How San Francisco’s Westfield turned into a ghost mall: The dying center where 75 PERCENT of units are empty and more stores are closing – as shoppers describe ‘dodgy’ area overrun with homeless who left them ‘scared’
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- The San Francisco Center, once a thriving mall home to the largest Nordstrom in America, is a shell of its former self after a string of high-profile departures
- Staff and shoppers in the mall, where five more stores closed in January, told DailyMail.com that crime and falling foot traffic is ruining the palatial building
- The mall lost $1bn in value last year amid the city’s failure to recover from covid
“…Businesses have left in droves – this month alone, five have closed or announced they plan to – and occupancy is at a measly 25 percent. Footfall has plunged by half since last year and, as shops and customers have departed, the homeless have moved in and drug-taking and crime have risen…
…Westfield announced it would give up ownership of the mall, which once bore its name, and turn over the property to its lender. A cutting statement blamed the ‘deteriorating situation in downtown San Francisco’ and ‘unsafe conditions for customers, retailers, and employees’…”
Yeah, bad luck.
