Weingarten Realty Investors (WRI) develops anchored neighborhood, community, specialty and mixed-use shopping centers coast to coast in more than 20 states. With a pipeline of over $1 billion, new development is a significant component of the company's growth strategy. Weingarten has over 50 years of development experience and, today, the company has a national platform with regional development offices in Houston, Phoenix, Orlando, Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale, and through our partnerships in Colorado, North Carolina, and in Northern California, giving Weingarten the flexibility, strength and relationships to move quickly when new opportunities arise.
Projects may be self-developed or developed in joint ventures with landowners, other developers, and even our retailer clients. In our joint ventures, WRI utilizes a variety of financial structures tailored to the needs of our partners, which may combine different levels of equity, debt, stock or DownREIT units, ground leases and other forms of joint venture contributions. We typically target projects over $10 million in cost and determine on a case-by-case basis whether the opportunities are better suited for our merchant development sales program or our long term portfolio hold program
If you have any development opportunity that you would like to submit for our consideration or in which you think WRI may have an interest, please contact Robert Smith, Senior Vice President/Director of New Development and we will quickly respond to your inquiry.