What’s upstairs at the downtown Ross store? A multibillion-dollar AI company
Even as stores and offices emptied out around it during the pandemic, the downtown location of Ross Dress…
Street ambassadors are working, so SF says it’s adding more
San Francisco is expanding a street ambassador program credited with cutting the number of 911 calls in half.…
Why San Francisco’s newest mega office had to be sold to stand a chance
I heard a self-deprecating joke recently at a cocktail party for real estate types that feels especially fitting…
Ikea’s struggling food hall is losing another restaurant
Ikea’s struggling downtown food hall is losing another vendor. Cheezy’s Artisan Pizza will serve its last slice at…
San Francisco’s dead downtown mall to be sold to local developers
The San Francisco Centre Mall will have a new owner. A partnership of San Francisco developers Presidio Bay…
Can SF’s theaters save Mid-Market? This lawmaker says it’s showtime
It’s a San Francisco show tune set on sad repeat: Once-vibrant Market Street is overrun by crime, blight,…
SF theater has changed for good. The next act will be dramatic
Live theater, which once dominated San Francisco’s entertainment scene, nearly went extinct during the pandemic. Producers and theater…
Former teenagers throw final rager to honor SF Centre
The San Francisco Centre Mall used to be the place teenagers went to be teenagers. But then, like…
SF drops another $32 million on street ambassadors. Here’s where the money’s going
San Francisco has directed another $32 million into a growing ecosystem of private street-monitoring organizations tasked with responding…
A massive nightclub is coming to SF — and a superstar DJ will perform at the launch
A multi-hyphenate entrepreneur and video-game wiz will unveil his first nightclub next year in San Francisco, and he’s…
See inside this secret downtown clubhouse that sold for the first time in 145 years
The 145-year-old Odd Fellows temple on Market Street has changed hands for the first time, in a $6.75…
Rent hike drives out original tenant of Ikea’s SF food hall
There’s more change on the horizon for Ikea’s struggling Mid-Market food hall. Saluhall, which recently parted ways with…