Macerich
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Macerich is a major American real estate investment trust specializing in the ownership, management, and development of shopping malls and retail properties across the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macerich canonical | 23 |
| The Macerich Company | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T820169 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macerich Context triple: [Tysons Corner Center, owner, Macerich]
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A.
Simon Property Group
Simon Property Group is a major American real estate investment trust specializing in owning and operating large shopping malls and retail properties across the United States and internationally.
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B.
The Rouse Company
The Rouse Company was a prominent American real estate development firm best known for pioneering large-scale shopping malls and planned communities in the United States.
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C.
McLane Company
McLane Company is a major American supply chain services and wholesale distribution company serving retailers, restaurants, and convenience stores across the United States.
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D.
Brookfield Properties
Brookfield Properties is a global real estate company that owns, develops, and operates a large portfolio of premier retail, office, and mixed-use properties.
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E.
Delaware North
Delaware North is a global hospitality and food service company known for operating concessions, lodging, and venues at major sports stadiums, airports, and entertainment destinations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macerich Target entity description: Macerich is a major American real estate investment trust specializing in the ownership, management, and development of shopping malls and retail properties across the United States.
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A.
Simon Property Group
Simon Property Group is a major American real estate investment trust specializing in owning and operating large shopping malls and retail properties across the United States and internationally.
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B.
The Rouse Company
The Rouse Company was a prominent American real estate development firm best known for pioneering large-scale shopping malls and planned communities in the United States.
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C.
McLane Company
McLane Company is a major American supply chain services and wholesale distribution company serving retailers, restaurants, and convenience stores across the United States.
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D.
Brookfield Properties
Brookfield Properties is a global real estate company that owns, develops, and operates a large portfolio of premier retail, office, and mixed-use properties.
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E.
Delaware North
Delaware North is a global hospitality and food service company known for operating concessions, lodging, and venues at major sports stadiums, airports, and entertainment destinations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public company
ⓘ
real estate investment trust ⓘ |
| coreBusiness |
asset management of shopping centers
ⓘ
leasing retail space to tenants ⓘ redevelopment of retail properties ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn |
densely populated U.S. markets
ⓘ
high-quality regional malls ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Mace Siegel
ⓘ
Richard Cohen ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | MAC ⓘ |
| hasBusinessArea |
development services
ⓘ
leasing services ⓘ property management services ⓘ |
| hasBusinessModel |
collecting rental income from retail tenants
ⓘ
value-add redevelopment of properties ⓘ |
| hasOfficeLocation | Phoenix, Arizona, United States ⓘ |
| hasStrategy |
adding mixed-use components to retail centers
ⓘ
densification of existing properties ⓘ repositioning underperforming malls ⓘ |
| hasTenantType |
department stores
ⓘ
entertainment venues ⓘ national retail chains ⓘ restaurants ⓘ specialty retailers ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Santa Monica, California, United States ⓘ |
| inception | 1964 ⓘ |
| industry |
REIT
ⓘ
real estate ⓘ retail real estate ⓘ shopping center ownership ⓘ |
| isListedAs | S&P 400 component ⓘ |
| legalForm | REIT ⓘ |
| notablePropertyType |
enclosed shopping mall
ⓘ
open-air shopping center ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| owns |
lifestyle centers
ⓘ
mixed-use retail properties ⓘ regional malls ⓘ shopping malls ⓘ super-regional malls ⓘ |
| sector | commercial real estate ⓘ |
| segment | retail real estate ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
development of shopping malls
ⓘ
management of shopping malls ⓘ ownership of shopping malls ⓘ retail properties ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | MAC ⓘ |
| website | https://www.macerich.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Macerich Description of subject: Macerich is a major American real estate investment trust specializing in the ownership, management, and development of shopping malls and retail properties across the United States.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Macerich
linked to: Macerich
linked to: Macerich
linked to: Macerich