POWER OF ATTORNEY
For
JOSEPH B. TYSON

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby authorizes Stuart A.
Tanz and Joseph B. Tyson, each of Pan Pacific Retail Properties, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"), singularly, to execute for and on behalf
of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an [executive officer]
[director] of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any amendments thereto, and
cause such form(s) to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, relating to the undersigned's beneficial ownership of securities in the
Company. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 13th day of May, 2003.

Signature: \s\

Print Name: Joseph. B. Tyson

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