How will Macy's closure impact San Francisco's Union Square?

[@russelltate1394]

But mayor Breed says everything is Rainbows & Unicorns and business is booming. She's sick and delusional.

[@FkBdn]

You cant fix psychos…

[@russelltate1394]

@@FkBdn AMEN!!!!!!!

[@MK-tq5ec]

A private entity on a bigger scale. Amazon and digital shopping pushing for closures. Not just one mayor.

[@williamjacobs9065]

Like putting lipstick on a pig.

[@gwillikers7383]

She’s just a liar

[@troygaspard6732]

This is outrageous!. It has been the flagship store of the West. There is no positive spin possible!

[@iworkout6912]

I have traveled in large cities for the last 20 years on business and this is a common thing now in any city large and small. Downtown has lost most of its retail except Subway type of shops, wig shops and tattoo establishments, and the occasional dollar store. Most the retain business are either government offices or college areas. Retail first left for the malls, now that malls are fading, and stand alone buildings are where he action is. City administrators are fighting a loosing battle to keep main street a retail hub.

[@xcen1]

Have you been there recently everything is closing in downtown SF

[@markgideon23]

this mayor is delulu

[@Stealther]

Losing an “anchor store” like Macy’s will definitely affect foot traffic in the area. Replace your local government before it’s too late SF!

[@xcen1]

Sorry it's already too late, nobody wants to do business in blue areas

[@everioke]

Before it's too late?! It's been too late for decades!

[@Photobuffeddy1314]

I agree too 😅they voted fr it

[@scotthooper4170]

Too little, too late. It’s over!

[@xcen1]

Yes SF now is Detroit with good weather

[@apumpernickel4035]

All thos leases that were signed were signed BEFORE Macys announced their closure. Let that sink in,

[@scotthooper4170]

And at lower prices then what the market would generally get for that space.

[@GKP999]

This is really bad news. Union Square was dying. When Macy's leave, it is going to be totally dead.

[@michaelwells7348]

I haven’t shopped at Macy’s in 30 years.... and it Costs $30 to park in the Garage across the street ... I won’t miss it .. I shop at Costco ~ You can get a Dog & a Coke for $1.50.

[@GKP999]

@@michaelwells7348 True, but I think Macy's is very different from Costco.

[@ElementaryWatson-123]

I used to go to the Union Square every Christmas to shop and have good time. I haven't been there for more than a decade. Nowadays, I avoid even driving through SF without necessity. It's sad to see the crazy left destroyed the city.

[@michaelwells7348]

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[@blokcomNativeFaces]

Yes especially that they are going to turn some of the spaces into housing

[@ElonMuskTheOne]

The mayor was too busy getting her brother out of jail.

[@rainbow1021]

Thanks

[@eddieg6436]

……Or getting her ‘do done. 🙄🙄🙄

[@roachtoasties]

L.A. resident here. Union Square WAS a tourist destination until now. Why would tourists want to come to a spot with a bunch of empty storefronts? The same with Market Street, and the surrounding streets. Westfield Mall is almost a ghost town. Downtown is now empty. Heading up Market Street toward City Hall is a dreadful experience. What is happening is contagious. Next will be the Ferry Building and everything down to Fisherman's Wharf. City leaders have to start doing something NOW. Actually they should have started doing something years ago. If nothing is done, the last one out, turn off the lights.

[@redneckReno]

you nailed it!

[@exalkalibor924]

Marriot hotel, macys, marshall, burlington, nordstorm westfield. They were nostalgia.

[@blasphemertheseventh]

Macy’s should have already closed their doors. I am thankful to have visited SF before the politicians destroy it.

[@apumpernickel4035]

This Mayor is so disconnected from reality. Its actually disgusting.

[@betl5982]

What impact? Shoplifters can no longer shoplifts at This Macys. They’ll look for another dept store to go get free merchandise.

[@ATrane-1842]

Sorry folks, Macy's is not a clothes bank. Who could possibly seen this coming???

[@randomeverything879]

At least there will still be clean needles and pipes available!

[@jerrybesch8532]

Funny how they didn't interview anyone from Macy's about their decision to close in such a popular area.

[@Drakewood]

Its not a doomloop we are just "forward looking" into the void.

[@pcrealty]

As Mayor Adams in NYC will suggest: let's turn it to a migrant center

[@surviveunplugged]

Does anyone connect the dots back to city leadership? It's as if the governance of the city and state is irrelevant to all of the business losses. Seems like the "boiling frog" analogy might be in play. One can "run a city into the ground". But of course it's never that. Just a Series of Unfortunate Events". Aw, Lemoni Snickets!!!

[@fleabag2mr.151]

Your vote has consequences so enjoy. Liberal policies are business killers😮

[@xanderdesignshop]

There is no possible positive spin Miss Breed could possibly give for this situation.Once these stores leave they almost never come back.....ever! So what will happen now?

[@harmonk8012]

Downtown is not car friendly, not family friendly. Stonestown, Serramonte, and south bay malls are bursting at the seams.

[@SB-000]

Not car friendly are the operative words! It's ridiculous not allowing cars in the downtown area!!

[@harmonk8012]

@@SB-000 Really, man. The street signs are confusing, the street markings confusing. Same with the Mission and Valencia. Van Ness has been turned into into an amusement ride. I just avoid that whole section of the city all together. My tax dollars now go to Amazon, and anywhere else that I can drive with wifey and kids.

[@SB-000]

@@harmonk8012 I moved out of the city. I don't have to park on the street when I go home and I can park when I shop!

[@tonymanero5544]

If you try the Mountain View, Los Altos, Bronxville and Tuckahoe NY villages, Alexandria downtown, etc., you find parking to be a hassle, expensive and like Hunger Games. It’s because real estate is very expensive, so unless the village or city owns parking, parking is not pleasant. Annapolis has affordable city parking, but spaces are 2 feet apart. I used to drive to SF Chinatown from Silicon Valley until I realize SV has adequate authentic Asian food. SF is really for its residents or true visitors.

[@scotthooper4170]

@@SB-000 The City of San Francisco couldn’t keep of with “The Glass”. From all the vehicles that were broken into. So, their logic was to close streets to motor vehicles. That’s the logic that liberals use.

[@SL-eo5pz]

This was the flagship store and the Christmas tree was the icing on the cake. These people ruined my hometown

[@MrManuel9999]

Mayor need to go she can't can even clean this problem

[@evelioroque3706]

We are been watching San Francisco classic old movies from "THE MALTESE FALCON or VERTIGO or BULLIT to newer ones like THE PURSUIT OF HAPINESS. San Francisco is been in decadence and it is really sad seeing go down without any earthquake!

[@scotthooper4170]

It is a different kind of Earthquake. I have called it a “Liberal Policy Earthquake “. Every bit as dangerous, but it happens over time with each liberal policy adding destruction to the last. To where “At some point” the entire city will look like Market Street.

[@B312XC]

Imagine paying one of the highest taxes in the country only to get robbed and threatened daily

[@paullewis2413]

Aside from disastrous politics it’s easy to blame lack of workers going into the city when they can work from home. However why would anyone want to work downtown among all the problems of homeless and crime even if those aspects are exaggerated by the media?

[@scotthooper4170]

Exaggerated by the media? I think you mean covered up by the media. At bare minimum under reported by the media.

[@annacoribioanna]

BLAME THE PEOPLE SHOPPING AT --- TEMU! And then they make comments about the problem being the city or crime when the main reason is that stores all over the country are closing down because people are shopping online! and now prefer shopping from Chinese companies because they only want to pay $5 instead of supporting local markets.

[@tmp-pb3to]

Bad management of the city! Sad

[@phuonghangthao]

100% agree

[@soniaz1487]

Sad to hear Macy's will go. Really enjoyed shopping there in years past.

[@agarber1932]

No one wants to do business in San Francisco. Blame it on the druggies, shoplifters and illegal immigrants. We live in Canada and used to travel a lot to San Francisco. No more. The city is dying and depressing.

[@jr1252]

why is everyone blaming macys? blame the mayor and DA and judges!!!

[@StephenDavis-vh4oc]

Make it a massive Homeless Shelter, and get input from the homeless on the design and what they need.

[@wturner777]

If Macy's in NYC close, does that mean the end of the annual Thanksgiving Day Parade? Or does that mean another company would take over?

[@MAHAN1755]

There are other big parades in NYC. They all are run with the city and corporate sponsors that's probably what would happen.

[@guitarexpert2245]

IT's not closing.

[@wturner777]

@@guitarexpert2245 Let's hope not.

[@evelioroque3706]

Homeless are taking over! NOT A JOKE!!

[@wturner777]

@@evelioroque3706 In a way, they actually are. As long as housing remains unaffordable. Not just NYC, but everywhere.

[@pearlskid8425]

I live in LA. We lost our mall to google I think. Apple, goggle, Amazon streaming…that is who will prob take over those buildings. So sad for downtown SF. As a teenager I would work at I.Magnins. There were so many beautiful department stores in downtown SF.

[@christineHolloway-t2g]

And Oakland.

[@mattcrispin6737]

As a guy from England who visited in 2015, this is really sad to see. I've seen videos showing Market Street and other central areas with virtually all shops closed!! This can't just be Covid and changing shopping habits?? San Francisco will always be beautiful however. I really hope the other districts of the city are doing better. That area was bustling when I was there. Hopefully new viable alternatives will be found to transform.

[@scotthooper4170]

Sorry to hear that you are “Sad” to see what happened to “Our Beautiful City by the Bay”. 2015 was still a pretty good year, the homeless were “Roused” out of the tourist areas. There was a “Large” number (But, nowhere like today) of them. But, being chased in & out of area after area it didn’t get too bad (Unacceptable, but allowed). COVID is a huge part of it. When you shut down a city the size of San Francisco, the ramifications are closer to a tidal wave than a ripple. When you “Close the City” for a year, you basically say the city can’t be repaired for over a year. What is supposed to happen to those people &/ or businesses? Shopping habits were forced to change because of the closures. The year plus killed the business that depended on the workers. The tourists depended businesses folded because tourism basically evaporated. And the locals businesses suffered because so many people left. The work from home crowd had a large percentage move out of the Bay Area to “All parts of the Country” (world many moved to Mexico). Why pay higher rent when you can move elsewhere, & the rest of the country opened up long before California & San Francisco. Add that all up, and you have the perfect storm or as I called it earlier a tidal wave. There was also other Bad Actors, and Poison Policies that were installed and left in place to produce a specific result that was pushed to achieve specific political results. Which had a greater impact than anticipated. I don’t see a happy outcome for San Francisco in the near future, if ever. The liberal policies do not invite an economic change.

[@Agent77X]

SF retail experts say the Union Square has never been thriving as it is now!😂

[@ACJOSO]

CRIME CRIME BL:ACK CRIME !!!!

[@reyinfante5553]

The reason and has the approval of the mayor and NAACP is because it is underperforming,

[@stevenjohnson8736]

Macy’s here in Stockton is still open for business just like Dillard here in Stockton is still open for business as well 😃

[@stevenjohnson8736]

I feelin kinda sorry for San Francisco right now so many stores in San Francisco are closing now and Macy’s on union square is closing down for good what store in San Francisco is gonna close next week

[@JustSomeDude_.]

No worries...all of the empy businesses can be used for "affordable housing" and Medicaid/food stamp offices. The area will be hoppin! Get your popcorn ready!

[@soliskings7785]

It's getting harder and harder to live in California

[@candy9986]

St Francis Hotel, next ? 🤔

[@e.tezani3877]

Retail is dying.

[@rc653]

When one door closes, another one opens. It's going to close at one point or another. It's sometimes the departure that's hard to fathem, but this we must always look onto the brighter side of things.

[@jakemoeller7850]

I am sorry to see that Macy's SF is closing. It was one of my favorite stores when living in the Bay Area. Wishing the company a better future.

[@Zam_man]

oh well - I do all my shopping online anyways - fix the homeless issue and maybe ppl would be more willing to go out

[@tonymanero5544]

The SF Mayor London Breed may suck, but what you hear for real estate people is that there will alternative uses. It won’t be high foot traffic retail where Black people gangs can plunder. Luxury goods with door security will take over. It’ll be like Johannesburg or Mexico City where wealthy people will have personal security and poor people will pass their poor condition to the next generation; that’s why they’re poor. This adjustment may be beneficial in that rents and demand may come down, and make SF more affordable.

[@manojchowdhary4208]

Closure of Macy’s will reduce capitalism, profit-making, income inequality and will increase progressivism. After all California is a progressive state. This is entirely expected.

[@8791recca]

blame your politicians

[@everioke]

Look at the size of that soon to be vacant building! Imagine how many homeless street rats and drug addicts you could house there!

[@mikeg3728]

You ask the wrong questions. Ask "how are the progressive left-wing policies of the local politicians destroying San Francisco, and why do we keep supporting these politicians in their mission to destroy San Francisco?" Be honest about this for once, I'm sure you do a lot of honest and excellent work in news on other topics, but stop side-stepping this OBVIOUS issue by pointing at the micro and pretending the macro causes don't exist.

[@bobm21]

All falling like dominos.

[@xcen1]

Thriving and expanding? Where, who?

[@benjaminfranzuela5847]

Well, you voted for it San Francisco. Deal with it.

[@mixedhairless]

Born and raised in SF, Macy’s was not at this location when I was a kid it was I. Magnin. I morn Woolworths , the St. Francis theatre and Kaplans closure more than Macy’s.

[@moongypsyguerrero1925]

It's been an icon in SF Union Square

[@LuchSveta1]

Thank God!

[@JPH0922]

Can Nordstrom or Bloomies fill it? Offer it to them with big incentives. Include a food hall.

[@marileehamlin804]

Nordstrom already left downtown SFO.

[@JustSomeDude_.]

Are you serious? Nobody is moving into this hellhole and nobody is coming to visit. Great job san francisco voters! Stay put.

[@mattdykes5166]

Keep on voting blue. "Forward thinking " bahahahahaha

[@dsmith4140]

Have it turned into Trump Tower!

[@moongypsyguerrero1925]

I hope they don't turn it into a parking garage,or housing

[@JB-fq9dp]

Nice going BLUE voters!! You did it....!!!

[@Jaycee3]

A failed city. Glad I got to experience college there before 2010. A different time.

[@greenonions2565]

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[@Victor-it6bv]

Turn its into homeless housing. Isn't that what they like to do over there?

[@mikepond4865]

Only if city officials salaries were based on performance and judges would be held accountable for non convictions that resulted in another crime. That will never happen. It makes too much sense.

[@ddellwo]

Meanwhile, clueless Californian’s keep pulling that “D” lever and thinking government is going to save them……..😂

[@williamstone4334]

Comeback? In your dreams.

[@JamesFaye-lt4dv]

Watch out Chicago you are headed on the same direction with the likes of Lightfoot aka Beetlejuice, Brandon Johnson aka Buckwheat, Kim Fox, Dorval Carter, blm etc etc.

[@gnaflethegarthok3074]

Lol Turn it into a homeless junkie hotel like everywhere else is down there.

[@greenonions2565]

8:08PM❤

[@Simply418]

Let’s see some action instead of all words

[@aliciaogee3413]

Newsom is at fault

[@greenonions2565]

TL ⭕️. ✌️

[@altanbayar]

Okey How about bringing the Simon Premium Outlet?

[@mattdaugherty7865]

Hey San Francisco, your “diversity hire” mayor is doing one helluva good job!

[@joannac.4291]

Sad news

[@Maxpasadena]

Retail is booming in Phoenix and Scottsdale -- let's face it , SF is dying. The crime, homeless and liberal politics have destroyed the city.

[@allenmills9449]

Vote blue you can have this too

[@SirChocula]

Keep voting democrat voters! Great results so far.

[@eddieg6436]

The rich are getting RICHER, the poor are getting POORER. (New BIGGER Chanel, and Louis Vuitton stores coming). 🤔🤔🤷🏼‍♂️

[@NicholasLi10]

GO AHEAD CLOSE IT I DARE YOU

[@nolymitmultilingualrobotwi3724]

😂

[@ChrisCarlin-is8wv]

Some more soccer fields can be constructed in Macy place. It will be an economic boom to the city.

[@anthonyjones9868]

🤣

[@mrcpaddler]

Reimagining the Union Square and downtown area could result in a new very attractive and vibrant city center. International food markets, with outdoor amphitheaters for music and dance, are fitting for San Francisco because it is an international city. Add clothing stores that specialize in specific cultures like the Middle East, India, Cambodia, Venezuela, Denmark, Morocco, and Japan. And Mexico. Establish Spring and Fall festivals. Cinco de Mayo in the Spring, October Fest in the Fall. And definitely add a soccer stadium, maybe even two, like Mayor Breed suggested. So many of the buildings in that area are old; replace them with modern buildings - and give them a design motif that reflects architecture from different countries. We just need imagination and a positive attitude. Like Franklin Roosevelt once said, "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself." We can do this, Yes We Can ! ! ! ! !

[@1badboykiller1]

Who wants to open a store where thieves can come in and steal your merchandise without any consequences???

[@blueblood76]

It will be all crime and feces

[@blueblood76]

@@1badboykiller1 It will be nice for them for sure. Free stuff!!

[@brendaestrada1782]

How about make macys or nordstroms into an indoor amusement park?

[@herbbot8241]

Lol who's gonna open there to get robbed every day

[@redpatriotnews]

The closure of Macy's in San Francisco's Union Square is part of a broader trend affecting the area, but it's not all negative. The city has approved the redevelopment of the former Macy's department store building, which will introduce a mix of retail, office, and residential spaces. This project aims to add some rare housing stock to the retail hub, with plans including condos, office space, and retail areas. This development is seen as a positive transformation for Union Square, offering a blend of uses that could revitalize the area【6†source】.

[@coldfinger459sub0]

Still not, addressing the cause not addressing the crime Not addressing the vagrancy, the drug use the feces on the sidewalk . Not addressing tourist getting a custard by certain individuals and even the locals that now stay away.

[@everioke]

If you don't address it, it doesn't exist.

[@coldfinger459sub0]

@@everioke sounds like Mayor, London, Bree, and the board of supervisors position. Hear no evil 🙉 ,see no evil 🙈,say no evil 🙊🤣

[@greenonions2565]

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