Washington Prime Group Provides COVID-19 Update - Seite 2

In this regard, our Company is basically comprised of over one hundred distinctly local venues. Each and every one serves a specific demographic constituency and shame on us if ‘serve’ is exclusively defined as the sale of a good or service. We characterize our assets as town centers and especially in a time of need this sure as heck transcends footwear, cosmetics or a lamp.

For instance, our assets might be used as distribution centers with respect to medical supplies or as a temporary facility to administer COVID-19 testing…we could work with local school districts to make certain children have suitable supervision as well as being fed a nutritious meal or two. I’m sure there are a lot of other ways we can do our part and look forward to everybody’s input.

Plain and simple, my colleagues and I are offering up our assets to those local, state and federal agencies tasked with the containment and ultimately the eradication of coronavirus as well as those impacted by this national crisis. Of course, we’re going to follow all of the restrictions imposed by local, state and federal government agencies…we just want to make certain we’re at the forefront of this situation.

We are all dealing with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on a real time basis and it is imperative Corporate America diligently work with their public counterparts to quell this crisis. Our General Managers will be forwarding this memorandum to those decision makers and we have a task force in place to implement whatever might be needed. We certainly don’t have all of the answers albeit what I do know is my colleagues and I refuse to sit on our behinds and not offer our help.

“Never have I been more proud and awe inspired by every single one of my colleagues who have gone above and beyond to serve as a community resource during this time of need. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to our General Managers and local management teams who have worked tirelessly with their corporate counterparts and our tenants to proactively implement ~50 such initiatives with more underway. I am truly blown away by their philanthropic actions.

“While the immediate emphasis is upon eradicating coronavirus, it is important to note ~40% of our NOI, or 58 of our assets are open air. I have no doubt Washington Prime Group will emerge from this national crisis stronger and our assets will continue to serve our guests as town centers. Today, however, our town centers and my colleagues are focusing upon the task at hand.