Weingarten Realty Investors announced the promotion of Gerald Crump to Senior Vice President of Leasing, Miles Sanchez to Senior Vice President of Leasing, Mickey Townsell to Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Michelle Wiggs to Vice President of Investor Relations. Gerald joined Weingarten in 1999 and was promoted to Vice President of Leasing for the Central Region in 2007. In his role as Senior Vice President, Gerald manages approximately 14 million square feet and leads the Central Region's leasing, new development, acquisitions, dispositions and new development efforts.

Miles has a combined tenure with Weingarten of 14 years. Miles leads the Mountain and Western Regions consisting of over 12 million square feet. In his role as Senior Vice President, Miles will continue to balance and improve the existing portfolio while focusing on growth opportunities in acquisitions and new development.

Mickey joined Weingarten in 2005 as Vice President of Human Resources, bringing with him over 25 years of human resource and employee benefit expertise. In his role as Senior Vice President, Mickey will continue to align the company's human resources function in ways that supports business goals. Michelle joined the company in 2002 as an Accounting Manager.

In 2006, Michelle moved to the Leasing department as the Director of Operational Analysis where she worked to streamline the analysis of operational performance. In her role as Vice President of Investor Relations, Michelle will continue to manage the Investor Relations, Financial Analysis & Planning, and Operational Analysis areas.