Exhibit 23.2

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on  Form  S-8  of  our  report  dated February 23, 1999, appearing in the Annual
Report  on  Form 10-K of Weingarten Realty Investors for the year ended December
31,  1999  and  of  our  report dated July 23, 1999 relating to the Statement of
Revenue and Certain Expenses for the period from January 1, 1998 through October
9,  1998  of  Brodie  Oaks  Shopping  Center and our report dated August 6, 1999
relating  to  the  Statement  of Revenue and Certain Expenses for the year ended
December  31,  1997 of Regal Distribution Center, included in the Current Report
on  Form  8-K  of  Weingarten  Realty Investors dated August 13, 1999 and to the
reference  to  us  under  the  heading  "Experts"  in  the  Reoffer  Prospectus.



DELOITTE  &  TOUCHE  LLP

Houston,  Texas
January  11,  2000