The nation’s largest shopping mall operator, Simon Property Group Inc., has sued Starbucks Corp. over the Seattle company's plan to close all its Teavana stores, including 78 locations in Simon malls across the U.S.
In a lawsuit, Indianapolis-based Simon, which has 11 shopping centers in Pennsylvania, says that Starbucks is “shirking its contractual obligations at the expense of Simon’s shopping centers.” The lawsuit was filed in Marion County Superior Court in Indiana on August 21 and first reported by the Indianapolis Business Journal.
“We are responding to the lawsuit and are working to resolve this dispute," Starbucks said Monday.
Simon seeks to enforce the continued operations of its leases with Starbucks and says it has the right to do so in its leases.
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