UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of
report (Date of earliest event reported): September 14, 2006
WEINGARTEN
REALTY INVESTORS
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
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Texas
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1-9876
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74-1464203
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
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(Commission
file number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification Number)
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2600
Citadel Plaza Drive, Suite 300, Houston, Texas 77008
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (713) 866-6000
Not
applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
ITEM
8.01. OTHER EVENTS
Weingarten
Realty Investors is filing this Form 8-K to update our historical financial
statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 16, 2006,
as amended, for discontinued operations that have resulted from dispositions
of
real estate assets during the period from January 1, 2006 through June 30,
2006
in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144,
“Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” This Current
Report on Form 8-K updates the information in Items 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 of our
Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 to reflect those properties as
discontinued operations for comparison purposes.
The
information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K is presented as of
December 31, 2005, and other than as indicated above, has not been updated
to
reflect developments subsequent to that date.
ITEM
9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
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12.1
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Computation
of Ratios of Earnings and Funds from Operations to Combined Fixed
Charges
and Preferred Dividends.
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23.1
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Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm.
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| 99.1 | Item 1. Business, Item 2. Properties, Item 6. Selected Financial Data, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. |
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SIGNATURE
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 hereunto
duly authorized.
Date:
September 14, 2006
WEINGARTEN
REALTY INVESTORS
By:/s/
Joe D. Shafer
Joe
D.
Shafer
Vice
President/Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
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INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
| 23.1 | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
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