One of the remaining tenants at Westfield Centre—the Union Square mall that went into receivership in June—is suing the mall's owners, claiming they failed to address more than 100 "significant security incidents" at its store in the mall between May 2022 and May 2023.
According to AE Retail West, parent company of fashion brand American Eagle, the incidents included threats of violence against store employees—including situations involving customers threatening employees with firearms and, in one case, a machete.
The lawsuit alleges that the mall's operator considered options to address the unsafe conditions, but "ultimately decided not to make that investment."
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