Las Colinas Plaza

March 27, 2006

WEITZMAN NAMED EXCLUSIVE AGENT FOR WESTWOOD
FINANCIAL RETAIL PROJECTS IN DALLAS, LAS COLINAS


DALLAS--The Commercial Retail Division of The Weitzman Group has been named exclusive retail leasing agent for two high-profile projects of Westwood Financial Corp., a California-based retail property owner and operator.


The projects are:


The Village of  Preston Hollow
, a community/specialty retail center located at the northeast corner of Northwest Highway and Midway Road. The center has a strong line-up that includes La Madeleine, Honey Baked Ham, Original House of Pancakes, Starbucks, Aveda Salon, Edward Jones, Great Clips, Washington Mutual and anchor Albertsons grocery store.

The Village of Preston Hollow benefits from its trade area that features density and an affluent population. Within a three-mile radius of the center, there are 123,528 people in 79,221 households with an average household income of approximately $108,000.


Las Colinas Plaza
, a 134,876-square-foot community center located at 4000-4040 N. MacArthur Boulevard in the Las Colinas development of Irving. Las Colinas Plaza is anchored by a Tom Thumb Flagship grocery stores, and its line-up features Wolf Camera, Blockbuster, Subway, Via Real Mexican Restaurant, Sonny Bryan’s Smokehouse, World Savings, GNC and Supercuts. Las Colinas Plaza, built in 1987, benefits from its location adjacent to the Four Seasons Hotel, which is in the midst of a major expansion, and nearby Northlake Community College, as well as from the established neighborhoods that surround the center.

Michelle Caplan and Elizabeth Nabholtz are responsible for leasing at The Village of Preston Hollow, and Nabholtz and Kenny Novorr with Weitzman are responsible for leasing at Las Colinas Plaza.

Both centers serve as retail landmarks in their trade area, thanks to their tenant mixes and to their highly visible locations.

Westwood Financial Corp., Los Angeles, is one of the largest owners and operators of retail properties in the Western United States. based in