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New Report Shows San Francisco Has Worst Downtown Recovery Rate Of Any Major US, Canadian City

May 6, 2023 2:30 amMay 6, 2023 2:31 am

A new report released on Friday found that San Francisco currently has the worst downtown recovery rate of large cities in the US and Canada, coming in with only 32% recovery of activity before the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the...

Nordstrom, Saks Off Fifth Announce They Are Leaving San Francisco

May 2, 2023 5:59 pmMay 3, 2023 11:29 am

High-end department stores Nordstrom and Saks Off Fifth became the latest retail stores to vacate San Francisco on Tuesday, with the 3 large locations representing over 500,000 square feet of retail space expected to be completely vacated by the early...

Anthropologie Becomes Latest Retail Chain Store to Leave SF’s Union Square

April 25, 2023 12:29 pmApril 25, 2023 12:42 pm

The women’s clothing store Anthropologie announced on Tuesday that it would be closing its Union Square location in San Francisco next month, becoming the latest major retailer to vacate the city this year. Since the beginning of the decade, a...

Leaving San Francisco: Three Tales Of Business Owners Who Left And Why

April 19, 2023 2:30 amApril 19, 2023 2:31 am

With businesses continuing to scramble out of San Francisco, the Globe talked with business owners leaving the city for one of three options: In a new city nearby San Francisco, elsewhere in the state, and outside the state. Each one...

Arrest Made in SF Murder of Cash App Founder Bob Lee

April 13, 2023 1:40 pmApril 13, 2023 2:55 pm

Cash App Founder and MobileCoin CPO Bob Lee was stabbed to death April 4th in the San Francisco neighborhood of Rincon Hill, leading to outrage from residents and tech leaders. Lee moved to Miami last year concerned about the crime...

Why Businesses Are Leaving San Francisco

April 12, 2023 2:30 amApril 12, 2023 7:14 am

The Monday closure of San Francisco’s flagship Whole Foods supermarket is just the latest in a long string of both chain and small businesses in the city. Crime, drug use, and economic factors unique to San Francisco, have led many business...

‘Flagship’ San Francisco Whole Foods Closes Only One Year In; Cites High Crime, Rampant Drugs

April 11, 2023 1:49 pmApril 11, 2023 4:03 pm

One of the largest supermarkets remaining in San Francisco, the flagship Whole Foods on the corner of 8th and Market, shut down with little warning at the end of business on Monday after only a year in business, citing high...