At the end of the quarter, portfolio-wide vacancies haveincreased slightly since the end of 1999 to finish at 7.6 percent.The increase has been attributed to three unexpected leaseterminations. The Emeryville REIT focuses primarily on shoppingcenters in the western United States. At the end of the ThirdQuarter, Western's portfolio consisted of 55 centers containing 5.1million sf of rentable space.

Today, shareholders of Western Properties Trust and Pan PacificRetail Properties, Inc. will vote on a proposed merger of thecompanies. Vista, CA- based Pan Pacific brings its portfolio of 61shopping centers the western US, totaling 9.5 million sf, to themerger.

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