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Downtown bar owners will breathe new life into 100-year-old S.F. building
A century-old San Francisco space two blocks from Union Square that last housed controversial French-Vietnamese restaurant Le Colonial has been sold to new owners. Earlier this month, the roughly ...
John Phillips: More booze won’t save California’s downtowns
If California’s elected officials expect people to eat, drink and party downtown again, they need to make sure that those ...
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San Francisco food truck opening pop-up shop thanks to downtown revitalization
A program that activates vacant spaces and storefronts in San Francisco is expanding this summer with a popular taco truck ...
DivcoWest, Blackstone pay $111M for SF office building
DivcoWest and Blackstone Real Estate have acquired 199 Fremont Street, a 25-story office building in downtown San Francisco.
A crucial new incentive could finally generate office-to-residential conversions in downtown San Francisco
San Francisco leaders are moving to establish a new financing district for office buildings converted to homes, the final ...
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Competition: Market Street Reimagined, San Francisco
An open international ideas contest featuring a $100,000 prize fund is seeking concepts to regenerate Market Street in San ...
JPMorganChase grows SF office footprint at namesake center
JPMorganChase will grow its office footprint in downtown San Francisco, attempting to spur the city’s revitalization.
JPMorganChase expands downtown San Francisco office presence
JPMorganChase Center will serve as the bank's local headquarters in downtown San Francisco. But the banking giant's ...
San Mateo's B Street Books to leave downtown location due to business boom
In business for 16 years in San Mateo, there are many chapters to B Street Books' story. In the one currently being written, there is a lot to unpack and a lot for owner Lewis Cohen to pack up.