RETAIL & INDUSTRY
SoMa

Two of San Diego's most iconic shopping malls were sold for a staggering $290 million to developers while the fate of San Francisco's Westfield mall remains uncertain.

Whether madness or a stroke of genius, Mayor London Breed proposes replacing the Westfield Mall with a soccer stadium, of all things. She broadly invited business leaders to make a huge investment in downtown SF.

The popular Century 9 Theater at the Westfield San Francisco Centre is permanently closing its doors after Thursday, June 15.

The founder of the 28-year-old youth violence prevention organization United Playaz, Rudy Corpuz Jr., will hit new highs with the grand opening of his new Stiiizy dispensary at Fourth and Brannan Streets on Saturday.

One of San Francisco’s busiest shopping areas is losing another big retailer: The Container Store. But it's just moving elsewhere in SoMa.

The OfficeMax that wouldn’t die has finally succumbed to online retail and pandemic business loss, with the SoMa office supply store’s signage now ripped down and tagging quickly sprayed all over the building.