For the past two months, Jim Berg has been able to pay the rent on his nearly 11,000-square-foot costume store in West St. Paul despite being forced to close the shop because of the coronavirus pandemic. Time will tell if Berg can make the rent for May; however, he said he isn’t worried because his landlord said he would be flexible if Berg couldn’t pay.
“The building would be worse off if it’s empty,” Berg said. “The core of it is everybody has to survive.”