With its stores temporarily closed, Urban Outfitters said it will suspend the payment of rent temporarily and delay or cancel some planned new store openings.
The International Council of Shopping Centers is sounding the alarm as mandated closures create a growing and major threat to the continuity of cash flow between tenant, property owner and commercial lender.
The dominant grocer in Florida is offering assistance to some of its neighboring businesses as the COVID-19 pandemic forces them to temporarily close their doors.
With most stores closed throughout much of the United States to help stem the spread of COVID-19, retail landlords are being inundated with requests for rent relief.