May 13, 2021
Mr. Wilson Lee
Office of Real Estate & Construction
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington D.C. 20549
| RE: | The Macerich Company |
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020
Filed February 24, 2021
File No. 001-12504
Dear Mr. Lee:
We are writing in response to your letter dated May 4, 2021, setting forth the comment of the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (the “Form 10-K”) of The Macerich Company (the “Company”). For your convenience, your comment is restated in italics prior to the Company’s response to the comment below.
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page 40
| 1. | We note your discussion of lease amendments, and your disclosure of rental abatements and payment deferrals. Please revise your discussion in you next filing to include a more detailed discussion of any lease concessions provided, including quantitative disclosure of material amounts of rental abatements, deferrals and tenant improvements, as well as the time period over which the deferrals are being provided. Reference is made to Question 4 of the FASB Q&A “Accounting For Lease Concessions Related To The Effects Of The Covid-19 Pandemic”. |
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and refers the Staff to page 32 of its Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021, filed on May 10, 2021 (the “Form 10-Q”). As requested by the Staff, the Form 10-Q includes a more detailed discussion of lease concessions provided, including quantitative disclosure of material amounts of rental abatements and deferrals, as well as the time period over which the deferrals are being provided. There were no tenant improvements to disclose.
Mr. Wilson Lee
Securities and Exchange Commission
May 13, 2021
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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (310) 394-6000.
Sincerely,
The Macerich Company
| /s/ Scott W. Kingsmore |
| Scott W. Kingsmore |
| Senior Executive Vice President, |
| Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
| cc: | David Roberts |
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