The company estimates that its Funds From Operations ("FFO"), a widely accepted supplemental measure of REIT performance, will be between $1.87 and $2.11 per diluted common share for the year ending December 31, 2009, after considering the effect of the proposed offering of 25,500,000 common shares of beneficial interest announced today (assuming such shares were outstanding for all of 2009). This FFO estimate does not include impairment charges, if any, that may be taken in 2009.

Please refer to Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, which are incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.

The information in this item shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any disclosure document relating to the company, except to the extent, if any, expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.     Description
   99.1         Press Release, dated April 16, 2009 issued by Weingarten Realty
                Investors.

   99.2         Press Release, dated April 16, 2009 issued by Weingarten Realty
                Investors.