San Francisco - Retail & Industry
San Francisco Cow Hollow Marina
Giant new Cow Hollow dispensary approved, despite property’s problematic permitting past
A very large dispensary will bloom at Lombard and Steiner streets, though those plans were nearly choked because the Department of Building Inspection spaced out on a permit 17 years ago.
San Francisco Hayes Valley
High-end tech store B8ta closes for good after several crime-troubled years
B8ta's CEO, Vibhu Norby, said his employees were repeatedly subjected to harassment, while the stores themselves were vandalized and broken into, and after some temporary closures, the business is calling it quits in the U.S. entirely.
San Francisco Embarcadero
Upscale coffee roaster Saint Frank Coffee gets Embarcadero location inside that twisty Mira Tower
Yet more businesses are bullish on a big downtown revival, as sustainable coffee purveyor Saint Frank Coffee is one of several new retailers coming into the ground floor of the twisty silver condo Mira Tower.
San Francisco North Beach
Relocated vintage clothing shop Vacation now open in North Beach
“We were in the Tenderloin for 10 years and were really advocating for the neighborhood,” says owner Kristin Klein. “But I could not turn down a primo location in North Beach for the same price as pre-pandemic Tenderloin.”
San Francisco Civic Center Mid-Market
The giant Whole Foods at Mid-Market is opening on March 10
The new Whole Foods near Civic Center will be the largest Whole Foods in San Francisco, and will open March 10 to bring a much-needed boost to a corner that has lately been in the news for all the wrong reasons.
San Francisco Union Square
Chanel, Van Cleef & Arpels grab new retail locations in SF's Union Square
Van Cleef & Arpels — a centuries-old jewelry chain founded in Paris — and the luxury fashion company Chanel recently acquired new retail store locations in Union Square that are set to debut this year, each real estate investment existing as a sign that downtown SF is rebounding.
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle
Castro cannabis retailer Flore Store opens while historic Cafe Flore remains shuttered
The Castro's newest cannabis retail store, Flore Store (258 Noe), is now open while historic neighborhood restaurant Flore (formerly Cafe Flore) has remained shuttered for two years.
San Francisco Bayview
Well-known Black cannabis activist bringing a new dispensary to SF’s Bayview
Amber Senter helped create cannabis social equity policies in the Bay Area and the state of California, and now she's part of the team that just won Planning Commission approval for a new Bayview dispensary.