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TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE</font></div>
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EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></div>
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report (Date of earliest event reported):&#160;&#160;December 4,
2008</font></div>
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REALTY INVESTORS</font></div>
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Citadel Plaza Drive, Suite 300, Houston, Texas 77008</font></div>
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telephone number, including area code:&#160;&#160;(713) 866-6000</font></div>
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applicable</font></div>
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name or former address, if changed since last report)</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">ITEM
8.01.&#160;&#160;OTHER EVENTS</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>Weingarten Realty Investors is filing
this Form 8-K to update our historical financial statements included in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 filed on
February 29, 2008, for discontinued operations that have resulted from
dispositions of real estate assets during the period from January 1, 2008
through September 30, 2008 in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 144, &#8220;Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived
Assets.&#8221;&#160;&#160;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, 2007 to
reflect those properties as discontinued operations for comparison
purposes.</font></div>
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information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K is presented as of
December 31, 2007, and other than as indicated above, has not been updated to
reflect developments subsequent to that date.</font></div>
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9.01.&#160;&#160;FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</font></div>
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      No. 3 to the Weingarten Realty Investors Retirement Benefit Restoration
      Plan dated November 17, 2008.</font></div>
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      No. 3 to the Weingarten Realty Investors Deferred Compensation Plan dated
      November 17, 2008.</font></div>
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      No. 3 to the Weingarten Realty Investors Supplemental Executive Retirement
      Plan dated November 17, 2008.</font></div>
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      No. 1 to Weingarten Realty Investors 2001 Long Term Incentive Plan dated
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      Amendment for the Final 415 Regulations dated November 17,
      2008.</font></div>
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duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.</font></div>
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      2008.</a></font></div>
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      Deferred Compensation Plan dated November 17,
  2008.</a></font></div>
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      Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan dated November 17,
      2008.</a></font></div>
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2008.</a></font></div>
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form8k_restate200710k.htm
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):  December 4,
2008
WEINGARTEN
REALTY INVESTORS
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
Texas
1-9876
74-1464203
(State
      or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission
      file number)
(I.R.S.
      Employer
Identification Number)
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 for the year ended December 31, 2007 filed on
February 29, 2008, for discontinued operations that have resulted from
dispositions of real estate assets during the period from January 1, 2008
through September 30, 2008 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, 2007 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, 2007, and other than as indicated above, has not been updated to
reflect developments subsequent to that date.
ITEM
9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
10.1
Amendment
      No. 3 to the Weingarten Realty Investors Retirement Benefit Restoration
      Plan dated November 17, 2008.
10.2
Amendment
      No. 3 to the Weingarten Realty Investors Deferred Compensation Plan dated
      November 17, 2008.
10.3
Amendment
      No. 3 to the Weingarten Realty Investors Supplemental Executive Retirement
      Plan dated November 17, 2008.
10.4
Amendment
      No. 1 to Weingarten Realty Investors 2001 Long Term Incentive Plan dated
      November 17, 2008.
10.5
The
      Savings and Investment Plan for Employees of Weingarten Realty Investors
      Amendment for the Final 415 Regulations dated November 17,
      2008.
12.1
Computation
      of Ratios of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred
      Dividends.
23.1
Consent
      of Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm.
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.
WEINGARTEN REALTY
      INVESTORS
Date: 
      December 4, 2008
By:
/s/ Joe
      D. Shafer
Joe
      D. Shafer
Vice
      President/Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal
      Accounting Officer)
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INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
10.1
Amendment No. 3 to the Weingarten Realty Investors
      Retirement Benefit Restoration Plan dated November 17,
      2008.
10.2
Amendment No. 3 to the Weingarten Realty Investors
      Deferred Compensation Plan dated November 17,
  2008.
10.3
Amendment No. 3 to the Weingarten Realty Investors
      Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan dated November 17,
      2008.
10.4
Amendment No. 1 to Weingarten Realty Investors 2001 Long
      Term Incentive Plan dated November 17,
2008.
10.5
The Savings and Investment Plan for Employees of
      Weingarten Realty Investors Amendment for the Final 415 Regulations dated
      November 17, 2008.
12.1
Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Combined Fixed
      Charges and Preferred
Dividends.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
      Firm.
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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