industry real estate investment trust founded 1948 headquarters houston texas usa key people stanford alexander chairman drew alexander president & ceo johnny hendrix coo steve richter cfo products shopping centers revenue 524.9 million 2013 website www.weingarten.com weingarten realty headquarters weingarten realty investors nyse wri 1 is a real estate investment trust reit 2 headquartered in houston texas . 3 weingarten realty is a shopping center owner manager and developer . the majority of the shopping centers are anchored by a supermarket or a national value oriented retailer and are located in neighborhood and community centers . as of 2012 it was houston s largest commercial real estate property owner . 4 at september 30 2014 weingarten realty owned or operated 251 retail properties in 21 states in the u.s. representing 47.4 million square feet of commercial real estate . 5 contents 1 history 2 references 3 further reading 4 external links history edit this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . april 2014 in the 1880s harris weingarten a man who left poland started a dry goods store in houston . the current company was established in 1948 as the weingarten markets realty ; at the time it operated weingarten s supermarkets . joe the eldest son of harris weingarten established the current company . in 1980 the company left the supermarket market . 4 the houston business journal in its july 2011 ranking of houston s top 100 public companies placed weingarten at no. 93 . 4 in 2012 weingarten announced that it was leaving the industrial real estate sector and selling all of its industrial holdings worth 382.4 million to dra advisors llc a company based in new york city . the property sold included 52 real estate properties in the states of florida georgia tennessee texas and virginia . of the industrial holdings 2 300 000 square feet 210 000 m2 of building space was in houston . 4 in october 2013 weingarten bought the mueller regional retail center in austin . 6 references edit wri . yahoo finance . retrieved on april 15 2014 . houston reit buys atlanta industrial property . atlanta business chronicle . january 14 2013 . retrieved on april 15 2014 . contact . weingarten realty . retrieved on april 15 2014 . executive offices 2600 citadel plaza dr. 125 houston tx 77008 a b c d dawson jennifer . weingarten realty selling 382.4 m in assets . houston business journal . april 11 2012 . retrieved on april 15 2014 . 1 . buchholz jan. high profile houston company buys mueller shopping center . austin business journal . october 10 2013 . retrieved on april 15 2014 . further reading edit weingarten adds three shopping centers . memphis business journal . december 20 2002 . raleigh shopping center part of 46.2 m in deals . triangle business journal . december 20 2002 . external links edit weingarten realty investors this real estate article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title weingarten realty & oldid 743466201 categories companies based in houston1948 establishments in texascompanies established in 1948companies listed on the new york stock exchangereal estate stubshidden categories articles to be expanded from april 2014all articles to be expandedarticles using small message boxesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 19 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view