Nearly half of the stores in downtown San Francisco have shuttered and fled since 2019.
In 2019, 203 storefronts were open in Union Square, and now it’s down to 107, the San Francisco Standard reported.
Old Navy, Whole Foods, AT&T, and Abercrombie & Fitch are amongst the 22 stores that have closed in the past 18 months.
ast month, Nordstroms announced it will be shuttering two of its stores by the end of summer, Breitbart reported. In an email to employees, the company’s CEO cited “the changing dynamics of downtown San Francisco” influenced the decision to vacate over 375,000 square feet of retail space.