Specified  Currency  other  than  U.S. dollars (a "Foreign
Currency  Note") will be made in U.S. dollars if the registered Holder of such
Note  on the relevant Regular Record Date, or at maturity, as the case may be,
has  transmitted  a  written  request  for such payment in U.S. dollars to the
Paying  Agent  at the Paying Agent Office in The City of New York on or before
such Regular Record Date, or the date 15 days before maturity, as the case may
be.  Such  request  may  be  in  writing (mailed or hand delivered) or sent by
cable,  telex,  or other form of facsimile transmission. Any such request made
for  any  Note  by  a  registered Holder will remain in effect for any further
payments  of  principal  of  (and  premium,  if any) and interest on such Note
payable  to  such  Holder,  unless  such  request  is revoked on or before the
relevant  Regular Record Date or the date 15 days before maturity, as the case
may  be.  Holders of Notes denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S.
dollars  that are registered in the name of a broker or nominee should contact
such  broker  or  nominee  to  determine  whether  and how to elect to receive
payments  in  U.S.  dollars.

     The  U.S.  dollar amount to be received by a Holder of a Foreign Currency
Note  who  elects  to  receive  payment  in  U.S. dollars will be based on the
highest  bid  quotation  in The City of New York received by the Exchange Rate
Agent  as  of  11:00  a.m.,  New York City time, on the second Market Day next
preceding  the  applicable payment date from three recognized foreign exchange
dealers  (one of which may be the Exchange Rate Agent) for the purchase by the
quoting  dealer  of  the Specified Currency for U.S. dollars for settlement on
such payment date in the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to
all Holders of Notes electing to receive U.S. dollar payments and at which the
applicable  dealer commits to execute a contract. If three such bid quotations
are  not  available  on the second Market Day preceding the date of payment of
principal (and premium, if any) or interest for any Note, such payment will be
made  in  the  Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs associated with
any  payment  in  U.S.  dollars  on  any such Note will be borne by the Holder
thereof  by  deductions  from  such  payment.

     A  Holder  of a Foreign Currency Note may elect to receive payment of the
principal  of  and premium, if any, and interest on such Note in the Specified
Currency  by  submitting  a written request for such payment to the Trustee at
its  Corporate  Trust  Office  in  The  City  of  New  York on or prior to the
applicable  record  date  or  at  least 15 calendar days prior to the Maturity
Date,  as  the  case  may  be.    Such  written  request  may  be  mailed  or
hand-delivered  or  sent  by  cable,  telex  or  other  form  of  facsimile
transmission.    A  Holder  of  a  Foreign  Currency Note may elect to receive
payment  in the applicable Specified Currency for all such principal, premium,
if  any,  and interest payments and need not file a separate election for each
payment.   Such election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice
to  the Trustee, but written notice of any such revocation must be received by
the  Trustee on or prior to the applicable Record Date or at least 15 calendar
days  prior  to  the  MaturityDate,  as  the  case  may be, Holders of Foreign
Currency  Notes  whose Notes are to be held in the name of a broker or nominee
should contact such broker or nominee to determine whether and how an election
to  receive  payments  in  the  applicable  Specified  Currency  may  be made.

     If  the  principal  of  (and  premium, if any) or interest on any Note is
payable  in  other  than  U.S. dollars and such Specified Currency (other than
ECUs)  is  not  available  due to the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances  beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be entitled
to  satisfy  its obligations to the Holder of such Note by making such payment
(including  any  such payment at maturity) in U.S. dollars on the basis of the
most  recently  available Exchange Rate.  If the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on any Note is payable in ECUs, and the ECU is not available
due  to  the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the
control  of  the  Company or the ECU is used neither as the unit of account of
the  European  Communities  nor  as  the  currency  of the European Union, the
Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the Holder of such Note
by making such payment (including any such payment at maturity) in a component
currency  of  the  ECU  chosen  by  the  Exchange  Rate  Agent.

     Any  U.S.  dollar amount to be received by a Holder of a Foreign Currency
Note  will  be  based  on  the  highest  bid quotation in The City of New York
received  by the Exchange Rate Agent at approximately 11:00 A.M. New York City
time,  on  the  second  Market  Day preceding the applicable payment date from
three  recognized  foreign  exchange  dealers (one of whom may be the Exchange
Rate  Agent)  selected  by the Exchange Rate Agent and approved by the Company
for  the  quoting  dealer  of  the  Specified  Currency  for  U.S. dollars for
settlement  on  such  payment  date  in  the aggregate amount of the Specified
Currency payable to all Holders of Foreign Currency Notes scheduled to receive
U.S.  dollar  payments and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a
contract.    All  currency  exchange costs will be borne by the Holder of such
Foreign  Currency  Note  by  deductions from such payments.  If three such bid
quotations are not available, payments will be made in the Specified Currency.

     If  the applicable Specified Currency is not available for the payment of
principal,  premium,  if  any,  or interest with respect to a Foreign Currency
Note  due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond
the  control  of  the  Company,  the  Company  will be entitled to satisfy its
obligations to the Holder of such Foreign Currency Note by making such payment
in  U.S. dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate on the second Market
Day  prior  to  such  payment  or,  if  such  Market Exchange Rate is not then
available, on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate or
as  otherwise  specified  in  the  applicable Pricing Supplement.  The "Market
Exchange Rate" for a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars means the noon
dollar  buying  rate  in  The City of New York for the cable transfer for such
Specified  Currency  as  certified  for  customs  purposes  by  (or  if not so
certified,  as  otherwise determined by) the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

If payment in respect of a Foreign Currency Note is required to be made in any
currency  unit  (e.g.,  ECU), and such currency unit is unavailable due to the
imposition  of  exchange  controls or other circumstances beyond the Company's
control,  then  the  Company  will  be entitled, but not required, to make any
payments  in  respect of such Note in U.S. dollars until such currency unit is
again available.  The amount of each payment in U.S. dollars shall be computed
on  the  basis  of  the equivalent of the currency unit in U.S. dollars, which
shall  be  determined by the Company or its agent on the following basis.  The
component  currencies of the currency unit for this purpose (collectively, the
"Component  Currencies"  and  each,  a  "Component  Currency")  shall   be the
currency  amounts that were components of the currency unit as of the last day
on  which  the currency unit was used.  The equivalent of the currency unit in
U.S.  dollars shall be calculated by aggregating the U.S. dollar equivalent of
the Component Currencies.  The U.S. dollar equivalent of each of the Component
Currencies shall be determined by the Company or its agent on the basis of the
most recently available Market Exchange Rate for each such Component Currency.

     If  the  official  unit  of  any  Component Currency is altered by way of
combination or subdivision, the number of units of the currency as a Component
Currency  shall  be  divided  or multiplied in the same proportion.  If two or
more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the amounts
of  those currencies as Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in
such  single  currency  equal  to  the  sum of the amounts of the consolidated
Component  Currencies  expressed  in  such  single currency.  If any Component
Currency  is  divided  into two or more currencies, the amount of the original
Component  Currency  shall  be  replaced  by  the  amounts of such two or more
currencies,  the  sum  of  which  shall be equal to the amount of the original
Component  Currency.

     All  determinations  referred  to  above  made by the Exchange Rate Agent
shall  be  at its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error,
be  conclusive  for  all  purposes  and  binding  on  the Holder of this Note.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth
on  the  reverse  hereof  and,  if so specified above, in the Addendum hereto,
which  further provisions shall have the same force and effect as if set forth
on  the  face  hereof.

     Unless  the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee  by  manual  signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit
under  the  Indenture  or  be  valid  or  obligatory  for  any  purpose.





     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, Weingarten Realty Investors has caused this Note to
be  executed.

WEINGARTEN  REALTY  INVESTORS


                                     By:   __________________________
                                    Name:  __________________________
                                    Title: __________________________

Attest:

  By:  __________________________
       Name:  ___________________
       Title: ___________________




Dated:  August  13,  1996


<PAGE>

TRUSTEE'S  CERTIFICATE  OF
AUTHENTICATION:

This  is  one  of  the  Notes  of  the  series
designated  therein  referred  to  in  the
within-mentioned  Indenture.


TEXAS  COMMERCE  BANK  NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,  as  Trustee


By:
     Authorized  Signatory  for
     Chemical  Bank,  as  Agent  for
     Texas  Commerce  Bank  National  Association



<PAGE>



                         WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
                      SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES A
                                 (Fixed Rate)


     This  Note  is  one  of  a duly authorized series of Debt Securities (the
"Debt  Securities") of the Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture,
dated  as  of  May  1, 1995, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time  (the  "Indenture"), between the Company and Texas Commerce Bank National
Association,  as  Trustee  (the  "Trustee",  which term includes any successor
trustee  under  the  Indenture),  to  which  Indenture  and  all  indentures
supplemental  thereto  reference  is  hereby  made  for  a  statement  of  the
respective  rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the  Company,  the  Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities, and of the
terms  upon  which  the  Debt Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered.    This  Note is one of the series of Debt Securities designated as
"Medium-Term  Notes,  Series  A  Due 9 Months or more from Date of Issue" (the
"Notes").    All terms used but not defined in this Note specified on the face
hereof or in an Addendum hereto shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in  the  Indenture.

     This  Note  is  issuable  only in registered form without coupons.  Notes
denominated  in  U.S.  dollars  will  be  initially issued in denominations of
$1,000  and  integral  multiples  thereof, and Notes denominated in other than
U.S.  dollars  will  be initially issued in denominations of the amount of the
Specified Currency for such Note equivalent, at the noon buying rate for cable
transfers   in The City of New York for such Specified Currency (the "Exchange
Rate")  on  the  first Market Day next preceding the date on which the Company
accepts  the  offer  to  purchase  such Note, to $1,000 and integral multiples
thereof  (or the equivalent thereof in the Specified Currency for such Note). 
Interest  rates  offered  by  the  Company  with  respect to a Note may differ
depending  upon,  among  other  things,  the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes  purchased  in  any  single  transaction.

     This  Note  will not be subject to any sinking fund and, unless otherwise
provided on the face hereof in accordance with the provisions of the following
two  paragraphs,  will  not  be  redeemable  or  repayable prior to the Stated
Maturity  Date.

     This  Note  will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company on
any  date  on and after the Redemption Commencement Date, if any, specified on
the  face  hereof, in whole or from time to time in part in increments of U.S.
$1,000  or  the  minimum  authorized denomination (provided that any remaining
principal  amount  hereof  shall  be  at  least  U.S.  $1,000  or such minimum
authorized  denomination, at the Redemption Price (as defined below), together
with unpaid interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (each, a
"Redemption  Date"),  on notice given no more than60 nor less than 30 calendar
days prior to the Redemption Date and in accordance with the provisions of the
Indenture.    The "Redemption Price" shall initially be the Initial Redemption
Percentage  specified  on  the  face hereof multiplied by the unpaid principal
amount  of  this Note to be redeemed.  The Initial Redemption Percentage shall
decline  at each anniversary of the Redemption Commencement Date by the Annual
Redemption  Percentage  Reduction,  if any, specified on the face hereof until
the  Redemption  Price  is 100% of unpaid principal amount to be redeemed.  In
the event of redemption of the Note in part only, a new Note of like tenor for
the unredeemed portion hereof and otherwise having the same terms as this Note
shall  be  issued  in  the name of the Holder hereof upon the presentation and
surrender  hereof.

     This  Note  will  be subject to repayment by the Company at the option of
the  Holder hereof on the Optional Repayment Date(s), if any, specified on the
face  hereof,  in whole or in part in increments of U.S. $1,000 or the minimum
authorized  denomination  (provided that any remaining principal amount hereof
shall  be  a  minimum  authorized denomination), at a repayment price equal to
100%  of  the  unpaid  principal  amount  to  be  repaid, together with unpaid
interest  accrued  thereon to the date fixed for repayment (each, a "Repayment
Date").  For this Note to be repaid, this Note must be received, together with
the  form  herein  entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" duly completed, by the
Trustee  at  its  corporate  trust  office  not  more than 60 nor less than 30
calendar  days prior to the Repayment Date.  Exercise of such repayment option
by  the  Holder hereof will be irrevocable.  In the event of repayment of this
Note  in  part  only, a new Note of like tenor for the unrepaid portion hereof
and  otherwise  having the same terms as this Note shall be issued in the name
of  the  Holder  hereof  upon  the  presentation  and  surrender  hereof.

     If  this Note is an Original Issue Discount Note as specified on the face
hereof,  the  amount  payable  to  the  Holder  of  this  Note in the event of
redemption,  repayment  or  acceleration  of maturity will be equal to (i) the
Amortized  Face  Amount  (as defined below) as of the date of such event, plus
(ii)  with  respect  to  any redemption, the Initial Redemption Percentage (as
adjusted  by  the  Annual  Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any) minus 100%
multiplied by the Issue Price specified on the face hereof, net of any portion
of  such  Issue Price which has been paid prior to the Redemption Date, or the
portion of the Issue Price (or the net amount) proportionate to the portion of
the unpaid principal amount to be redeemed, plus (iii) any accrued interest to
the  date of such event the payment of which would constitute qualified stated
interest  payments within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.1273-1(c) under
the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").  The "Amortized
Face  Amount"  shall mean an amount equal to (i) the Issue Price plus (ii) the
aggregate  portions  of the original issue discount (the excess of the amounts
considered  as  part of the "stated redemption price at maturity" of this Note
within  the  meaning of Section 1273(a)(2) of the Code, whether denominated as
principal  or  interest,  over  the  Issue Price) which shall theretofore have
accrued  pursuant  to  Section  1272  of  the  Code (without regard to Section
1272(a)(7)  of  the  Code)  from  the  Original  Issue  Date  to  the  date of
determination,  minus  (iii)  any  amount  considered  as  partof  the "stated
redemption  price  at  maturity"  of  this  Note  which has been paid from the
Original  Issue  Date  to  the  date  of  determination.

     If  an  Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall occur and be
continuing,  the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the
manner  and  with  the  effect  provided  in  the  Indenture.

     The  Indenture  contains  provisions  for  defeasance  of  (i) the entire
indebtedness of the Notes or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default with
respect to the Notes, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set
forth  therein,  which  provisions  apply  to  the  Notes.

     The  Indenture  permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment  thereof  and  the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company  and  the  rights of the Holders of the Debt Securities at any time by
the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority  of the aggregate principal amount of all Debt Securities at the time
outstanding  and  affected  thereby.    The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting  the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal
amount  of  the  outstanding  Debt Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all
such  Debt  Securities,  to  waive  compliance  by  the  Company  with certain
provisions  of the Indenture.  Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit
the  Holders  of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of
the  outstanding Debt Securities, in certain instances, to waive, on behalf of
all  of  the  Holders of Debt Securities of such series, certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder  of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon
all  future  Holders of this Note and other Notes issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange heretofore or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation  of  such  consent  or  waiver  is  made  upon  the  Note.

     No  reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of
the  Indenture  shall  alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in
respect of this Note at the times, places and rate or formula, and in the coin
or  currency,  herein  prescribed.

     As  provided  in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
and herein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security
Register  of  the  Company  upon  surrender  of  this Note for registration of
transfer  at  the  office    or  agency  of the Company in any place where the
principal hereof and any premium or interest hereon are payable, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the  Company  and  the  Trustee  duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his
attorney  duly  authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of
authorized  denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be
issued  to  the  designated  transferee  or  transferees.

As  provided  in  the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein and
herein  set  forth,  this  Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Notes of different authorized denominations but otherwise having the
same  terms and conditions, as requested by the Holder hereof surrendering the
same.

     No  service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax  or  other  governmental  charge  payable  in  connection  therewith.

     Prior  to  due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Holder  in  whose  name  this  Note is registered as the owner thereof for all
purposes,  whether  or  not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee  nor  any  such  agent  shall  be  affected by notice to the contrary.

     The  Indenture  and  this  Note  shall  be  governed  by and construed in
accordance  with  the  laws  of the State of New York applicable to agreements
made  and  to  be  performed  entirely  in  such  State.



<PAGE>

                                ABBREVIATIONS


The  following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
Note,  shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable  laws  or  regulations:

TEN  COM-  as  tenants  in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-______Custodian______
TEN ENT-   as tenants by the entireties       (Cust)       (Minor)
JT  TEN-   as  joint  tenants  with  rights  of
           survivorship and not as tenants in common Act_______________
                                                           (State)

Additional  abbreviations  may  also  be  used  though  not in the above list.


FOR  VALUE  RECEIVED, the undesigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto


PLEASE  INSERT  SOCIAL  SECURITY  OR
     OTHER
IDENTIFYING  NUMBER  OF  ASSIGNEE
- ---------------------------------
|                                                                            |
|_____________________________________|_____________________________________
|                                                                            |
|_____________________________________|_____________________________________


______________________________________________________________________________
(Please  print  or  typewrite  name  and  address including postal zip code of
assignee)

______________________________________________________________________________
the  within Note and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing

___________________________________________________________________   Attorney
to  transfer  said  Note  on  the  books  of  the  Trustee, with full power of
substitution  in  the  premises.

Date: __________________  Notice:  The  signature(s)  on this  assignment must
                          correspond  with  the  name(s)  as  written upon the
                          face of the within Note in every particular, without
                          alteration  or enlargement or any change whatsoever.


<PAGE>

                          OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT


     The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the Company
  to repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its terms
  at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid, together with
  unpaid interest accrued hereon to the Repayment Date, to the undersigned, at
                          ____________________________________________________
               _______________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________

       (Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)

     For  this  Note  to  be repaid, the Trustee must receive at its corporate
trust  office,  not  more  than 60 nor less than 30 calendar days prior to the
Repayment  Date,  this  Note  with  this "Option to Elect Repayment" form duly
completed.

     If  less  than  the entire principal amount of this Note is to be repaid,
specify  the  portion hereof (which shall be increments of U.S. $1,000 (or, if
the  Specified  Currency  is  other  than U.S. dollars, the minimum authorized
denomination  specified  on  the face hereof)) which the Holder elects to have
repaid  and  specify  the  denomination  or  denominations  (which shall be an
authorized  Denomination)  of  the  Notes  to  be issued to the Holder for the
portion  of  this  Note  not  being  repaid  (in  the  absence  of  any  such
specification, one such Note will be issued for the portion not being repaid).


Principal Amount
to be Repaid: $_________  ====================================================
                          Notice: the signature(s) on this Option to Elect
                          Repayment must correspond with the name(s) as
Date:___________________  written upon the face of the within Note in every
                          particular, without alteration or enlargement or any
                          change whatsoever.











UNLESS  THIS  NOTE  IS  PRESENTED  BY  AN  AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE  OF  THE
DEPOSITORY  TRUST  COMPANY  (THE "DEPOSITARY") (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW
YORK) TO THE ISSUER HEREOF OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
OR  PAYMENT,  AND  ANY  NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY
AND  ANY  PAYMENT  IS  MADE  TO  CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF  FOR  VALUE  OR  OTHERWISE  BY  OR  TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE
REGISTERED  OWNER  HEREOF,  CEDE  &  CO.,  HAS  AN  INTEREST  HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED
FORM,  THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO
A  NOMINEE  OF  THE  DEPOSITARY  OR  BY  A  NOMINEE  OF  THE DEPOSITARY TO THE
DEPOSITARY  OR  ANOTHER  NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY
SUCH  NOMINEE  TO  A  SUCCESSOR  DEPOSITARY  OR  A  NOMINEE  OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY.



REGISTERED          CUSIP  No.          PRINCIPAL  AMOUNT
No.  FXR-014          94874R  AQ  9          $15,000,000.00

                         WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
                      SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES A
                                 (Fixed Rate)


ORIGINAL  ISSUE  DATE:          INTEREST  RATE:          STATED  MATURITY
          DATE:

        August  14,  1996          7.44%                August  19, 2011
INTEREST  PAYMENT  DATE(S)          RECORD  DATE(S):          DEFAULT  RATE:
[ x ] 3/15 and   9/15               [ x ] 3/1 and 9/1              N/A
[   ] Other:                        [   ] Other:

     REDEMPTION          INITIAL  REDEMPTION          ANNUAL  REDEMPTION
     COMMENCEMENT          PERCENTAGE:                     PERCENTAGE
     DATE:                                                 REDUCTION:
     N/A                      N/A                             N/A

OPTIONAL  REPAYMENT
DATE(S):
             N/A
     [    ]  Check  if  an  Original  Issue
             Discount  Note  Issue  Price: %

- --------------------------------------------
1.   paragraph  applies  to  Global  Securities  only.


SPECIFIED  CURRENCY:
     [  x  ]          U.S.  dollars
     [     ]          Other

EXCHANGE  RATE  AGENT:
      N/A

AUTHORIZED  DENOMINATION:
     [ x ] $1,000  and  integral  multiples
              thereof
     [   ]  Other:


ADDENDUM  ATTACHED
     [   ] Yes
     [ x ] No


OTHER/ADDITIONAL  PROVISIONS:

     N/A


<PAGE>

     WEINGARTEN  REALTY  INVESTORS  (the  "Company",  which  term includes any
successor  corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received,  hereby promises to pay to      CEDE & CO., or registered assigns,
the  principal  sum  of         $15,000,000.00, on the Stated Maturity Date
specified  above (or any Redemption Date or Repayment Date, each as defined on
the  reverse  hereof)  (each  such  Stated  Maturity  Date, Redemption Date or
Repayment  Date  being  hereinafter  referred  to as the "Maturity Date") with
respect  to the principal repayable on such date) and to pay interest thereon,
at  the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until the principal hereof is
paid  or  duly made available for payment, and (to the extent that the payment
of  such  interest shall be legally enforceable) at the Default Rate per annum
specified  above  on  any  overdue  principal,  premium  and/or interest.  The
Company  will  pay  interest in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, if any,
specified  above (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing with the first
Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date specified above,
and  on  the  Maturity Date; provided, however, that if the Original Issue
Date  occurs  between  a  Regular  Record Date (as defined below) and the next
succeeding  Interest  Payment  Date,  interest  payments  will commence on the
second  Interest  Payment  Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date to the
Holder  of  this  Note  on the Regular Record Date with respect to such second
Interest Payment Date.  Interest on this Note will be computed on the basis of
a  360-day  year  of  twelve  30-day  months.

     Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  if  an  Addendum  is attached hereto or
"Other/Additional Provisions" apply to this Note as specified above, this Note
shall  be  subject  to  the  terms  set  forth  in  such  Addendum  or  such
"Other/Additional  Provisions".

     Interest  on  this  Note will accrue from, and including, the immediately
preceding  Interest  Payment  Date  to  which  interest  has been paid or duly
provided  for  (or from, and including, the Original Issue Date if no interest
has  been  paid  or  duly  provided  for  with  respect  to this Note) to, but
excluding,  the  applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the
case  may  be  (each,  an  "Interest  Period").   The interest so payable, and
punctually  paid  or  duly  provided  for,  on any Interest Payment Date will,
subject to certain exceptions described herein, be paid to the person in whose
name  this  Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close
of  business  on  the  March 1 and September 1 next preceding the March 15 and
September  15 (whether or not a Market Day, as defined below) Interest Payment
Dates  (the  "Regular  Record  Date");  provided,  however,  that interest
payable  on  the  Maturity  Date  will  be  payable  to the person to whom the
principal  hereof  and  premium,  if  any,  hereon shall be payable.  Any such
interest  not  so punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment
Date  with respect to this Note ("Defaulted Interest") will forthwith cease to
be  payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date, and shall be paid to the
person  in  whose  name  this Note is registered at the close of business on a
special  record  date  (the  "Special  Record  Date")  for the payment of such
Defaulted  Interest to be fixed by the Trustee hereinafter referred to, notice
whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Note by the Trustee not less than
10  calendar  daysprior  to  such Special Record Date, or shall be paid at any
time  in  any  other  lawful  manner,  all as more completely described in the
Indenture  applicable  to  this  Note.

     "Business  Day",  as  used herein for any particular location, means each
Monday,  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Thursday  and Friday that is not a day on which
banking  institutions  in  such location are authorized or obligated by law or
executive  order  to  close.

     Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest in respect
of  this Note due on the Maturity Date to be made in U.S. dollars will be made
in  immediately  available  funds upon presentation and surrender of this Note
(and,  with respect to any applicable repayment of this Note, a duly completed
election  form  as  contemplated  on  the  reverse hereof) at the Paying Agent
Office  as  the  Company  may  determine;  provided, however, that if such
payment  is  to be made in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars as set
forth  below,  such  payment  will  be  made  by  wire transfer of immediately
available  funds  to an account with a bank located in the Principal Financial
Center  of  the  country  issuing  the  Specified  Currency  (or,  for  Notes
denominated  in  European Currency Units ("ECUs"), to an ECU account) or other
jurisdiction acceptable to the Company and the Paying Agent as shall have been
designated  by  the  Holder  hereof  at  least five Business Days prior to the
Maturity Date, provided that such bank has appropriate facilities therefor and
that  this  Note  (and,  if  applicable,  a  duly  completed election form) is
presented  and  surrendered  at the aforementioned Paying Agent Office in time
for  the  Paying  Agent to make such payments in such funds in accordance with
its  normal  procedures.    Such  designation  shall  be  made  by  filing the
appropriate  information  with  the Paying Agent at the Paying Agent Office in
The  City  of  New  York,  and, unless revoked, any such designation made with
respect  to  this  Note  by  its  registered Holder will remain in effect with
respect  to  any  further  payments  with  respect to this Note payable to its
Holder.    If  a  payment  with  respect  to  this Note cannot be made by wire
transfer  because the required designation has not been received by the Paying
Agent  on  or before the requisite date or for any other reason, a notice will
be  mailed   to the Holder of this Note at its registered address requesting a
designation  pursuant  to  which  such wire transfer can be made and, upon the
Paying Agent's receipt of such a designation, such payment will be made within
five  Business  Days  of such receipt. The Company will pay any administrative
costs  imposed  by  banks in connection with making payments by wire transfer,
but  any  tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed upon payments will be
borne  by  the  Holder  of  this  Note.

     Payments  of  interest  due  on  any Interest Payment Date other than the
Maturity  Date  to be made in U.S. dollars will be made by check mailed to the
address  of  the  person  entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security  Register  maintained  at  the  Payment  Agent  Office;  provided,
however,  that  a  Holder of U.S. $10,000,000 (or, if the Specified Currency
specified  above  is  other  than  U.S. dollars, the equivalent thereof in the
Specified  Currency)  or  more in aggregate principal amount of Notes (whether
having  identical  or  different  terms  and  provisions)  will be entitled to
receive  interest  payments  on such Interest Payment Date by wire transfer of
immediately availablefunds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been
received in writing by the Paying Agent not less than five calendar days prior
to  such  Interest Payment Date.  Any such wire transfer instructions received
by  the  Paying  Agent  shall  remain  in effect until revoked by such Holder.

     If  any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is
not  a  Market  Day  (as  defined  below),  the required payment of principal,
premium, if any, and/or interest need not be made on such day, but may be made
on the next succeeding Market Day with the same force and effect as if made on
the  date  such  payment was due, and no interest shall accrue with respect to
such  payment  for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or the
Maturity  Date,  as  the  case may be, to the date of such payment on the next
succeeding  Market  Day.

     As  used  herein,  "Market  Day"  means:

(a)     for any Note other than a Note the repayment in respect of which is to
be  made  in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, any Business Day in
The  City  of  New  York;

(b)          for  a  Note  the  payment in respect of which is to be made in a
Specified  Currency other than U.S. dollars, any Business Day in the Principal
Financial  Center  (as  defined  below)  of the country issuing such Specified
Currency  which  is  also  a  Business  Day  in  The  City  of  New  York; and

(c)      for a Note the payment in respect of which is to be made in ECUs, any
Business Day in The City of New York that is also not a day that appears as an
ECU  non-settlement  day  on  the  display designated as "ISDE" on the Reuters
Monitor  Money  Rates  Service  (or  a  day  so  designed  by  the ECU Banking
Association)  or,  if  the  ECU non-settlement days do not appear on that page
(and  are not so designated), is not a day on which payments in ECUs cannot be
settled  in  the  international  interbank  market).

     "Principal  Financial  Center"  means  the  capital  city  of the country
issuing  the Specified Currency in respect of which payment on the Notes is to
be  made, except that with respect to U.S. dollars, Australian dollars, German
Marks,  Dutch  Guilders,  Italian  Lire,  Swiss Francs and ECUs, the Principal
Financial  Center shall be The City of New York, Sydney, Frankfurt, Amsterdam,
Milan,  Zurich  and  Luxembourg,  respectively.

     The  Company  is obligated to make payment of principal, premium, if any,
and  interest  in  respect  of this Note in the Specified Currency (or, if the
Specified  Currency  is  not  at the time of such payment legal tender for the
payment  of  public  and  private debts, in such other coin or currency of the
country  which issued the Specified Currency as at the time of such payment is
legal  tender  for  the  payment of such debts).  If the Specified Currency is
other  than  U.S.  dollars, any such amounts so payable by the Company will be
converted  by  the  Exchange  Rate  Agent specified above into U.S.dollars for
payment  to the Holder of this Note; provided, however, that the Holder of
this Note may elect to receive such amounts in the Specified Currency pursuant
to  the  provisions  set  forth  below.

     Payments  of  principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on any Note
denominated  in  a  Specified  Currency  other  than  U.S. dollars (a "Foreign
Currency  Note") will be made in U.S. dollars if the registered Holder of such
Note  on the relevant Regular Record Date, or at maturity, as the case may be,
has  transmitted  a  written  request  for such payment in U.S. dollars to the
Paying  Agent  at the Paying Agent Office in The City of New York on or before
such Regular Record Date, or the date 15 days before maturity, as the case may
be.  Such  request  may  be  in  writing (mailed or hand delivered) or sent by
cable,  telex,  or other form of facsimile transmission. Any such request made
for  any  Note  by  a  registered Holder will remain in effect for any further
payments  of  principal  of  (and  premium,  if any) and interest on such Note
payable  to  such  Holder,  unless  such  request  is revoked on or before the
relevant  Regular Record Date or the date 15 days before maturity, as the case
may  be.  Holders of Notes denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S.
dollars  that are registered in the name of a broker or nominee should contact
such  broker  or  nominee  to  determine  whether  and how to elect to receive
payments  in  U.S.  dollars.

     The  U.S.  dollar amount to be received by a Holder of a Foreign Currency
Note  who  elects  to  receive  payment  in  U.S. dollars will be based on the
highest  bid  quotation  in The City of New York received by the Exchange Rate
Agent  as  of  11:00  a.m.,  New York City time, on the second Market Day next
preceding  the  applicable payment date from three recognized foreign exchange
dealers  (one of which may be the Exchange Rate Agent) for the purchase by the
quoting  dealer  of  the Specified Currency for U.S. dollars for settlement on
such payment date in the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to
all Holders of Notes electing to receive U.S. dollar payments and at which the
applicable  dealer commits to execute a contract. If three such bid quotations
are  not  available  on the second Market Day preceding the date of payment of
principal (and premium, if any) or interest for any Note, such payment will be
made  in  the  Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs associated with
any  payment  in  U.S.  dollars  on  any such Note will be borne by the Holder
thereof  by  deductions  from  such  payment.

     A  Holder  of a Foreign Currency Note may elect to receive payment of the
principal  of  and premium, if any, and interest on such Note in the Specified
Currency  by  submitting  a written request for such payment to the Trustee at
its  Corporate  Trust  Office  in  The  City  of  New  York on or prior to the
applicable  record  date  or  at  least 15 calendar days prior to the Maturity
Date,  as  the  case  may  be.    Such  written  request  may  be  mailed  or
hand-delivered  or  sent  by  cable,  telex  or  other  form  of  facsimile
transmission.    A  Holder  of  a  Foreign  Currency Note may elect to receive
payment  in the applicable Specified Currency for all such principal, premium,
if  any,  and interest payments and need not file a separate election for each
payment.   Such election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice
to  the Trustee, but written notice of any such revocation must be received by
the  Trustee on or prior to the applicable Record Date or at least 15 calendar
days  prior  to  the  MaturityDate,  as  the  case  may be, Holders of Foreign
Currency  Notes  whose Notes are to be held in the name of a broker or nominee
should contact such broker or nominee to determine whether and how an election
to  receive  payments  in  the  applicable  Specified  Currency  may  be made.

     If  the  principal  of  (and  premium, if any) or interest on any Note is
payable  in  other  than  U.S. dollars and such Specified Currency (other than
ECUs)  is  not  available  due to the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances  beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be entitled
to  satisfy  its obligations to the Holder of such Note by making such payment
(including  any  such payment at maturity) in U.S. dollars on the basis of the
most  recently  available Exchange Rate.  If the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on any Note is payable in ECUs, and the ECU is not available
due  to  the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the
control  of  the  Company or the ECU is used neither as the unit of account of
the  European  Communities  nor  as  the  currency  of the European Union, the
Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the Holder of such Note
by making such payment (including any such payment at maturity) in a component
currency  of  the  ECU  chosen  by  the  Exchange  Rate  Agent.

     Any  U.S.  dollar amount to be received by a Holder of a Foreign Currency
Note  will  be  based  on  the  highest  bid quotation in The City of New York
received  by the Exchange Rate Agent at approximately 11:00 A.M. New York City
time,  on  the  second  Market  Day preceding the applicable payment date from
three  recognized  foreign  exchange  dealers (one of whom may be the Exchange
Rate  Agent)  selected  by the Exchange Rate Agent and approved by the Company
for  the  quoting  dealer  of  the  Specified  Currency  for  U.S. dollars for
settlement  on  such  payment  date  in  the aggregate amount of the Specified
Currency payable to all Holders of Foreign Currency Notes scheduled to receive
U.S.  dollar  payments and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a
contract.    All  currency  exchange costs will be borne by the Holder of such
Foreign  Currency  Note  by  deductions from such payments.  If three such bid
quotations are not available, payments will be made in the Specified Currency.

     If  the applicable Specified Currency is not available for the payment of
principal,  premium,  if  any,  or interest with respect to a Foreign Currency
Note  due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond
the  control  of  the  Company,  the  Company  will be entitled to satisfy its
obligations to the Holder of such Foreign Currency Note by making such payment
in  U.S. dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate on the second Market
Day  prior  to  such  payment  or,  if  such  Market Exchange Rate is not then
available, on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate or
as  otherwise  specified  in  the  applicable Pricing Supplement.  The "Market
Exchange Rate" for a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars means the noon
dollar  buying  rate  in  The City of New York for the cable transfer for such
Specified  Currency  as  certified  for  customs  purposes  by  (or  if not so
certified,  as  otherwise determined by) the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

If payment in respect of a Foreign Currency Note is required to be made in any
currency  unit  (e.g.,  ECU), and such currency unit is unavailable due to the
imposition  of  exchange  controls or other circumstances beyond the Company's
control,  then  the  Company  will  be entitled, but not required, to make any
payments  in  respect of such Note in U.S. dollars until such currency unit is
again available.  The amount of each payment in U.S. dollars shall be computed
on  the  basis  of  the equivalent of the currency unit in U.S. dollars, which
shall  be  determined by the Company or its agent on the following basis.  The
component  currencies of the currency unit for this purpose (collectively, the
"Component  Currencies"  and  each,  a  "Component  Currency")  shall   be the
currency  amounts that were components of the currency unit as of the last day
on  which  the currency unit was used.  The equivalent of the currency unit in
U.S.  dollars shall be calculated by aggregating the U.S. dollar equivalent of
the Component Currencies.  The U.S. dollar equivalent of each of the Component
Currencies shall be determined by the Company or its agent on the basis of the
most recently available Market Exchange Rate for each such Component Currency.

     If  the  official  unit  of  any  Component Currency is altered by way of
combination or subdivision, the number of units of the currency as a Component
Currency  shall  be  divided  or multiplied in the same proportion.  If two or
more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the amounts
of  those currencies as Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in
such  single  currency  equal  to  the  sum of the amounts of the consolidated
Component  Currencies  expressed  in  such  single currency.  If any Component
Currency  is  divided  into two or more currencies, the amount of the original
Component  Currency  shall  be  replaced  by  the  amounts of such two or more
currencies,  the  sum  of  which  shall be equal to the amount of the original
Component  Currency.

     All  determinations  referred  to  above  made by the Exchange Rate Agent
shall  be  at its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error,
be  conclusive  for  all  purposes  and  binding  on  the Holder of this Note.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth
on  the  reverse  hereof  and,  if so specified above, in the Addendum hereto,
which  further provisions shall have the same force and effect as if set forth
on  the  face  hereof.

     Unless  the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee  by  manual  signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit
under  the  Indenture  or  be  valid  or  obligatory  for  any  purpose.





     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, Weingarten Realty Investors has caused this Note to
be  executed.

                                                 WEINGARTEN  REALTY  INVESTORS



                                         By:_____________________________
                                         Name:  __________________________
                                         Title:    ___________________________

Attest:

By:      ________________________
         Name:  ___________________
         Title:    ___________________




Dated:  August  14,  1996


<PAGE>

TRUSTEE'S  CERTIFICATE  OF
AUTHENTICATION:

This  is  one  of  the  Notes  of  the  series
designated  therein  referred  to  in  the
within-mentioned  Indenture.


TEXAS  COMMERCE  BANK  NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,  as  Trustee


By:
     Authorized  Signatory  for
     Chemical  Bank,  as  Agent  for
     Texas  Commerce  Bank  National  Association



<PAGE>



                         WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
                      SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES A
                                 (Fixed Rate)


     This  Note  is  one  of  a duly authorized series of Debt Securities (the
"Debt  Securities") of the Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture,
dated  as  of  May  1, 1995, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time  (the  "Indenture"), between the Company and Texas Commerce Bank National
Association,  as  Trustee  (the  "Trustee",  which term includes any successor
trustee  under  the  Indenture),  to  which  Indenture  and  all  indentures
supplemental  thereto  reference  is  hereby  made  for  a  statement  of  the
respective  rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the  Company,  the  Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities, and of the
terms  upon  which  the  Debt Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered.    This  Note is one of the series of Debt Securities designated as
"Medium-Term  Notes,  Series  A  Due 9 Months or more from Date of Issue" (the
"Notes").    All terms used but not defined in this Note specified on the face
hereof or in an Addendum hereto shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in  the  Indenture.

     This  Note  is  issuable  only in registered form without coupons.  Notes
denominated  in  U.S.  dollars  will  be  initially issued in denominations of
$1,000  and  integral  multiples  thereof, and Notes denominated in other than
U.S.  dollars  will  be initially issued in denominations of the amount of the
Specified Currency for such Note equivalent, at the noon buying rate for cable
transfers   in The City of New York for such Specified Currency (the "Exchange
Rate")  on  the  first Market Day next preceding the date on which the Company
accepts  the  offer  to  purchase  such Note, to $1,000 and integral multiples
thereof  (or the equivalent thereof in the Specified Currency for such Note). 
Interest  rates  offered  by  the  Company  with  respect to a Note may differ
depending  upon,  among  other  things,  the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes  purchased  in  any  single  transaction.

     This  Note  will not be subject to any sinking fund and, unless otherwise
provided on the face hereof in accordance with the provisions of the following
two  paragraphs,  will  not  be  redeemable  or  repayable prior to the Stated
Maturity  Date.

     This  Note  will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company on
any  date  on and after the Redemption Commencement Date, if any, specified on
the  face  hereof, in whole or from time to time in part in increments of U.S.
$1,000  or  the  minimum  authorized denomination (provided that any remaining
principal  amount  hereof  shall  be  at  least  U.S.  $1,000  or such minimum
authorized  denomination, at the Redemption Price (as defined below), together
with unpaid interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (each, a
"Redemption  Date"),  on notice given no more than60 nor less than 30 calendar
days prior to the Redemption Date and in accordance with the provisions of the
Indenture.    The "Redemption Price" shall initially be the Initial Redemption
Percentage  specified  on  the  face hereof multiplied by the unpaid principal
amount  of  this Note to be redeemed.  The Initial Redemption Percentage shall
decline  at each anniversary of the Redemption Commencement Date by the Annual
Redemption  Percentage  Reduction,  if any, specified on the face hereof until
the  Redemption  Price  is 100% of unpaid principal amount to be redeemed.  In
the event of redemption of the Note in part only, a new Note of like tenor for
the unredeemed portion hereof and otherwise having the same terms as this Note
shall  be  issued  in  the name of the Holder hereof upon the presentation and
surrender  hereof.

     This  Note  will  be subject to repayment by the Company at the option of
the  Holder hereof on the Optional Repayment Date(s), if any, specified on the
face  hereof,  in whole or in part in increments of U.S. $1,000 or the minimum
authorized  denomination  (provided that any remaining principal amount hereof
shall  be  a  minimum  authorized denomination), at a repayment price equal to
100%  of  the  unpaid  principal  amount  to  be  repaid, together with unpaid
interest  accrued  thereon to the date fixed for repayment (each, a "Repayment
Date").  For this Note to be repaid, this Note must be received, together with
the  form  herein  entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" duly completed, by the
Trustee  at  its  corporate  trust  office  not  more than 60 nor less than 30
calendar  days prior to the Repayment Date.  Exercise of such repayment option
by  the  Holder hereof will be irrevocable.  In the event of repayment of this
Note  in  part  only, a new Note of like tenor for the unrepaid portion hereof
and  otherwise  having the same terms as this Note shall be issued in the name
of  the  Holder  hereof  upon  the  presentation  and  surrender  hereof.

     If  this Note is an Original Issue Discount Note as specified on the face
hereof,  the  amount  payable  to  the  Holder  of  this  Note in the event of
redemption,  repayment  or  acceleration  of maturity will be equal to (i) the
Amortized  Face  Amount  (as defined below) as of the date of such event, plus
(ii)  with  respect  to  any redemption, the Initial Redemption Percentage (as
adjusted  by  the  Annual  Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any) minus 100%
multiplied by the Issue Price specified on the face hereof, net of any portion
of  such  Issue Price which has been paid prior to the Redemption Date, or the
portion of the Issue Price (or the net amount) proportionate to the portion of
the unpaid principal amount to be redeemed, plus (iii) any accrued interest to
the  date of such event the payment of which would constitute qualified stated
interest  payments within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.1273-1(c) under
the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").  The "Amortized
Face  Amount"  shall mean an amount equal to (i) the Issue Price plus (ii) the
aggregate  portions  of the original issue discount (the excess of the amounts
considered  as  part of the "stated redemption price at maturity" of this Note
within  the  meaning of Section 1273(a)(2) of the Code, whether denominated as
principal  or  interest,  over  the  Issue Price) which shall theretofore have
accrued  pursuant  to  Section  1272  of  the  Code (without regard to Section
1272(a)(7)  of  the  Code)  from  the  Original  Issue  Date  to  the  date of
determination,  minus  (iii)  any  amount  considered  as  partof  the "stated
redemption  price  at  maturity"  of  this  Note  which has been paid from the
Original  Issue  Date  to  the  date  of  determination.

     If  an  Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall occur and be
continuing,  the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the
manner  and  with  the  effect  provided  in  the  Indenture.

     The  Indenture  contains  provisions  for  defeasance  of  (i) the entire
indebtedness of the Notes or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default with
respect to the Notes, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set
forth  therein,  which  provisions  apply  to  the  Notes.

     The  Indenture  permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment  thereof  and  the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company  and  the  rights of the Holders of the Debt Securities at any time by
the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority  of the aggregate principal amount of all Debt Securities at the time
outstanding  and  affected  thereby.    The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting  the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal
amount  of  the  outstanding  Debt Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all
such  Debt  Securities,  to  waive  compliance  by  the  Company  with certain
provisions  of the Indenture.  Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit
the  Holders  of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of
the  outstanding Debt Securities, in certain instances, to waive, on behalf of
all  of  the  Holders of Debt Securities of such series, certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder  of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon
all  future  Holders of this Note and other Notes issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange heretofore or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation  of  such  consent  or  waiver  is  made  upon  the  Note.

     No  reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of
the  Indenture  shall  alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in
respect of this Note at the times, places and rate or formula, and in the coin
or  currency,  herein  prescribed.

     As  provided  in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
and herein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security
Register  of  the  Company  upon  surrender  of  this Note for registration of
transfer  at  the  office    or  agency  of the Company in any place where the
principal hereof and any premium or interest hereon are payable, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the  Company  and  the  Trustee  duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his
attorney  duly  authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of
authorized  denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be
issued  to  the  designated  transferee  or  transferees.

As  provided  in  the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein and
herein  set  forth,  this  Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Notes of different authorized denominations but otherwise having the
same  terms and conditions, as requested by the Holder hereof surrendering the
same.

     No  service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax  or  other  governmental  charge  payable  in  connection  therewith.

     Prior  to  due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Holder  in  whose  name  this  Note is registered as the owner thereof for all
purposes,  whether  or  not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee  nor  any  such  agent  shall  be  affected by notice to the contrary.

     The  Indenture  and  this  Note  shall  be  governed  by and construed in
accordance  with  the  laws  of the State of New York applicable to agreements
made  and  to  be  performed  entirely  in  such  State.



<PAGE>

                                ABBREVIATIONS


The  following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
Note,  shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable  laws  or  regulations:

TEN  COM-     as  tenants  in common     UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -____Custodian_____
TEN ENT-      as tenants by the entireties               (Cust)        (Minor)
JT  TEN-      as  joint  tenants  with  rights  of
              survivorship  and  not  as  tenants  in  common Act_____________
                                                                    (State)

Additional  abbreviations  may  also  be  used  though  not in the above list.


FOR  VALUE  RECEIVED, the undesigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto


PLEASE  INSERT  SOCIAL  SECURITY  OR
     OTHER
IDENTIFYING  NUMBER  OF  ASSIGNEE
|                                                                            |
|_____________________________________|_____________________________________
|                                                                            |
|_____________________________________|_____________________________________


___________________________________________________________________________
(Please  print  or  typewrite  name  and  address including postal zip code of
assignee)

___________________________________________________________________________
the  within Note and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing

       ____________________________________________________________________   
                                                                      Attorney
to  transfer  said  Note  on  the  books  of  the  Trustee, with full power of
substitution  in  the  premises.

Date: ___________         Notice:  The signature(s) on this assignment must   
                          correspond with the name(s) as written upon the 
                          face of the within Note in every particular, without
                          alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.


<PAGE>

                          OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT


     The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the Company
  to repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its terms
  at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid, together with
  unpaid interest accrued hereon to the Repayment Date, to the undersigned, at
                          ____________________________________________________
               _______________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________

       (Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)

     For  this  Note  to  be repaid, the Trustee must receive at its corporate
trust  office,  not  more  than 60 nor less than 30 calendar days prior to the
Repayment  Date,  this  Note  with  this "Option to Elect Repayment" form duly
completed.

     If  less  than  the entire principal amount of this Note is to be repaid,
specify  the  portion hereof (which shall be increments of U.S. $1,000 (or, if
the  Specified  Currency  is  other  than U.S. dollars, the minimum authorized
denomination  specified  on  the face hereof)) which the Holder elects to have
repaid  and  specify  the  denomination  or  denominations  (which shall be an
authorized  Denomination)  of  the  Notes  to  be issued to the Holder for the
portion  of  this  Note  not  being  repaid  (in  the  absence  of  any  such
specification, one such Note will be issued for the portion not being repaid).

Principal  Amount
to be Repaid:$______________
                                  Notice:    The  signature(s)  on  this
                                  Otion  to Elect
Date:                             Repayment must correspond with the name(s)
                                  as written upon the face of the within Note
                                  in every particular, without alteration or 
                                  enlargement or any change  whatsoever.







UNLESS  THIS  NOTE  IS  PRESENTED  BY  AN  AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE  OF  THE
DEPOSITORY  TRUST  COMPANY  (THE "DEPOSITARY") (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW
YORK) TO THE ISSUER HEREOF OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
OR  PAYMENT,  AND  ANY  NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY
AND  ANY  PAYMENT  IS  MADE  TO  CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF  FOR  VALUE  OR  OTHERWISE  BY  OR  TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE
REGISTERED  OWNER  HEREOF,  CEDE  &  CO.,  HAS  AN  INTEREST  HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED
FORM,  THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO
A  NOMINEE  OF  THE  DEPOSITARY  OR  BY  A  NOMINEE  OF  THE DEPOSITARY TO THE
DEPOSITARY  OR  ANOTHER  NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY
SUCH  NOMINEE  TO  A  SUCCESSOR  DEPOSITARY  OR  A  NOMINEE  OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY.



REGISTERED             CUSIP  No.          PRINCIPAL  AMOUNT
No.  FXR-012          94874R  AM  8          $15,000,000.00

                         WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
                      SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES A
                                 (Fixed Rate)


ORIGINAL  ISSUE  DATE:          INTEREST  RATE:          STATED  MATURITY
          DATE:

      August  6,  1996              7.39%                August  6,  2008
INTEREST  PAYMENT  DATE(S)          RECORD  DATE(S):          DEFAULT  RATE:
[ x ] 3/15 and 9/15                 [ x ] 3/1 and 9/1             N/A
[   ] Other:                        [   ] Other:

     REDEMPTION          INITIAL  REDEMPTION          ANNUAL  REDEMPTION
     COMMENCEMENT          PERCENTAGE:                PERCENTAGE
     DATE:                                            REDUCTION:
     N/A                         N/A                      N/A

OPTIONAL  REPAYMENT
DATE(S):
        N/A
     [   ]  Check  if  an  Original  Issue
            Discount  Note  Issue  Price:  %
____________________________________________________________
1.    This paragraph  applies  to  Global  Securities  only.

SPECIFIED  CURRENCY:
     [ x ] U.S.  dollars
     [   ] Other

EXCHANGE  RATE  AGENT:
      N/A

AUTHORIZED  DENOMINATION:
     [ x ]  $1,000  and  integral  multiples
            thereof
     [   ]  Other:


ADDENDUM  ATTACHED
     [     ]  Yes
     [  x  ]  No


OTHER/ADDITIONAL  PROVISIONS:

     N/A


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     WEINGARTEN  REALTY  INVESTORS  (the  "Company",  which  term includes any
successor  corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received,  hereby promises to pay to      CEDE & CO., or registered assigns,
the  principal  sum  of         $15,000,000.00, on the Stated Maturity Date
specified  above (or any Redemption Date or Repayment Date, each as defined on
the  reverse  hereof)  (each  such  Stated  Maturity  Date, Redemption Date or
Repayment  Date  being  hereinafter  referred  to as the "Maturity Date") with
respect  to the principal repayable on such date) and to pay interest thereon,
at  the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until the principal hereof is
paid  or  duly made available for payment, and (to the extent that the payment
of  such  interest shall be legally enforceable) at the Default Rate per annum
specified  above  on  any  overdue  principal,  premium  and/or interest.  The
Company  will  pay  interest in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, if any,
specified  above (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing with the first
Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date specified above,
and  on  the  Maturity Date; provided, however, that if the Original Issue
Date  occurs  between  a  Regular  Record Date (as defined below) and the next
succeeding  Interest  Payment  Date,  interest  payments  will commence on the
second  Interest  Payment  Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date to the
Holder  of  this  Note  on the Regular Record Date with respect to such second
Interest Payment Date.  Interest on this Note will be computed on the basis of
a  360-day  year  of  twelve  30-day  months.

     Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  if  an  Addendum  is attached hereto or
"Other/Additional Provisions" apply to this Note as specified above, this Note
shall  be  subject  to  the  terms  set  forth  in  such  Addendum  or  such
"Other/Additional  Provisions".

     Interest  on  this  Note will accrue from, and including, the immediately
preceding  Interest  Payment  Date  to  which  interest  has been paid or duly
provided  for  (or from, and including, the Original Issue Date if no interest
has  been  paid  or  duly  provided  for  with  respect  to this Note) to, but
excluding,  the  applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the
case  may  be  (each,  an  "Interest  Period").   The interest so payable, and
punctually  paid  or  duly  provided  for,  on any Interest Payment Date will,
subject to certain exceptions described herein, be paid to the person in whose
name  this  Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close
of  business  on  the  March 1 and September 1 next preceding the March 15 and
September  15 (whether or not a Market Day, as defined below) Interest Payment
Dates  (the  "Regular  Record  Date");  provided,  however,  that interest
payable  on  the  Maturity  Date  will  be  payable  to the person to whom the
principal  hereof  and  premium,  if  any,  hereon shall be payable.  Any such
interest  not  so punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment
Date  with respect to this Note ("Defaulted Interest") will forthwith cease to
be  payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date, and shall be paid to the
person  in  whose  name  this Note is registered at the close of business on a
special  record  date  (the  "Special  Record  Date")  for the payment of such
Defaulted  Interest to be fixed by the Trustee hereinafter referred to, notice
whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Note by the Trustee not less than
10  calendar  daysprior  to  such Special Record Date, or shall be paid at any
time  in  any  other  lawful  manner,  all as more completely described in the
Indenture  applicable  to  this  Note.

     "Business  Day",  as  used herein for any particular location, means each
Monday,  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Thursday  and Friday that is not a day on which
banking  institutions  in  such location are authorized or obligated by law or
executive  order  to  close.

     Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest in respect
of  this Note due on the Maturity Date to be made in U.S. dollars will be made
in  immediately  available  funds upon presentation and surrender of this Note
(and,  with respect to any applicable repayment of this Note, a duly completed
election  form  as  contemplated  on  the  reverse hereof) at the Paying Agent
Office  as  the  Company  may  determine;  provided, however, that if such
payment  is  to be made in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars as set
forth  below,  such  payment  will  be  made  by  wire transfer of immediately
available  funds  to an account with a bank located in the Principal Financial
Center  of  the  country  issuing  the  Specified  Currency  (or,  for  Notes
denominated  in  European Currency Units ("ECUs"), to an ECU account) or other
jurisdiction acceptable to the Company and the Paying Agent as shall have been
designated  by  the  Holder  hereof  at  least five Business Days prior to the
Maturity Date, provided that such bank has appropriate facilities therefor and
that  this  Note  (and,  if  applicable,  a  duly  completed election form) is
presented  and  surrendered  at the aforementioned Paying Agent Office in time
for  the  Paying  Agent to make such payments in such funds in accordance with
its  normal  procedures.    Such  designation  shall  be  made  by  filing the
appropriate  information  with  the Paying Agent at the Paying Agent Office in
The  City  of  New  York,  and, unless revoked, any such designation made with
respect  to  this  Note  by  its  registered Holder will remain in effect with
respect  to  any  further  payments  with  respect to this Note payable to its
Holder.    If  a  payment  with  respect  to  this Note cannot be made by wire
transfer  because the required designation has not been received by the Paying
Agent  on  or before the requisite date or for any other reason, a notice will
be  mailed   to the Holder of this Note at its registered address requesting a
designation  pursuant  to  which  such wire transfer can be made and, upon the
Paying Agent's receipt of such a designation, such payment will be made within
five  Business  Days  of such receipt. The Company will pay any administrative
costs  imposed  by  banks in connection with making payments by wire transfer,
but  any  tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed upon payments will be
borne  by  the  Holder  of  this  Note.

     Payments  of  interest  due  on  any Interest Payment Date other than the
Maturity  Date  to be made in U.S. dollars will be made by check mailed to the
address  of  the  person  entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security  Register  maintained  at  the  Payment  Agent  Office;  provided,
however,  that  a  Holder of U.S. $10,000,000 (or, if the Specified Currency
specified  above  is  other  than  U.S. dollars, the equivalent thereof in the
Specified  Currency)  or  more in aggregate principal amount of Notes (whether
having  identical  or  different  terms  and  provisions)  will be entitled to
receive  interest  payments  on such Interest Payment Date by wire transfer of
immediately availablefunds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been
received in writing by the Paying Agent not less than five calendar days prior
to  such  Interest Payment Date.  Any such wire transfer instructions received
by  the  Paying  Agent  shall  remain  in effect until revoked by such Holder.

     If  any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is
not  a  Market  Day  (as  defined  below),  the required payment of principal,
premium, if any, and/or interest need not be made on such day, but may be made
on the next succeeding Market Day with the same force and effect as if made on
the  date  such  payment was due, and no interest shall accrue with respect to
such  payment  for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or the
Maturity  Date,  as  the  case may be, to the date of such payment on the next
succeeding  Market  Day.

     As  used  herein,  "Market  Day"  means:

(a)     for any Note other than a Note the repayment in respect of which is to
be  made  in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, any Business Day in
The  City  of  New  York;

(b)          for  a  Note  the  payment in respect of which is to be made in a
Specified  Currency other than U.S. dollars, any Business Day in the Principal
Financial  Center  (as  defined  below)  of the country issuing such Specified
Currency  which  is  also  a  Business  Day  in  The  City  of  New  York; and

(c)      for a Note the payment in respect of which is to be made in ECUs, any
Business Day in The City of New York that is also not a day that appears as an
ECU  non-settlement  day  on  the  display designated as "ISDE" on the Reuters
Monitor  Money  Rates  Service  (or  a  day  so  designed  by  the ECU Banking
Association)  or,  if  the  ECU non-settlement days do not appear on that page
(and  are not so designated), is not a day on which payments in ECUs cannot be
settled  in  the  international  interbank  market).

     "Principal  Financial  Center"  means  the  capital  city  of the country
issuing  the Specified Currency in respect of which payment on the Notes is to
be  made, except that with respect to U.S. dollars, Australian dollars, German
Marks,  Dutch  Guilders,  Italian  Lire,  Swiss Francs and ECUs, the Principal
Financial  Center shall be The City of New York, Sydney, Frankfurt, Amsterdam,
Milan,  Zurich  and  Luxembourg,  respectively.

     The  Company  is obligated to make payment of principal, premium, if any,
and  interest  in  respect  of this Note in the Specified Currency (or, if the
Specified  Currency  is  not  at the time of such payment legal tender for the
payment  of  public  and  private debts, in such other coin or currency of the
country  which issued the Specified Currency as at the time of such payment is
legal  tender  for  the  payment of such debts).  If the Specified Currency is
other  than  U.S.  dollars, any such amounts so payable by the Company will be
converted  by  the  Exchange  Rate  Agent specified above into U.S.dollars for
payment  to the Holder of this Note; provided, however, that the Holder of
this Note may elect to receive such amounts in the Specified Currency pursuant
to  the  provisions  set  forth  below.

     Payments  of  principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on any Note
denominated  in  a  Specified  Currency  other  than  U.S. dollars (a "Foreign
Currency  Note") will be made in U.S. dollars if the registered Holder of such
Note  on the relevant Regular Record Date, or at maturity, as the case may be,
has  transmitted  a  written  request  for such payment in U.S. dollars to the
Paying  Agent  at the Paying Agent Office in The City of New York on or before
such Regular Record Date, or the date 15 days before maturity, as the case may
be.  Such  request  may  be  in  writing (mailed or hand delivered) or sent by
cable,  telex,  or other form of facsimile transmission. Any such request made
for  any  Note  by  a  registered Holder will remain in effect for any further
payments  of  principal  of  (and  premium,  if any) and interest on such Note
payable  to  such  Holder,  unless  such  request  is revoked on or before the
relevant  Regular Record Date or the date 15 days before maturity, as the case
may  be.  Holders of Notes denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S.
dollars  that are registered in the name of a broker or nominee should contact
such  broker  or  nominee  to  determine  whether  and how to elect to receive
payments  in  U.S.  dollars.

     The  U.S.  dollar amount to be received by a Holder of a Foreign Currency
Note  who  elects  to  receive  payment  in  U.S. dollars will be based on the
highest  bid  quotation  in The City of New York received by the Exchange Rate
Agent  as  of  11:00  a.m.,  New York City time, on the second Market Day next
preceding  the  applicable payment date from three recognized foreign exchange
dealers  (one of which may be the Exchange Rate Agent) for the purchase by the
quoting  dealer  of  the Specified Currency for U.S. dollars for settlement on
such payment date in the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to
all Holders of Notes electing to receive U.S. dollar payments and at which the
applicable  dealer commits to execute a contract. If three such bid quotations
are  not  available  on the second Market Day preceding the date of payment of
principal (and premium, if any) or interest for any Note, such payment will be
made  in  the  Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs associated with
any  payment  in  U.S.  dollars  on  any such Note will be borne by the Holder
thereof  by  deductions  from  such  payment.

     A  Holder  of a Foreign Currency Note may elect to receive payment of the
principal  of  and premium, if any, and interest on such Note in the Specified
Currency  by  submitting  a written request for such payment to the Trustee at
its  Corporate  Trust  Office  in  The  City  of  New  York on or prior to the
applicable  record  date  or  at  least 15 calendar days prior to the Maturity
Date,  as  the  case  may  be.    Such  written  request  may  be  mailed  or
hand-delivered  or  sent  by  cable,  telex  or  other  form  of  facsimile
transmission.    A  Holder  of  a  Foreign  Currency Note may elect to receive
payment  in the applicable Specified Currency for all such principal, premium,
if  any,  and interest payments and need not file a separate election for each
payment.   Such election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice
to  the Trustee, but written notice of any such revocation must be received by
the  Trustee on or prior to the applicable Record Date or at least 15 calendar
days  prior  to  the  MaturityDate,  as  the  case  may be, Holders of Foreign
Currency  Notes  whose Notes are to be held in the name of a broker or nominee
should contact such broker or nominee to determine whether and how an election
to  receive  payments  in  the  applicable  Specified  Currency  may  be made.

     If  the  principal  of  (and  premium, if any) or interest on any Note is
payable  in  other  than  U.S. dollars and such Specified Currency (other than
ECUs)  is  not  available  due to the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances  beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be entitled
to  satisfy  its obligations to the Holder of such Note by making such payment
(including  any  such payment at maturity) in U.S. dollars on the basis of the
most  recently  available Exchange Rate.  If the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on any Note is payable in ECUs, and the ECU is not available
due  to  the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the
control  of  the  Company or the ECU is used neither as the unit of account of
the  European  Communities  nor  as  the  currency  of the European Union, the
Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the Holder of such Note
by making such payment (including any such payment at maturity) in a component
currency  of  the  ECU  chosen  by  the  Exchange  Rate  Agent.

     Any  U.S.  dollar amount to be received by a Holder of a Foreign Currency
Note  will  be  based  on  the  highest  bid quotation in The City of New York
received  by the Exchange Rate Agent at approximately 11:00 A.M. New York City
time,  on  the  second  Market  Day preceding the applicable payment date from
three  recognized  foreign  exchange  dealers (one of whom may be the Exchange
Rate  Agent)  selected  by the Exchange Rate Agent and approved by the Company
for  the  quoting  dealer  of  the  Specified  Currency  for  U.S. dollars for
settlement  on  such  payment  date  in  the aggregate amount of the Specified
Currency payable to all Holders of Foreign Currency Notes scheduled to receive
U.S.  dollar  payments and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a
contract.    All  currency  exchange costs will be borne by the Holder of such
Foreign  Currency  Note  by  deductions from such payments.  If three such bid
quotations are not available, payments will be made in the Specified Currency.

     If  the applicable Specified Currency is not available for the payment of
principal,  premium,  if  any,  or interest with respect to a Foreign Currency
Note  due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond
the  control  of  the  Company,  the  Company  will be entitled to satisfy its
obligations to the Holder of such Foreign Currency Note by making such payment
in  U.S. dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate on the second Market
Day  prior  to  such  payment  or,  if  such  Market Exchange Rate is not then
available, on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate or
as  otherwise  specified  in  the  applicable Pricing Supplement.  The "Market
Exchange Rate" for a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars means the noon
dollar  buying  rate  in  The City of New York for the cable transfer for such
Specified  Currency  as  certified  for  customs  purposes  by  (or  if not so
certified,  as  otherwise determined by) the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

If payment in respect of a Foreign Currency Note is required to be made in any
currency  unit  (e.g.,  ECU), and such currency unit is unavailable due to the
imposition  of  exchange  controls or other circumstances beyond the Company's
control,  then  the  Company  will  be entitled, but not required, to make any
payments  in  respect of such Note in U.S. dollars until such currency unit is
again available.  The amount of each payment in U.S. dollars shall be computed
on  the  basis  of  the equivalent of the currency unit in U.S. dollars, which
shall  be  determined by the Company or its agent on the following basis.  The
component  currencies of the currency unit for this purpose (collectively, the
"Component  Currencies"  and  each,  a  "Component  Currency")  shall   be the
currency  amounts that were components of the currency unit as of the last day
on  which  the currency unit was used.  The equivalent of the currency unit in
U.S.  dollars shall be calculated by aggregating the U.S. dollar equivalent of
the Component Currencies.  The U.S. dollar equivalent of each of the Component
Currencies shall be determined by the Company or its agent on the basis of the
most recently available Market Exchange Rate for each such Component Currency.

     If  the  official  unit  of  any  Component Currency is altered by way of
combination or subdivision, the number of units of the currency as a Component
Currency  shall  be  divided  or multiplied in the same proportion.  If two or
more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the amounts
of  those currencies as Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in
such  single  currency  equal  to  the  sum of the amounts of the consolidated
Component  Currencies  expressed  in  such  single currency.  If any Component
Currency  is  divided  into two or more currencies, the amount of the original
Component  Currency  shall  be  replaced  by  the  amounts of such two or more
currencies,  the  sum  of  which  shall be equal to the amount of the original
Component  Currency.

     All  determinations  referred  to  above  made by the Exchange Rate Agent
shall  be  at its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error,
be  conclusive  for  all  purposes  and  binding  on  the Holder of this Note.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth
on  the  reverse  hereof  and,  if so specified above, in the Addendum hereto,
which  further provisions shall have the same force and effect as if set forth
on  the  face  hereof.

     Unless  the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee  by  manual  signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit
under  the  Indenture  or  be  valid  or  obligatory  for  any  purpose.





     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, Weingarten Realty Investors has caused this Note to
be  executed.

                                              WEINGARTEN  REALTY  INVESTORS



                                       By:__________________________________
                                       Name:  ______________________________
                                       Title:    ___________________________

Attest:

By:     ____________________________
        Name:  _____________________
        Title:    __________________




Dated:  August  1,  1996


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TRUSTEE'S  CERTIFICATE  OF
AUTHENTICATION:

This  is  one  of  the  Notes  of  the  series
designated  therein  referred  to  in  the
within-mentioned  Indenture.


TEXAS  COMMERCE  BANK  NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,  as  Trustee


By:
     Authorized  Signatory  for
     Chemical  Bank,  as  Agent  for
     Texas  Commerce  Bank  National  Association



<PAGE>



                         WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
                      SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES A
                                 (Fixed Rate)


     This  Note  is  one  of  a duly authorized series of Debt Securities (the
"Debt  Securities") of the Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture,
dated  as  of  May  1, 1995, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time  (the  "Indenture"), between the Company and Texas Commerce Bank National
Association,  as  Trustee  (the  "Trustee",  which term includes any successor
trustee  under  the  Indenture),  to  which  Indenture  and  all  indentures
supplemental  thereto  reference  is  hereby  made  for  a  statement  of  the
respective  rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the  Company,  the  Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities, and of the
terms  upon  which  the  Debt Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered.    This  Note is one of the series of Debt Securities designated as
"Medium-Term  Notes,  Series  A  Due 9 Months or more from Date of Issue" (the
"Notes").    All terms used but not defined in this Note specified on the face
hereof or in an Addendum hereto shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in  the  Indenture.

     This  Note  is  issuable  only in registered form without coupons.  Notes
denominated  in  U.S.  dollars  will  be  initially issued in denominations of
$1,000  and  integral  multiples  thereof, and Notes denominated in other than
U.S.  dollars  will  be initially issued in denominations of the amount of the
Specified Currency for such Note equivalent, at the noon buying rate for cable
transfers   in The City of New York for such Specified Currency (the "Exchange
Rate")  on  the  first Market Day next preceding the date on which the Company
accepts  the  offer  to  purchase  such Note, to $1,000 and integral multiples
thereof  (or the equivalent thereof in the Specified Currency for such Note). 
Interest  rates  offered  by  the  Company  with  respect to a Note may differ
depending  upon,  among  other  things,  the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes  purchased  in  any  single  transaction.

     This  Note  will not be subject to any sinking fund and, unless otherwise
provided on the face hereof in accordance with the provisions of the following
two  paragraphs,  will  not  be  redeemable  or  repayable prior to the Stated
Maturity  Date.

     This  Note  will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company on
any  date  on and after the Redemption Commencement Date, if any, specified on
the  face  hereof, in whole or from time to time in part in increments of U.S.
$1,000  or  the  minimum  authorized denomination (provided that any remaining
principal  amount  hereof  shall  be  at  least  U.S.  $1,000  or such minimum
authorized  denomination, at the Redemption Price (as defined below), together
with unpaid interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (each, a
"Redemption  Date"),  on notice given no more than60 nor less than 30 calendar
days prior to the Redemption Date and in accordance with the provisions of the
Indenture.    The "Redemption Price" shall initially be the Initial Redemption
Percentage  specified  on  the  face hereof multiplied by the unpaid principal
amount  of  this Note to be redeemed.  The Initial Redemption Percentage shall
decline  at each anniversary of the Redemption Commencement Date by the Annual
Redemption  Percentage  Reduction,  if any, specified on the face hereof until
the  Redemption  Price  is 100% of unpaid principal amount to be redeemed.  In
the event of redemption of the Note in part only, a new Note of like tenor for
the unredeemed portion hereof and otherwise having the same terms as this Note
shall  be  issued  in  the name of the Holder hereof upon the presentation and
surrender  hereof.

     This  Note  will  be subject to repayment by the Company at the option of
the  Holder hereof on the Optional Repayment Date(s), if any, specified on the
face  hereof,  in whole or in part in increments of U.S. $1,000 or the minimum
authorized  denomination  (provided that any remaining principal amount hereof
shall  be  a  minimum  authorized denomination), at a repayment price equal to
100%  of  the  unpaid  principal  amount  to  be  repaid, together with unpaid
interest  accrued  thereon to the date fixed for repayment (each, a "Repayment
Date").  For this Note to be repaid, this Note must be received, together with
the  form  herein  entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" duly completed, by the
Trustee  at  its  corporate  trust  office  not  more than 60 nor less than 30
calendar  days prior to the Repayment Date.  Exercise of such repayment option
by  the  Holder hereof will be irrevocable.  In the event of repayment of this
Note  in  part  only, a new Note of like tenor for the unrepaid portion hereof
and  otherwise  having the same terms as this Note shall be issued in the name
of  the  Holder  hereof  upon  the  presentation  and  surrender  hereof.

     If  this Note is an Original Issue Discount Note as specified on the face
hereof,  the  amount  payable  to  the  Holder  of  this  Note in the event of
redemption,  repayment  or  acceleration  of maturity will be equal to (i) the
Amortized  Face  Amount  (as defined below) as of the date of such event, plus
(ii)  with  respect  to  any redemption, the Initial Redemption Percentage (as
adjusted  by  the  Annual  Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any) minus 100%
multiplied by the Issue Price specified on the face hereof, net of any portion
of  such  Issue Price which has been paid prior to the Redemption Date, or the
portion of the Issue Price (or the net amount) proportionate to the portion of
the unpaid principal amount to be redeemed, plus (iii) any accrued interest to
the  date of such event the payment of which would constitute qualified stated
interest  payments within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.1273-1(c) under
the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").  The "Amortized
Face  Amount"  shall mean an amount equal to (i) the Issue Price plus (ii) the
aggregate  portions  of the original issue discount (the excess of the amounts
considered  as  part of the "stated redemption price at maturity" of this Note
within  the  meaning of Section 1273(a)(2) of the Code, whether denominated as
principal  or  interest,  over  the  Issue Price) which shall theretofore have
accrued  pursuant  to  Section  1272  of  the  Code (without regard to Section
1272(a)(7)  of  the  Code)  from  the  Original  Issue  Date  to  the  date of
determination,  minus  (iii)  any  amount  considered  as  partof  the "stated
redemption  price  at  maturity"  of  this  Note  which has been paid from the
Original  Issue  Date  to  the  date  of  determination.

     If  an  Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall occur and be
continuing,  the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the
manner  and  with  the  effect  provided  in  the  Indenture.

     The  Indenture  contains  provisions  for  defeasance  of  (i) the entire
indebtedness of the Notes or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default with
respect to the Notes, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set
forth  therein,  which  provisions  apply  to  the  Notes.

     The  Indenture  permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment  thereof  and  the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company  and  the  rights of the Holders of the Debt Securities at any time by
the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority  of the aggregate principal amount of all Debt Securities at the time
outstanding  and  affected  thereby.    The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting  the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal
amount  of  the  outstanding  Debt Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all
such  Debt  Securities,  to  waive  compliance  by  the  Company  with certain
provisions  of the Indenture.  Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit
the  Holders  of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of
the  outstanding Debt Securities, in certain instances, to waive, on behalf of
all  of  the  Holders of Debt Securities of such series, certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder  of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon
all  future  Holders of this Note and other Notes issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange heretofore or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation  of  such  consent  or  waiver  is  made  upon  the  Note.

     No  reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of
the  Indenture  shall  alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in
respect of this Note at the times, places and rate or formula, and in the coin
or  currency,  herein  prescribed.

     As  provided  in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
and herein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security
Register  of  the  Company  upon  surrender  of  this Note for registration of
transfer  at  the  office    or  agency  of the Company in any place where the
principal hereof and any premium or interest hereon are payable, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the  Company  and  the  Trustee  duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his
attorney  duly  authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of
authorized  denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be
issued  to  the  designated  transferee  or  transferees.

As  provided  in  the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein and
herein  set  forth,  this  Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Notes of different authorized denominations but otherwise having the
same  terms and conditions, as requested by the Holder hereof surrendering the
same.

     No  service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax  or  other  governmental  charge  payable  in  connection  therewith.

     Prior  to  due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Holder  in  whose  name  this  Note is registered as the owner thereof for all
purposes,  whether  or  not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee  nor  any  such  agent  shall  be  affected by notice to the contrary.

     The  Indenture  and  this  Note  shall  be  governed  by and construed in
accordance  with  the  laws  of the State of New York applicable to agreements
made  and  to  be  performed  entirely  in  such  State.



<PAGE>

                                ABBREVIATIONS


The  following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
Note,  shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable  laws  or  regulations:

TEN  COM-     as  tenants  in common  UNIF GIFT MIN ACT _____-Custodian_____
TEN ENT-      as tenants by the entireties               (Cust)    (Minor)
JT  TEN-      as  joint  tenants  with  rights  of
              survivorship  and  not  as  tenants  in  common Act___________
                                                                   (State)

Additional  abbreviations  may  also  be  used  though  not in the above list.


FOR  VALUE  RECEIVED, the undesigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto


PLEASE  INSERT  SOCIAL  SECURITY  OR
     OTHER
IDENTIFYING  NUMBER  OF  ASSIGNEE
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|_____________________________________|_____________________________________
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|_____________________________________|_____________________________________


___________________________________________________________________________
(Please  print  or  typewrite  name  and  address including postal zip code of
assignee)

___________________________________________________________________________
the  within Note and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing

_________________________________________________________________________   
                                                                      Attorney
to  transfer  said  Note  on  the  books  of  the  Trustee, with full power of
substitution  in  the  premises.

Date: ______________      Notice:  The signature(s) on this assignment must
                          correspond with the name(s) as written upon the  
                          face of the within Note in every particular, without
                          alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.


<PAGE>

                          OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT


     The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the Company
  to repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its terms
  at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid, together with
  unpaid interest accrued hereon to the Repayment Date, to the undersigned, at
                          ____________________________________________________
               _______________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________

       (Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)

     For  this  Note  to  be repaid, the Trustee must receive at its corporate
trust  office,  not  more  than 60 nor less than 30 calendar days prior to the
Repayment  Date,  this  Note  with  this "Option to Elect Repayment" form duly
completed.

     If  less  than  the entire principal amount of this Note is to be repaid,
specify  the  portion hereof (which shall be increments of U.S. $1,000 (or, if
the  Specified  Currency  is  other  than U.S. dollars, the minimum authorized
denomination  specified  on  the face hereof)) which the Holder elects to have
repaid  and  specify  the  denomination  or  denominations  (which shall be an
authorized  Denomination)  of  the  Notes  to  be issued to the Holder for the
portion  of  this  Note  not  being  repaid  (in  the  absence  of  any  such
specification, one such Note will be issued for the portion not being repaid).

Principal  Amount
to be Repaid:$___________         __________________________________________  
                              Notice: The signature(s) on this Option to Elect
Date:                         Repayment must correspond with the name(s) as 
                          written upon the face of the within Note in every 
                      particular, without alteration or enlargement or any 
                            change  whatsoever.







UNLESS  THIS  NOTE  IS  PRESENTED  BY  AN  AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE  OF  THE
DEPOSITORY  TRUST  COMPANY  (THE "DEPOSITARY") (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW
YORK) TO THE ISSUER HEREOF OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
OR  PAYMENT,  AND  ANY  NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY
AND  ANY  PAYMENT  IS  MADE  TO  CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF  FOR  VALUE  OR  OTHERWISE  BY  OR  TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE
REGISTERED  OWNER  HEREOF,  CEDE  &  CO.,  HAS  AN  INTEREST  HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED
FORM,  THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO
A  NOMINEE  OF  THE  DEPOSITARY  OR  BY  A  NOMINEE  OF  THE DEPOSITARY TO THE
DEPOSITARY  OR  ANOTHER  NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY
SUCH  NOMINEE  TO  A  SUCCESSOR  DEPOSITARY  OR  A  NOMINEE  OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY.



REGISTERED             CUSIP  No.          PRINCIPAL  AMOUNT
No.  FXR-013          94874R  AN  6          $15,000,000.00

                         WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
                      SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES A
                                 (Fixed Rate)


ORIGINAL  ISSUE  DATE:          INTEREST  RATE:          STATED  MATURITY
          DATE:

     August  7,  1996                  6.95%            Decembere 1, 2003
INTEREST  PAYMENT  DATE(S)          RECORD  DATE(S):          DEFAULT  RATE:
[ x ] 3/15 and 9/15                [ x ] 3/1 and 9/1             N/A
[   ] Other:                       [   ] Other:

     REDEMPTION          INITIAL  REDEMPTION          ANNUAL  REDEMPTION
     COMMENCEMENT          PERCENTAGE:                 PERCENTAGE
     DATE:                                              REDUCTION:
     N/A                     N/A                           N/A
     
OPTIONAL  REPAYMENT
DATE(S):
     N/A
    [    ] Check  if  an  Original  Issue
           Discount  Note  Issue  Price: %

- -----------------------------------------
1.     This paragraph  applies  to  Global  Securities  only.

SPECIFIED  CURRENCY:
     [ x ] U.S.  dollars
     [   ] Other

EXCHANGE  RATE  AGENT:
      N/A

AUTHORIZED  DENOMINATION:
     [ x ] $1,000  and  integral  multiples
            thereof
     [   ] Other:


ADDENDUM  ATTACHED
     [   ] Yes
     [ x ] No


OTHER/ADDITIONAL  PROVISIONS:

     N/A


<PAGE>

     WEINGARTEN  REALTY  INVESTORS  (the  "Company",  which  term includes any
successor  corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received,  hereby promises to pay to      CEDE & CO., or registered assigns,
the  principal  sum  of         $15,000,000.00, on the Stated Maturity Date
specified  above (or any Redemption Date or Repayment Date, each as defined on
the  reverse  hereof)  (each  such  Stated  Maturity  Date, Redemption Date or
Repayment  Date  being  hereinafter  referred  to as the "Maturity Date") with
respect  to the principal repayable on such date) and to pay interest thereon,
at  the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until the principal hereof is
paid  or  duly made available for payment, and (to the extent that the payment
of  such  interest shall be legally enforceable) at the Default Rate per annum
specified  above  on  any  overdue  principal,  premium  and/or interest.  The
Company  will  pay  interest in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, if any,
specified  above (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing with the first
Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date specified above,
and  on  the  Maturity Date; provided, however, that if the Original Issue
Date  occurs  between  a  Regular  Record Date (as defined below) and the next
succeeding  Interest  Payment  Date,  interest  payments  will commence on the
second  Interest  Payment  Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date to the
Holder  of  this  Note  on the Regular Record Date with respect to such second
Interest Payment Date.  Interest on this Note will be computed on the basis of
a  360-day  year  of  twelve  30-day  months.

     Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  if  an  Addendum  is attached hereto or
"Other/Additional Provisions" apply to this Note as specified above, this Note
shall  be  subject  to  the  terms  set  forth  in  such  Addendum  or  such
"Other/Additional  Provisions".

     Interest  on  this  Note will accrue from, and including, the immediately
preceding  Interest  Payment  Date  to  which  interest  has been paid or duly
provided  for  (or from, and including, the Original Issue Date if no interest
has  been  paid  or  duly  provided  for  with  respect  to this Note) to, but
excluding,  the  applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the
case  may  be  (each,  an  "Interest  Period").   The interest so payable, and
punctually  paid  or  duly  provided  for,  on any Interest Payment Date will,
subject to certain exceptions described herein, be paid to the person in whose
name  this  Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close
of  business  on  the  March 1 and September 1 next preceding the March 15 and
September  15 (whether or not a Market Day, as defined below) Interest Payment
Dates  (the  "Regular  Record  Date");  provided,  however,  that interest
payable  on  the  Maturity  Date  will  be  payable  to the person to whom the
principal  hereof  and  premium,  if  any,  hereon shall be payable.  Any such
interest  not  so punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment
Date  with respect to this Note ("Defaulted Interest") will forthwith cease to
be  payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date, and shall be paid to the
person  in  whose  name  this Note is registered at the close of business on a
special  record  date  (the  "Special  Record  Date")  for the payment of such
Defaulted  Interest to be fixed by the Trustee hereinafter referred to, notice
whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Note by the Trustee not less than
10  calendar  daysprior  to  such Special Record Date, or shall be paid at any
time  in  any  other  lawful  manner,  all as more completely described in the
Indenture  applicable  to  this  Note.

     "Business  Day",  as  used herein for any particular location, means each
Monday,  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Thursday  and Friday that is not a day on which
banking  institutions  in  such location are authorized or obligated by law or
executive  order  to  close.

     Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest in respect
of  this Note due on the Maturity Date to be made in U.S. dollars will be made
in  immediately  available  funds upon presentation and surrender of this Note
(and,  with respect to any applicable repayment of this Note, a duly completed
election  form  as  contemplated  on  the  reverse hereof) at the Paying Agent
Office  as  the  Company  may  determine;  provided, however, that if such
payment  is  to be made in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars as set
forth  below,  such  payment  will  be  made  by  wire transfer of immediately
available  funds  to an account with a bank located in the Principal Financial
Center  of  the  country  issuing  the  Specified  Currency  (or,  for  Notes
denominated  in  European Currency Units ("ECUs"), to an ECU account) or other
jurisdiction acceptable to the Company and the Paying Agent as shall have been
designated  by  the  Holder  hereof  at  least five Business Days prior to the
Maturity Date, provided that such bank has appropriate facilities therefor and
that  this  Note  (and,  if  applicable,  a  duly  completed election form) is
presented  and  surrendered  at the aforementioned Paying Agent Office in time
for  the  Paying  Agent to make such payments in such funds in accordance with
its  normal  procedures.    Such  designation  shall  be  made  by  filing the
appropriate  information  with  the Paying Agent at the Paying Agent Office in
The  City  of  New  York,  and, unless revoked, any such designation made with
respect  to  this  Note  by  its  registered Holder will remain in effect with
respect  to  any  further  payments  with  respect to this Note payable to its
Holder.    If  a  payment  with  respect  to  this Note cannot be made by wire
transfer  because the required designation has not been received by the Paying
Agent  on  or before the requisite date or for any other reason, a notice will
be  mailed   to the Holder of this Note at its registered address requesting a
designation  pursuant  to  which  such wire transfer can be made and, upon the
Paying Agent's receipt of such a designation, such payment will be made within
five  Business  Days  of such receipt. The Company will pay any administrative
costs  imposed  by  banks in connection with making payments by wire transfer,
but  any  tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed upon payments will be
borne  by  the  Holder  of  this  Note.

     Payments  of  interest  due  on  any Interest Payment Date other than the
Maturity  Date  to be made in U.S. dollars will be made by check mailed to the
address  of  the  person  entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security  Register  maintained  at  the  Payment  Agent  Office;  provided,
however,  that  a  Holder of U.S. $10,000,000 (or, if the Specified Currency
specified  above  is  other  than  U.S. dollars, the equivalent thereof in the
Specified  Currency)  or  more in aggregate principal amount of Notes (whether
having  identical  or  different  terms  and  provisions)  will be entitled to
receive  interest  payments  on such Interest Payment Date by wire transfer of
immediately availablefunds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been
received in writing by the Paying Agent not less than five calendar days prior
to  such  Interest Payment Date.  Any such wire transfer instructions received
by  the  Paying  Agent  shall  remain  in effect until revoked by such Holder.

     If  any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is
not  a  Market  Day  (as  defined  below),  the required payment of principal,
premium, if any, and/or interest need not be made on such day, but may be made
on the next succeeding Market Day with the same force and effect as if made on
the  date  such  payment was due, and no interest shall accrue with respect to
such  payment  for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or the
Maturity  Date,  as  the  case may be, to the date of such payment on the next
succeeding  Market  Day.

     As  used  herein,  "Market  Day"  means:

(a)     for any Note other than a Note the repayment in respect of which is to
be  made  in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, any Business Day in
The  City  of  New  York;

(b)          for  a  Note  the  payment in respect of which is to be made in a
Specified  Currency other than U.S. dollars, any Business Day in the Principal
Financial  Center  (as  defined  below)  of the country issuing such Specified
Currency  which  is  also  a  Business  Day  in  The  City  of  New  York; and

(c)      for a Note the payment in respect of which is to be made in ECUs, any
Business Day in The City of New York that is also not a day that appears as an
ECU  non-settlement  day  on  the  display designated as "ISDE" on the Reuters
Monitor  Money  Rates  Service  (or  a  day  so  designed  by  the ECU Banking
Association)  or,  if  the  ECU non-settlement days do not appear on that page
(and  are not so designated), is not a day on which payments in ECUs cannot be
settled  in  the  international  interbank  market).

     "Principal  Financial  Center"  means  the  capital  city  of the country
issuing  the Specified Currency in respect of which payment on the Notes is to
be  made, except that with respect to U.S. dollars, Australian dollars, German
Marks,  Dutch  Guilders,  Italian  Lire,  Swiss Francs and ECUs, the Principal
Financial  Center shall be The City of New York, Sydney, Frankfurt, Amsterdam,
Milan,  Zurich  and  Luxembourg,  respectively.

     The  Company  is obligated to make payment of principal, premium, if any,
and  interest  in  respect  of this Note in the Specified Currency (or, if the
Specified  Currency  is  not  at the time of such payment legal tender for the
payment  of  public  and  private debts, in such other coin or currency of the
country  which issued the Specified Currency as at the time of such payment is
legal  tender  for  the  payment of such debts).  If the Specified Currency is
other  than  U.S.  dollars, any such amounts so payable by the Company will be
converted  by  the  Exchange  Rate  Agent specified above into U.S.dollars for
payment  to the Holder of this Note; provided, however, that the Holder of
this Note may elect to receive such amounts in the Specified Currency pursuant
to  the  provisions  set  forth  below.

     Payments  of  principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on any Note
denominated  in  a  Specified  Currency  other  than  U.S. dollars (a "Foreign
Currency  Note") will be made in U.S. dollars if the registered Holder of such
Note  on the relevant Regular Record Date, or at maturity, as the case may be,
has  transmitted  a  written  request  for such payment in U.S. dollars to the
Paying  Agent  at the Paying Agent Office in The City of New York on or before
such Regular Record Date, or the date 15 days before maturity, as the case may
be.  Such  request  may  be  in  writing (mailed or hand delivered) or sent by
cable,  telex,  or other form of facsimile transmission. Any such request made
for  any  Note  by  a  registered Holder will remain in effect for any further
payments  of  principal  of  (and  premium,  if any) and interest on such Note
payable  to  such  Holder,  unless  such  request  is revoked on or before the
relevant  Regular Record Date or the date 15 days before maturity, as the case
may  be.  Holders of Notes denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S.
dollars  that are registered in the name of a broker or nominee should contact
such  broker  or  nominee  to  determine  whether  and how to elect to receive
payments  in  U.S.  dollars.

     The  U.S.  dollar amount to be received by a Holder of a Foreign Currency
Note  who  elects  to  receive  payment  in  U.S. dollars will be based on the
highest  bid  quotation  in The City of New York received by the Exchange Rate
Agent  as  of  11:00  a.m.,  New York City time, on the second Market Day next
preceding  the  applicable payment date from three recognized foreign exchange
dealers  (one of which may be the Exchange Rate Agent) for the purchase by the
quoting  dealer  of  the Specified Currency for U.S. dollars for settlement on
such payment date in the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to
all Holders of Notes electing to receive U.S. dollar payments and at which the
applicable  dealer commits to execute a contract. If three such bid quotations
are  not  available  on the second Market Day preceding the date of payment of
principal (and premium, if any) or interest for any Note, such payment will be
made  in  the  Specified Currency. All currency exchange costs associated with
any  payment  in  U.S.  dollars  on  any such Note will be borne by the Holder
thereof  by  deductions  from  such  payment.

     A  Holder  of a Foreign Currency Note may elect to receive payment of the
principal  of  and premium, if any, and interest on such Note in the Specified
Currency  by  submitting  a written request for such payment to the Trustee at
its  Corporate  Trust  Office  in  The  City  of  New  York on or prior to the
applicable  record  date  or  at  least 15 calendar days prior to the Maturity
Date,  as  the  case  may  be.    Such  written  request  may  be  mailed  or
hand-delivered  or  sent  by  cable,  telex  or  other  form  of  facsimile
transmission.    A  Holder  of  a  Foreign  Currency Note may elect to receive
payment  in the applicable Specified Currency for all such principal, premium,
if  any,  and interest payments and need not file a separate election for each
payment.   Such election will remain in effect until revoked by written notice
to  the Trustee, but written notice of any such revocation must be received by
the  Trustee on or prior to the applicable Record Date or at least 15 calendar
days  prior  to  the  MaturityDate,  as  the  case  may be, Holders of Foreign
Currency  Notes  whose Notes are to be held in the name of a broker or nominee
should contact such broker or nominee to determine whether and how an election
to  receive  payments  in  the  applicable  Specified  Currency  may  be made.

     If  the  principal  of  (and  premium, if any) or interest on any Note is
payable  in  other  than  U.S. dollars and such Specified Currency (other than
ECUs)  is  not  available  due to the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances  beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be entitled
to  satisfy  its obligations to the Holder of such Note by making such payment
(including  any  such payment at maturity) in U.S. dollars on the basis of the
most  recently  available Exchange Rate.  If the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on any Note is payable in ECUs, and the ECU is not available
due  to  the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the
control  of  the  Company or the ECU is used neither as the unit of account of
the  European  Communities  nor  as  the  currency  of the European Union, the
Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the Holder of such Note
by making such payment (including any such payment at maturity) in a component
currency  of  the  ECU  chosen  by  the  Exchange  Rate  Agent.

     Any  U.S.  dollar amount to be received by a Holder of a Foreign Currency
Note  will  be  based  on  the  highest  bid quotation in The City of New York
received  by the Exchange Rate Agent at approximately 11:00 A.M. New York City
time,  on  the  second  Market  Day preceding the applicable payment date from
three  recognized  foreign  exchange  dealers (one of whom may be the Exchange
Rate  Agent)  selected  by the Exchange Rate Agent and approved by the Company
for  the  quoting  dealer  of  the  Specified  Currency  for  U.S. dollars for
settlement  on  such  payment  date  in  the aggregate amount of the Specified
Currency payable to all Holders of Foreign Currency Notes scheduled to receive
U.S.  dollar  payments and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a
contract.    All  currency  exchange costs will be borne by the Holder of such
Foreign  Currency  Note  by  deductions from such payments.  If three such bid
quotations are not available, payments will be made in the Specified Currency.

     If  the applicable Specified Currency is not available for the payment of
principal,  premium,  if  any,  or interest with respect to a Foreign Currency
Note  due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond
the  control  of  the  Company,  the  Company  will be entitled to satisfy its
obligations to the Holder of such Foreign Currency Note by making such payment
in  U.S. dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate on the second Market
Day  prior  to  such  payment  or,  if  such  Market Exchange Rate is not then
available, on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate or
as  otherwise  specified  in  the  applicable Pricing Supplement.  The "Market
Exchange Rate" for a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars means the noon
dollar  buying  rate  in  The City of New York for the cable transfer for such
Specified  Currency  as  certified  for  customs  purposes  by  (or  if not so
certified,  as  otherwise determined by) the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

If payment in respect of a Foreign Currency Note is required to be made in any
currency  unit  (e.g.,  ECU), and such currency unit is unavailable due to the
imposition  of  exchange  controls or other circumstances beyond the Company's
control,  then  the  Company  will  be entitled, but not required, to make any
payments  in  respect of such Note in U.S. dollars until such currency unit is
again available.  The amount of each payment in U.S. dollars shall be computed
on  the  basis  of  the equivalent of the currency unit in U.S. dollars, which
shall  be  determined by the Company or its agent on the following basis.  The
component  currencies of the currency unit for this purpose (collectively, the
"Component  Currencies"  and  each,  a  "Component  Currency")  shall   be the
currency  amounts that were components of the currency unit as of the last day
on  which  the currency unit was used.  The equivalent of the currency unit in
U.S.  dollars shall be calculated by aggregating the U.S. dollar equivalent of
the Component Currencies.  The U.S. dollar equivalent of each of the Component
Currencies shall be determined by the Company or its agent on the basis of the
most recently available Market Exchange Rate for each such Component Currency.

     If  the  official  unit  of  any  Component Currency is altered by way of
combination or subdivision, the number of units of the currency as a Component
Currency  shall  be  divided  or multiplied in the same proportion.  If two or
more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the amounts
of  those currencies as Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in
such  single  currency  equal  to  the  sum of the amounts of the consolidated
Component  Currencies  expressed  in  such  single currency.  If any Component
Currency  is  divided  into two or more currencies, the amount of the original
Component  Currency  shall  be  replaced  by  the  amounts of such two or more
currencies,  the  sum  of  which  shall be equal to the amount of the original
Component  Currency.

     All  determinations  referred  to  above  made by the Exchange Rate Agent
shall  be  at its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error,
be  conclusive  for  all  purposes  and  binding  on  the Holder of this Note.

     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth
on  the  reverse  hereof  and,  if so specified above, in the Addendum hereto,
which  further provisions shall have the same force and effect as if set forth
on  the  face  hereof.

     Unless  the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee  by  manual  signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit
under  the  Indenture  or  be  valid  or  obligatory  for  any  purpose.





     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, Weingarten Realty Investors has caused this Note to
be  executed.

                                            WEINGARTEN  REALTY  INVESTORS



                                           By:_____________________________
                                           Name: ____________________________
                                           Title: ___________________________

Attest:

By:    ____________________________
       Name:  _____________________
       Title: _____________________




Dated:  August  2,  1996


<PAGE>

TRUSTEE'S  CERTIFICATE  OF
AUTHENTICATION:

This  is  one  of  the  Notes  of  the  series
designated  therein  referred  to  in  the
within-mentioned  Indenture.


TEXAS  COMMERCE  BANK  NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,  as  Trustee


By:
     Authorized  Signatory  for
     Chemical  Bank,  as  Agent  for
     Texas  Commerce  Bank  National  Association



<PAGE>



                         WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
                      SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES A
                                 (Fixed Rate)


     This  Note  is  one  of  a duly authorized series of Debt Securities (the
"Debt  Securities") of the Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture,
dated  as  of  May  1, 1995, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time  (the  "Indenture"), between the Company and Texas Commerce Bank National
Association,  as  Trustee  (the  "Trustee",  which term includes any successor
trustee  under  the  Indenture),  to  which  Indenture  and  all  indentures
supplemental  thereto  reference  is  hereby  made  for  a  statement  of  the
respective  rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the  Company,  the  Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities, and of the
terms  upon  which  the  Debt Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered.    This  Note is one of the series of Debt Securities designated as
"Medium-Term  Notes,  Series  A  Due 9 Months or more from Date of Issue" (the
"Notes").    All terms used but not defined in this Note specified on the face
hereof or in an Addendum hereto shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in  the  Indenture.

     This  Note  is  issuable  only in registered form without coupons.  Notes
denominated  in  U.S.  dollars  will  be  initially issued in denominations of
$1,000  and  integral  multiples  thereof, and Notes denominated in other than
U.S.  dollars  will  be initially issued in denominations of the amount of the
Specified Currency for such Note equivalent, at the noon buying rate for cable
transfers   in The City of New York for such Specified Currency (the "Exchange
Rate")  on  the  first Market Day next preceding the date on which the Company
accepts  the  offer  to  purchase  such Note, to $1,000 and integral multiples
thereof  (or the equivalent thereof in the Specified Currency for such Note). 
Interest  rates  offered  by  the  Company  with  respect to a Note may differ
depending  upon,  among  other  things,  the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes  purchased  in  any  single  transaction.

     This  Note  will not be subject to any sinking fund and, unless otherwise
provided on the face hereof in accordance with the provisions of the following
two  paragraphs,  will  not  be  redeemable  or  repayable prior to the Stated
Maturity  Date.

     This  Note  will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company on
any  date  on and after the Redemption Commencement Date, if any, specified on
the  face  hereof, in whole or from time to time in part in increments of U.S.
$1,000  or  the  minimum  authorized denomination (provided that any remaining
principal  amount  hereof  shall  be  at  least  U.S.  $1,000  or such minimum
authorized  denomination, at the Redemption Price (as defined below), together
with unpaid interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (each, a
"Redemption  Date"),  on notice given no more than60 nor less than 30 calendar
days prior to the Redemption Date and in accordance with the provisions of the
Indenture.    The "Redemption Price" shall initially be the Initial Redemption
Percentage  specified  on  the  face hereof multiplied by the unpaid principal
amount  of  this Note to be redeemed.  The Initial Redemption Percentage shall
decline  at each anniversary of the Redemption Commencement Date by the Annual
Redemption  Percentage  Reduction,  if any, specified on the face hereof until
the  Redemption  Price  is 100% of unpaid principal amount to be redeemed.  In
the event of redemption of the Note in part only, a new Note of like tenor for
the unredeemed portion hereof and otherwise having the same terms as this Note
shall  be  issued  in  the name of the Holder hereof upon the presentation and
surrender  hereof.

     This  Note  will  be subject to repayment by the Company at the option of
the  Holder hereof on the Optional Repayment Date(s), if any, specified on the
face  hereof,  in whole or in part in increments of U.S. $1,000 or the minimum
authorized  denomination  (provided that any remaining principal amount hereof
shall  be  a  minimum  authorized denomination), at a repayment price equal to
100%  of  the  unpaid  principal  amount  to  be  repaid, together with unpaid
interest  accrued  thereon to the date fixed for repayment (each, a "Repayment
Date").  For this Note to be repaid, this Note must be received, together with
the  form  herein  entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" duly completed, by the
Trustee  at  its  corporate  trust  office  not  more than 60 nor less than 30
calendar  days prior to the Repayment Date.  Exercise of such repayment option
by  the  Holder hereof will be irrevocable.  In the event of repayment of this
Note  in  part  only, a new Note of like tenor for the unrepaid portion hereof
and  otherwise  having the same terms as this Note shall be issued in the name
of  the  Holder  hereof  upon  the  presentation  and  surrender  hereof.

     If  this Note is an Original Issue Discount Note as specified on the face
hereof,  the  amount  payable  to  the  Holder  of  this  Note in the event of
redemption,  repayment  or  acceleration  of maturity will be equal to (i) the
Amortized  Face  Amount  (as defined below) as of the date of such event, plus
(ii)  with  respect  to  any redemption, the Initial Redemption Percentage (as
adjusted  by  the  Annual  Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any) minus 100%
multiplied by the Issue Price specified on the face hereof, net of any portion
of  such  Issue Price which has been paid prior to the Redemption Date, or the
portion of the Issue Price (or the net amount) proportionate to the portion of
the unpaid principal amount to be redeemed, plus (iii) any accrued interest to
the  date of such event the payment of which would constitute qualified stated
interest  payments within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.1273-1(c) under
the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").  The "Amortized
Face  Amount"  shall mean an amount equal to (i) the Issue Price plus (ii) the
aggregate  portions  of the original issue discount (the excess of the amounts
considered  as  part of the "stated redemption price at maturity" of this Note
within  the  meaning of Section 1273(a)(2) of the Code, whether denominated as
principal  or  interest,  over  the  Issue Price) which shall theretofore have
accrued  pursuant  to  Section  1272  of  the  Code (without regard to Section
1272(a)(7)  of  the  Code)  from  the  Original  Issue  Date  to  the  date of
determination,  minus  (iii)  any  amount  considered  as  partof  the "stated
redemption  price  at  maturity"  of  this  Note  which has been paid from the
Original  Issue  Date  to  the  date  of  determination.

     If  an  Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall occur and be
continuing,  the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the
manner  and  with  the  effect  provided  in  the  Indenture.

     The  Indenture  contains  provisions  for  defeasance  of  (i) the entire
indebtedness of the Notes or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default with
respect to the Notes, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set
forth  therein,  which  provisions  apply  to  the  Notes.

     The  Indenture  permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment  thereof  and  the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company  and  the  rights of the Holders of the Debt Securities at any time by
the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority  of the aggregate principal amount of all Debt Securities at the time
outstanding  and  affected  thereby.    The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting  the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal
amount  of  the  outstanding  Debt Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all
such  Debt  Securities,  to  waive  compliance  by  the  Company  with certain
provisions  of the Indenture.  Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit
the  Holders  of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of
the  outstanding Debt Securities, in certain instances, to waive, on behalf of
all  of  the  Holders of Debt Securities of such series, certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder  of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon
all  future  Holders of this Note and other Notes issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange heretofore or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation  of  such  consent  or  waiver  is  made  upon  the  Note.

     No  reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of
the  Indenture  shall  alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in
respect of this Note at the times, places and rate or formula, and in the coin
or  currency,  herein  prescribed.

     As  provided  in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
and herein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security
Register  of  the  Company  upon  surrender  of  this Note for registration of
transfer  at  the  office    or  agency  of the Company in any place where the
principal hereof and any premium or interest hereon are payable, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the  Company  and  the  Trustee  duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his
attorney  duly  authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of
authorized  denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be
issued  to  the  designated  transferee  or  transferees.

As  provided  in  the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein and
herein  set  forth,  this  Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Notes of different authorized denominations but otherwise having the
same  terms and conditions, as requested by the Holder hereof surrendering the
same.

     No  service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax  or  other  governmental  charge  payable  in  connection  therewith.

     Prior  to  due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Holder  in  whose  name  this  Note is registered as the owner thereof for all
purposes,  whether  or  not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee  nor  any  such  agent  shall  be  affected by notice to the contrary.

     The  Indenture  and  this  Note  shall  be  governed  by and construed in
accordance  with  the  laws  of the State of New York applicable to agreements
made  and  to  be  performed  entirely  in  such  State.



<PAGE>

                                ABBREVIATIONS


The  following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
Note,  shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to
applicable  laws  or  regulations:

TEN  COM-     as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT ______-Custodian_______
TEN ENT-      as tenants by the entireties           (Cust)         (Minor)
JT  TEN-      as  joint  tenants  with  rights  of
              survivorship  and  not  as  tenants  in  common Act___________
                                                                  (State)

Additional  abbreviations  may  also  be  used  though  not in the above list.


FOR  VALUE  RECEIVED, the undesigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto


PLEASE  INSERT  SOCIAL  SECURITY  OR
     OTHER
IDENTIFYING  NUMBER  OF  ASSIGNEE
|                                                                            |
|_____________________________________|_____________________________________
|                                                                            |
|_____________________________________|_____________________________________


___________________________________________________________________________
(Please  print  or  typewrite  name  and  address including postal zip code of
assignee)

___________________________________________________________________________
the  within Note and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing

_________________________________________________________________     Attorney
to  transfer  said  Note  on  the  books  of  the  Trustee, with full power of
substitution  in  the  premises.

Date:                     Notice:  The signature(s) on this assignment must  
                          correspond with the name(s) as written upon the 
                          face of the within Note in every particular, without
                           alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.


<PAGE>

                          OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT


     The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the Company
  to repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its terms
  at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid, together with
  unpaid interest accrued hereon to the Repayment Date, to the undersigned, at
                          ____________________________________________________
               _______________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________

       (Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)

     For  this  Note  to  be repaid, the Trustee must receive at its corporate
trust  office,  not  more  than 60 nor less than 30 calendar days prior to the
Repayment  Date,  this  Note  with  this "Option to Elect Repayment" form duly
completed.

     If  less  than  the entire principal amount of this Note is to be repaid,
specify  the  portion hereof (which shall be increments of U.S. $1,000 (or, if
the  Specified  Currency  is  other  than U.S. dollars, the minimum authorized
denomination  specified  on  the face hereof)) which the Holder elects to have
repaid  and  specify  the  denomination  or  denominations  (which shall be an
authorized  Denomination)  of  the  Notes  to  be issued to the Holder for the
portion  of  this  Note  not  being  repaid  (in  the  absence  of  any  such
specification, one such Note will be issued for the portion not being repaid).

Principal  Amount
to be Repaid: $_________     ________________________________________________
                             Notice: The signature(s) on this Option to Elect
Date: ____________           Repayment  must  correspond  with the name(s) as
                             written  upon  the  face  of  the  within  Note
                             in  every  particular,  without  alteration  or
                             enlargement  or  any  change  whatsoever.






<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                               EXHIBIT 11

                               WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
                        COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
                    (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)


                                                    Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended
                                                         September 30,    September 30,

                                                        1996     1995     1996     1995
                                                       -------  -------  -------  -------
<S>                                                    <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>

SIMPLE EARNINGS PER SHARE:
     Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding         26,554   26,530   26,548   26,441
                                                       =======  =======  =======  =======
         Simple Earnings Per Share                     $  0.61  $  0.42  $  1.57  $  1.27
                                                       =======  =======  =======  =======

PRIMARY EARNINGS PER SHARE (NOTE A):
     Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding         26,554   26,530   26,548   26,441
     Shares Issuable from Assumed Conversion of
         Common Share Options Granted and Outstanding       68       35       39       33
                                                       -------  -------  -------  -------
     Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding, as
     Adjusted                                           26,622   26,565   26,587   26,474
                                                       =======  =======  =======  =======
         Primary Earnings Per Share                    $  0.61  $  0.42  $  1.57  $  1.27
                                                       =======  =======  =======  =======

FULLY DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE (NOTE A):
     Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding         26,554   26,530   26,548   26,441
     Shares Issuable from Assumed Conversion of
         Common Share Options Granted and Outstanding       68       35       61       33
                                                       -------  -------  -------  -------
     Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding, as
     Adjusted                                           26,622   26,565   26,609   26,474
                                                       =======  =======  =======  =======
         Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share              $  0.61  $  0.42  $  1.57  $  1.27
                                                       =======  =======  =======  =======

EARNINGS FOR SIMPLE, PRIMARY AND FULLY
     DILUTED COMPUTATION:
     Earnings                                          $16,325  $11,259  $41,860  $33,554
                                                       =======  =======  =======  =======
</TABLE>



Note  A:       This calculation is submitted in accordance with Regulation S-K
item  601(b)(11)  although  not  required by footnote 2 to paragraph 14 of APB
Opinion  No.  15  because  it  results  in  dilution  of  less  than  3%.








                                                                    EXHIBIT 12

                         WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
                      COMPUTATION OF RATIOS OF EARNINGS
                  AND FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS TO FIXED CHARGES
                        (DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 
                                                          Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended
                                                            September 30,       September 30,
                                                           1996      1995      1996      1995
                                                         --------  --------  --------  --------
<S>                                                      <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>
Net income                                               $16,325   $11,259   $41,860   $33,554 

Add:
Portion of rents representative of the interest factor.      119       140       437       450 
Interest on indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    5,569     4,508    15,890    11,930 
Amortization of debt cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       75        96       224       165 
                                                         --------  --------  --------  --------
    Net income (as adjusted). . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $22,088   $16,003   $58,411   $46,099 
                                                         ========  ========  ========  ========

Fixed charges:
Interest on indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $ 5,569   $ 4,508   $15,890   $11,930 
Capitalized interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      252       786     1,069     2,332 
Amortization of debt cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       75        96       224       165 
Portion of rents representative of the interest factor.      119       140       437       450 
                                                         --------  --------  --------  --------
    Fixed charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $ 6,015   $ 5,530   $17,620   $14,877 
                                                         ========  ========  ========  ========

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES. . . . . . . . . . .     3.67      2.89      3.32      3.10 
                                                         ========  ========  ========  ========


Net income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $16,325   $11,259   $41,860   $33,554 
Depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . .    8,442     7,723    24,564    21,953 
(Gain) loss on sales of property. . . . . . . . . . . .   (4,057)      (19)   (5,454)     (114)
                                                         --------  --------  --------  --------
    Funds from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   20,710    18,963    60,970    55,393 
Interest on indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    5,569     4,508    15,890    11,930 
                                                         --------  --------  --------  --------
    Funds from operations (as adjusted) . . . . . . . .  $26,279   $23,471   $76,860   $67,323 
                                                         ========  ========  ========  ========
RATIO OF FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS TO FIXED
     CHARGES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     4.37      4.24      4.36      4.53 
                                                         ========  ========  ========  ========

</TABLE>









<TABLE> <S> <C>



<ARTICLE>                               5
<LEGEND> This schedule contains summary financial
         information  extracted  from  Weingarten
         Realty  Investors'  quarterly report for
         the  period  ended  September  30, 1996.
</LEGEND>
<MULTIPLIER>                        1,000
<PERIOD-TYPE>                       9-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>             DEC-31-1996
<PERIOD-END>                  SEP-30-1996
<CASH>                              1,662
<SECURITIES>                       14,093
<RECEIVABLES>                      12,549
<ALLOWANCES>                          868
<INVENTORY>                             0
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                        0
<PP&E>                            908,034
<DEPRECIATION>                    236,259
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                    765,015
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                   0
<BONDS>                                 0
<COMMON>                              797
                   0
                             0
<OTHER-SE>                        404,197
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>      765,015
<SALES>                                 0
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                  111,896
<CGS>                                   0
<TOTAL-COSTS>                      16,830
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                   42,770
<LOSS-PROVISION>                        0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                 15,890
<INCOME-PRETAX>                    36,406
<INCOME-TAX>                            0
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                36,406
<DISCONTINUED>                          0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                         0
<CHANGES>                               0
<NET-INCOME>                       41,860
<EPS-PRIMARY>                        1.57
<EPS-DILUTED>                        1.57







</TABLE>


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