West County and South County Centers Reopen on Monday, with Gathering and Other Restrictions

Beginning Monday, May 18, West County and South County centers will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m., on Sunday.

Individual store hours and restaurant operations may vary. Patrons are asked to call ahead to confirm an individual store or restaurants’ hours.

The malls have implemented the following protective measures to keep employees, retail partners and the community healthy.

  1. Following all applicable guidelines set forth by local officials and/or health departments.
  2. Encouraging everyone on property to follow social distancing guidelines.
  3. Prohibiting groups of more than 10 people congregating in the mall common area.
  4. Cancelling or postponing all mall events until further notice.
  5. Limiting the amount of available food court seating to comply with social distancing guidelines.
  6. Closing the following public gathering areas:
    • Children’s play area
    • Soft seating areas and common area gathering spaces
    • Drinking fountains
  7. Requiring mall management staff to wear masks while in common areas, public spaces or when other individuals are present.
  8. Requiring all vendors and contractors to wear masks in the common areas, public spaces or when other people are present.
  9. Encouraging retailers to provide their employees with masks, and that employees wear masks while interacting with others when in the mall common area or public spaces.
  10. Placing hand sanitizer units throughout the property.
  11. Conducting temperature checks on all mall management, security and janitorial staff upon the start of each shift. Requiring that anyone with a fever of 100.4 F or higher and/or anyone experiencing other symptoms return home and contact their health care providers.
  12. Increasing the frequency of cleaning and sanitizing all high-traffic common areas with an enhanced focus on all touch points with CDC-recommended cleaning agents.
  13. Requiring each store and restaurant to follow applicable guidelines set forth by relevant government orders, which could include, but is not limited to, occupancy restrictions, social distancing markers in checkout lines, cleaning and sanitizing procedures and the closure of fitting rooms.

Additional measures may be put into place, and measures may be adjusted based on updated recommendations from the CDC, the local health department or other governmental agencies.

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