Are malls secretly hoping Sears goes bankrupt?

[retailisking]

The answer? Maybe...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/02/10/shopping-malls-department-store-sears-kmart-bankrupt/97741290/

[TheFugitive]

I guess that all depends on whether/how regularly Sears is paying its rent.

[danfifepsu]

malls NEED A CONTINGENCY PLAN for if Sears goes! wll they just keep SEars and retire Kmart?

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

malls NEED A CONTINGENCY PLAN for if Sears goes! wll they just keep SEars and retire Kmart?

Nobody I know goes to Sears or Kmart to shop anymore. I think they should retire both stores.

[giantsfan2016]

I guess that all depends on whether/how regularly Sears is paying its rent.

Quite a few of the Seas stores at the mall are owned by Sears themselves.

[TheFugitive]

Then Sears can either raise or lower it's own rent so as to produce a tax loss in one company
or the other.  A common bookkeeping trick.