Posted on 05/03/2023 8:47:32 AM PDT by Red Badger
Downtown San Francisco has last another retail giant, Nordstrom, which will be closing both of its stores as the city continues to be plagued by soaring crime.
According to a memo from Chief Stores Officer Jamie Nordstrom to employees, the company has decided not to renew its leases for its San Francisco Centre Nordstrom store and the Market Street Rack store.
“We’ve spent more than 35 years serving customers in downtown San Francisco, building relationships with them and investing in the local community,” Nordstrom wrote.
“But as many of you know, the dynamics of the downtown San Francisco market have changed dramatically over the past several years, impacting customer foot traffic to our stores and our ability to operate successfully.”
The San Francisco Centre location will close at the end of August, and the Market Street Rack will close on July 1.
Both stores have a combined total of 357,500 square feet of retail space.
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, the owner of the Westfield mall, told the San Francisco Standard that such closures “underscores the deteriorating situation in Downtown San Francisco.”
A spokesperson for the mall added:
“A growing number of retailers and businesses are leaving the area due to the unsafe conditions for customers, retailers, and employees, coupled with the fact that these significant issues are preventing an economic recovery of the area.”
The statement continued:
[Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield] has actively engaged with city leaders for many years to express our serious concerns, which are shared by our customers and retailers. We have urged the city to find solutions to the key issues and lack of enforcement again.”
The news comes not long after San Francisco flagship Whole Foods retail store closed after just a year due to 568 emergency calls over 13 months amid soaring crime in the city.
Incidents included vagrants starting fights, throwing food, and defecating on the floor.
Twenty retailers have closed stores in the Union Square area since 2020, The Standard reports.
Last month, CashApp founder Bob Lee was fatally stabbed in the streets of San Fransisco, while former fire commissioner Don Carmignani was recently beaten over the head with a pipe by a vagrant.
Last October, The Daily Fetched reported that commuters were resorting to arming themselves with baseball bats and stun guns due to droves of violent drug addicts.
Residents of the SoMa, in northeast San Francisco, said the recent opening of the SoMa RISE drug sobering center, which opened in June, has plagued the neighborhood, making it unsafe.
Residents say the center, which aims to temper drug usage, has done nothing but draw heavy users to the neighborhood.
Residents said the influx of drug users had brought soaring crime, making the neighborhood more dangerous, Fox News reported.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed touted the center as a safe haven for addicts looking to rebuild their lives.
But according to SoMa resident and business owner Mark Sackett, the reality of the center in the neighborhood is much different.
HA ha ha ha ha, Bawaha ha ha ha!!
Good for em!
Hope nearly everyone, but Rent-A-Center pulls outta there!!!
Those idiots are going to need that “retribution” money from their swindle so they can afford plane tickets to somewhere where they can go shopping.
Why can’t the San Fran democrats figure out that they just need to tax the rich and spend more money, so they can put a RISE in every neighborhood so addicts don’t have an undue burden to travel to get help. They can just give people reparations so they won’t steal and have money to spend at all these retailers. Seems like such a simple fix.
Where are all the rich liberal white women going to buy hand bags?
Maybe all of the stores and supermarkets will close in San Francisco. Then the leftists and other psychos who remain can survive on Soylent Green.
I was considering a Texas-located job with a company based in the Silicon Valley area of California. I’m so glad it fell through. I would have been required to travel there on occasion.
I’m rather surprised they haven’t had some judge issue an injunction or something to not allow retailers to close stores.
Idiots. Morons. This is exactly why we have laws and police. Do away with them and theft is rampant. Who could have seen this coming? Today is Wednesday, so I’m not entirely sure if it’s racism or climate change.
Oh my! What could it be? I don’t understand it. /s
Could it be that we let homeless people camp/live on our sidewalks? Could it be that we let them openly sell/use drugs in our neighborhoods?
Could it be that we allow them to shit and piss on our streets and sidewalks? Could it be that we defund our police and refuse to prosecute crimes like drug crimes and prostitution?
Could it be that we instituted no/low bail in our courtrooms. Could it be that we allow criminals parole/early release/ankle monitors instead of staying in jail (where they belong)? Could it be that we release dangerous felons and habitual sex offenders into our communities and are SURPRISED when they reoffend? Could it be that dealing with overcrowding in our jails/prisons, instead of building MORE jails/prisons we just let the criminals OUT!
Could it be that removing/ignoring God from our everyday lives has something to do with the depravity occurring in our society? The answer to that question is decidedly a YES!
I considered moving there back in ‘79 when the big tech companies started growing by leaps and bounds. Apple was just starting..........................
“the dynamics of the downtown San Francisco market have changed dramatically over the past several years”
No kidding.
From knuckle-dragging, ghetto rats on the street corners, who originally stole them.
I used to shop at “The Rack.” Nice store. Decent selection of quality merch for tall men. Back before the libertarians moved their tents and feces onto the sidewalks. Crying shame.
Thanks NautiNurse.
Reclaim the streets, anyone?
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