Taubman Centers (TCO)

Management Discussion

• In addition to the results and trends in our operations discussed in the preceding sections, the following sections discuss certain transactions or events that affected operations during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, or are expected to affect operations in the future.
• In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we temporarily closed most of our U.S. shopping centers in mid-March 2020. As of June 30, 2020, all of our U.S. centers had reopened and as of September 30, 2020, nearly all of our U.S. centers had reopened. Three of our properties were closed intermittently during the three months ended September 30, 2020 as a result of state regulations but are once again open (see "Current Operating Trends - COVID-19 Pandemic Portfolio Impact"). During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the closure of our U.S. shopping centers did not significantly affect our financial results; however, during both the three months ended September 30, 2020 and June 30, 2020, the financial results of our U.S. shopping centers were adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• In Asia, our three operating centers experienced varying levels of disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. CityOn.Xi'an was closed for about a month in February, CityOn.Zhengzhou was closed for 10 days in February, and Starfield Hanam never closed. Our financial results in Asia were adversely impacted for the three months ended March 31, 2020, though our share of the impact was limited due to our partial ownership interests in the centers (see "Results of Operations - Partial Dispositions of Ownership Interests (Blackstone Transactions)"). However, sales in our centers in Asia have recovered during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and for the three months ended September 30, 2020, tenant sales per square foot were up modestly.