The mayor joins local politicians and business executives in asking the retailer’s CEO to settle its legal dispute with the mall owner

San Diego politicians and business executives are pushing Macy’s to reconsider a lawsuit that jeopardizes the planned conversion of the mostly abandoned Horton Plaza mall into a mixed-use office campus.

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Last week, Macy’s West Stores, Inc. filed suit against Stockdale, a Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm that took over the downtown property from Westfield in August 2018. The department store is asking a San Diego Superior Court judge to block the developer’s plan on grounds that it violates Macy’s lease agreement and an even more substantial contract, known as a reciprocal easement agreement. The latter document gives the retailer veto power over major property improvements. 

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