Westfield plans to pull out of downtown San Francisco, the company confirmed Monday citing significant decreases in sales, foot traffic and occupancy level.
    • speck@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Still another blow to the downtown area, eh? I wish that mall would do like some places in Bangkok and create opportunities for smaller businesses. Since they have empty space anyhow, use those for pop up shop residencies.

  • AlpineJoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I can’t figure out why anyone would travel to a culturally rich city like San Francisco, and then choose to spend time in a bland place like Westfield. It is like every other mall in the United States. GNC, Starbucks, Foot Locker, Guess, Lululemon, etc… I can get that in any (often dying) mall in America. Meanwhile, San Francisco’s China Town in a few blocks away from Union Square, with a wealth of fantastic food, shopping, and original stores.

    There is a reason these formulaic suburban style malls are dying. Perhaps we should not be too surprised when this happens in San Francisco.