Starbucks has a legal fight brewing over its decision to shutter one of its Lower Manhattan locations during the pandemic.

The commercial landlord of the Westfield World Trade Center Shopping Center in Manhattan sued Starbucks for $5.2 million Tuesday in connection with the coffee chain’s decision not to reopen the location for business in September 2020. The court case, brought by Blank Rome on behalf of New WTC Retail Owner LLC, contends that the failure to reopen after government authorities lifted the order closing indoor malls constitutes a breach of lease and prevents Starbucks from exercising its termination right. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendant. The case is 1:21-cv-07132, New WTC Retail Owner LLC v. Starbucks Corporation.

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