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With revenue under steep pressures, retailers skipped, delayed or reduced rent payments - sometimes by agreement with their landlords, sometimes not. The pandemic tested the relationship between retailers and landlords, as the tenants closed stores temporarily and saw sluggish foot traffic even after opening for most of 2020. But large numbers of retailers, of all stripes and financial profiles, shuttered stores and renegotiated leases during the early stages of the COVID-19 crisis. Penney and others.īankruptcy gives retailers legal tools and leverage to exit store leases. The executive called out strong consumer demand and a dramatic slowdown in retail bankruptcies, which have typically led to mass store closures, including department store anchors in the cases of J.C.

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The current level is over 95% of the 2019 traffic levels.' O'Hern added that leasing volume for the full year exceeded 2019 levels and was at its highest point since 2015. 'Retailer demand is at a level we have not seen since 2015,' Macerich CEO Thomas O'Hern told analysts in November, according to a Seeking Alpha transcript. 'We expect traffic to continue to increase. Bean rents 75,000 square feet of space from Macerich.Īs for Macerich, the real estate giant is a case study in the rebound both retailers and their landlords have enjoyed over the course of a year.

(Macerich owns 50% of Tysons Corner.) All told, L.L. Bean's only anchor at a Macerich mall, and the Northern Virginia mall is among the largest in Macerich's portfolio, according to the mall operator's filings.

Hannah wrote that the company “could not reach an agreement with the landlord that met our desired store format and needs.”Ī representative for the mall said there’s no information to share on who might be going into the space.While 2020's tidal wave of store closures by ailing and healthy retailers alike has receded, the relationship between store operators and landlords is under continual renegotiation as the pandemic and other structural changes reshape the industry. Bean notified staff in the summer, offering severance and other opportunities within the company. She wrote the company is actively looking for a new location in the area. Hannah stated that the company looked for other space in the mall but couldn’t reach a solution. When the location opened in 2000, it marked the first major expansion outside of Maine, where founder Leon Leonwood Bean started the company, The Baltimore Sun noted at the time.Īccording to the newspaper, the region’s large fan base of the flannel and outdoor brand was a driving force behind the decision to open a two-story, 76,000 square-foot store in what was then known as Tysons Corner. “This decision was not an easy one, and though we worked with the landlord to explore many options, we were unable to reach favorable terms in a way that would allow us to best serve our customers moving forward,” company spokesperson Amanda Hannah said in a statement. 17, company officials tell Tysons Reporter. The anchor store at the Tysons mall will close Jan. Bean is closing the Tysons Corner Center store that heralded its national expansion next month. Bean store at Tysons Corner Center (via Google Maps)

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