Retail Landlords and Tenants Respond to Increased Popularity of Ridesharing

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4.21.16

Mall properties have taken notice as more and more customers continue to utilize ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft. As a result, retail landlords and tenants have begun the process of altering their properties to accommodate this disruptive change to the retail sector.

A recent Law360 article, “4 Ways Malls Are Reacting To The Ride-Hailing Economy,” discusses the ways in which malls are considering changing their properties, including:

  • Redesigning parking lots to create drop-off and pickup points for passengers;
  • Lobbying municipalities to lower minimum parking zoning requirements;
  • Partnerships with ridesharing companies to offer free rides to shoppers; and
  • Offering customers the opportunity to place orders online and pick purchases up at a designated delivery center to avoid congestion at mall properties.

Jason Grinnell, Los Angeles-based senior counsel in Dykema’s Real Estate Practice group, was quoted extensively throughout the article. For more information about this trend, please contact Mr. Grinnell at 213-457-1761 or jgrinnell@dykema.com, or your Dykema relationship attorney.

Subscribers to Law360 can read the entire article here.