The new entity that owns San Francisco Centre, the city’s biggest mall, has sued to evict three of the last remaining tenants, according to court filings.
An unlawful detainer motion filed Friday seeks the eviction of Executive Order bar; KBR Enterprises Inc., which operates the Shoe Wiz repair service; and Fardin Amiri, who appears to own a salon in the mall.
The businesses couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. Executive Order owner John Eric Sanchez previously told the Chronicle that he would fight to stay. “We’re trying to hold out as long as we can,” he said in November.
San Francisco Business Times first reported the filing.
DBJPM 2016-SFC Emporium, the group of lenders that bought the mall’s debt in November, previously sent letters to the last two dozen final tenants, saying their leases were terminated. Most of the last holdouts at the mall have already closed or plan to this month, including Shake Shack, Aritzia, H&M and GNC.
The mall’s death spiral started after the pandemic and remote work devastated foot traffic in the Powell Street area, leading to the closures of anchor tenants Nordstrom and Bloomingdale’s.
Brokerage CBRE has now been hired to sell the mall again, but real estate experts have said that any reimagining of the property into another usage could be prohibitively expensive. A full closure of the mall, which hasn’t been confirmed, would cut expenses such as utilities and security costs for the ownership group.
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