FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE AND SALE
                     [James Center, Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington]

         THIS FIFTH  AMENDMENT  TO  PURCHASE  AND SALE  AGREEMENT  (this  "Fifth
Amendment")  is made as of the 15th day of  February,  1999,  by and  among JS -
JAMES CENTER ASSOCIATES, L. P., a Washington limited partnership,  acting herein
by and through its general partner, Johnson Capital Corp. ("Seller") and PACIFIC
RETAIL TRUST, a Maryland real estate investment trust ("Purchaser").


                                               W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, Seller and Purchaser have heretofore entered into that certain
Agreement of Purchase and Sale dated October 6, 1998, as amended by that certain
First  Amendment to Agreement of Purchase and Sale dated November 24, 1998, that
certain  Second  Amendment to Agreement of Purchase and Sale dated  December __,
1998,  that  certain  Third  Amendment  to  Agreement of Purchase and Sale dated
January 25, 1999, and that certain Fourth Amendment to Agreement of Purchase and
Sale dated  February 8, 1999 (as amended,  the  "Agreement"),  pertaining to the
real property located in Tacoma, Pierce County,  Washington,  such real property
being more particularly described in the Agreement;

         WHEREAS, Seller and Purchaser hereby desire to amend the Agreement as
 more particularly set forth below;

         NOW THEREFORE,  for and in  consideration  of Ten Dollars  ($10.00) and
other good and valuable consideration,  the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby  acknowledged  by the  parties  hereto,  Seller  and  Purchaser  agree as
follows:

1.       All  capitalized  terms  used  herein  shall  have the same  meaning as
         defined  in the  Agreement,  unless  otherwise  defined  in this  Fifth
         Amendment.

2.       The Closing  Date,  as defined in Paragraph  1.1(g) of the Agreement is
         hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

                  March  24,  1999,  unless  further  extended  as  provided  in
                  Paragraph 2.8 below. However, in the event Purchaser elects to
                  extend the Closing Date,  the Closing shall occur on or before
                  five (5) days after the  Purchaser  obtains the SEPA  Approval
                  provided all of the  conditions  relating to the SEPA Approval
                  set forth in the second  sentence of  Paragraph  2.8 have been
                  satisfied.


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3.       Purchaser has received that certain  Assignment and Assumption of Lease
         and  Second  Amendment  to  Lease  (the  form and  content  of which is
         acceptable to Purchaser) fully executed by Associated Grocers, and this
         requirement is no longer a contingency to Closing.

4.       Except as amended herein,  the Agreement shall remain in full force and
         effect.  In the event of any conflicts or  inconsistencies  between the
         provisions of this Fifth Amendment and the provisions of the Agreement,
         the provisions of this Fifth Amendment shall control.

5.       This Fifth  Amendment  may be executed  in any number of  counterparts,
         each of  which  shall  be  deemed  to be an  original,  and all of such
         counterparts shall constitute one agreement. To facilitate execution of
         this Fifth  Amendment,  the parties may execute and exchange  facsimile
         counterparts of the signature pages, and facsimile  counterparts  shall
         serve as originals.

         IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties  hereto  have  executed  this Fifth
Amendment as of the date first above written.


                                JS - JAMES CENTER ASSOCIATES, L.P.,
                                a Washington limited partnership

                                By:      JOHNSON CAPITAL CORP.,
                                         its general partner



                                         By:  __________________________
                                         Name:__________________________
                                         Title:_________________________
                                                                       "Seller"

                                PACIFIC RETAIL TRUST,
                                a Maryland real estate investment trust


                                        By: ____________________________
                                        Name:___________________________
                                        Title:__________________________
                                                                     "Purchaser"






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