EX-23.1 4 mac-20191231x10kex231x.htm EX-23.1
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
The Macerich Company:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333-219872, 333-107063, and 333-121630) on Form S-3 and (Nos. 333-00584, 333-42309, 333-42303, 333-69995, 333-108193, 333-120585, 333-161371, 333-186915, 333-186916, and 333-211816) on Form S-8 of The Macerich Company of our reports dated February 25, 2020, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of The Macerich Company as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes and financial statement Schedule III – Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, which reports appear in the December 31, 2019 annual report on Form 10-K of The Macerich Company.
Our report dated February 25, 2020 includes an explanatory paragraph related to The Macerich Company’s change in method of accounting for leases as of January 1, 2019 due to the adoption of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 842 (ASC 842), Leases.
Our report dated February 25, 2020 also includes an explanatory paragraph related to The Macerich Company’s change in method of accounting for certain historical property sales as of January 1, 2018 due to the adoption of FASB Accounting Standards Update 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts With Customers (ASC 606).
/s/ KPMG LLP
Los Angeles, California
February 25, 2020