Ohio mall owner will sell its 10 Florida centers

Just months after putting WestShore Plaza in Tampa on the market, the Washington Prime Group has, or is near, putting its entire portfolio up for sale as it lays off employees at its corporate headquarters.

The property purge includes 10 malls and shopping centers in Florida, among them Edison Mall in Fort Myers along with Tampa’s WestShore Plaza.

In an email Thursday morning, a WPG spokesperson confirmed the company is selling off the assets in its portfolio writing that “about half of WPG’s properties sold in the past year, while the remainder of the portfolio is or will soon be on the market.”