TORONTO, March 23, 2020 – SmartCentres REIT, one of the largest real estate companies in Canada, announced that it is offering rent-free use of a total of up to 1-million square feet of space in 200 shopping centres across the country, as well as its land, parking lots and signage, to all Canadian governments and health care authorities, effective immediately, to assist in their COVID-19 support efforts.
SmartCentres properties are strategically located at major intersections in every province across the country, easily accessible to a large percentage of the Canadian population; “We have been in contact with Leadership in all Provinces,” said Mitchell Goldhar, Executive Chairman of SmartCentres. The land and buildings offered can be used for drive-through and/or walk-in assessment centres, clinics, social assistance, overflow hospital services, information centres, and/or other facilities that may assist Canada’s medical system, and other important systems needed at this time.
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