MORGANTOWN – The company that owns the Morgantown Mall and the Grand Central Mall in Vienna has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy – a result of reduced business during the pandemic, its court filing says. Washington Prime Group (WPG) filed its petition Sunday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. The filing says the company's portfolio includes 102 shopping centers across the country and operates 97 of them (five are in receivership). Executive Vice President Mark Yale says in the filing that like many other retail businesses, WPG has suffered from the shift from brick-and-mortar shopping and changing consumer preferences. It adjusted its business plan to accommodate the changes. "Despite significant progress implementing its business plan, the COVID-19 pandemic proved insurmountable," Yale says. Stay-at-home orders and social distancing decreased foot traffic across its properties.