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[Update] Three Shot, Including Two Bystanders, In Likely Gang-Related Incident at South Bay’s Valley Fair Mall

The South Bay’s largest mall, Westfield Valley Fair Mall, was temporarily closed until noon Saturday during the investigation of a shooting that led to the evacuation of thousands of Black Friday shoppers. A man was shot during an argument with the suspect, and two bystanders were also shot.

SF’s Beleaguered Former Westfield Mall Now Actively Kicking Out Its Few Remaining Tenants

A very small number of shops has scraped by to survive the death spiral of the mall known as the San Francisco Centre. But now the mall's new owners are reportedly kicking out those couple-few remaining stores, too.

Someone Finally Bought the Beleaguered Former Westfield Mall, at Just 10% of Its Previous Value

A conglomerate of big-name banks just finally bought the San Francisco Centre mall for a fraction of its previous value, though this tells us nothing about what will happen to the mall, as those banks are just going to sell the place again.

Tuesday Morning Topline: SF's Sad Downtown Mall Now 93% Vacant

The SF Centre mall is now 93% vacant; Oakland Airport wants in on the Waymo action; and the Pope just called out exorbitant CEO salaries like Elon Musk's.

Day Around the Bay: Auction to Sell Off Mall Delayed Again

The auction to offload SF's half-empty mall has been postponed for a seventh time; there's plague in South Lake Tahoe again; and people with those HOV/EV stickers won't be able to use the carpool lanes as single drivers starting in October.

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Beleaguered Former Westfield Mall Gets More Beleaguered, Loses Six More Restaurants

If you even realize that the former Westfield Mall is now called the San Francisco Centre, be aware that its dwindling number of tenants no longer includes Jamba Juice, Blondie’s Pizza, or four other restaurants that just deserted.

Downtown Mall Death Spiral Continues With Departures of Nine Retailers

"Bloomingdale’s was the last straw" says one employee at an SF Centre retailer that closed Monday, and eight other stores are either set to close or have already closed at the beleaguered mall.

Former Westfield Mall Heads to Auction

The fate of the former Westfield mall, now called the Emporium Centre San Francisco, will be decided at an auction next month, as the receivership process appears to be soon wrapped up.

Saturday Links: Downtown Mall Movie Theater May Have a Taker

A security guard at a Fremont CVS was fatally shot on the job; Capitol Police will pay the SFPD to guard the Pelosis' house; the former Westfield mall movie theater may not be vacant for much longer.

SF's Downtown Mall Markets Itself to Small Businesses, Signs Seven New Leases

There's some good news on the retail front for San Francisco, with the Union Square-adjacent Emporium Centre San Francisco having signed seven new leases in recent weeks to fill some of the abundant vacancy in the troubled mall.

American Eagle Outfitters Is the Latest Store to Depart Ailing Downtown SF Mall

The Emporium Centre San Francisco, formerly known as the Westfield San Francisco Centre, continues on the vacancy train with the announcement of the July closure of American Eagle Outfitters, one of the larger remaining stores in the mall.

Business & Tech

SF’s Former Westfield Mall Being Rebranded as ‘The Emporium Centre San Francisco’

In an apparent attempt to halt the nonstop parade of terrible headlines about the former Westfield San Francisco Centre mall, the mall’s new management is renaming it “the Emporium Centre San Francisco” while promising more security and new attractions.

J. Crew and Hollister Both Closing Stores at SF Centre Mall, Adding to String of Vacancies

We have two more closures to add to the list of retailers leaving the former Westfield mall in downtown San Francisco.

San Francisco's Only Adidas Store Closing at Former Westfield Mall

The block of Market Street between Fourth and Fifth will have another vacancy soon, with Adidas announcing that it is closing its only San Francisco store next week — and they're having a liquidation sale.

More Westfield Mall Woes, as SF’s Only LEGO Store There Has Closed Permanently

Things apparently weren't connecting anymore in San Francisco’s only LEGO store, located in the beleaguered mall formerly known as the Westfield San Francisco Centre, as that LEGO store quietly closed permanently last week.

30-Year-Old SF Woman Accused of Committing 20 Separate Retail Thefts at Westfield Mall

The San Francisco District Attorney's Office is calling attention to a case in which one woman suspected of participating in a rampant spree of retail thefts has been arrested and charged.

Business & Tech

Veritas Investments May Have Found a Buyer for Its Defaulted Loan Portfolio, and It’s an Ex-Westfield Mall Owner

A new buyer has emerged for the nearly $1 billion in defaulted properties for the city’s biggest residential landlord Veritas Investments, and its Brookfield Properties, a partner that just walked away from the Westfield Centre shopping mall.

American Eagle Sues Westfield Mall, Saying Ownership Let the Place ‘Deteriorate Into Disarray’

A new wrinkle in the Westfield Centre drama, as large tenant American Eagle Outfitters just filed a lawsuit saying Westfield management abandoned any attempt at security and allowed the place to go to hell in a handbasket.

Mayor Breed Still Pushing This Curious Idea of Turning Westfield Mall Into a Soccer Stadium

An off-the-cuff remark by Mayor Breed in June apparently has fresh legs, as she said Tuesday that the city has now retained an architecture firm for a preliminary design work on a possible soccer stadium to replace the beleaguered Westfield San Francisco Centre.

Mayor Breed Floats the Idea of Turning Westfield Mall Into… A Soccer Stadium?

Here’s an out-of-left-field solution to the highly uncertain future of Union Square’s Westfield San Francisco Centre shopping mall — Mayor Breed pitched the idea Thursday that it could become “a whole new soccer stadium.”

Westfield Mall’s Century Theater Closing Permanently On Thursday

Thursday is the last day of screenings at the Century 9 theater in the Westfield San Francisco Centre, as another tenant is bailing on the shopping mall that owner Westfield Corporation is also walking away from.

EU-Based Westfield Says It Is Walking Away From San Francisco Mall Property, as It Has Several of Its US Malls

The parent company of the formerly Australian shopping center brand Westfield announced a year ago that it wanted to divest itself of its US mall properties. And following the Nordstrom closure announcement, they are walking away from their Market Street mall in SF and surrendering it to the lender.

Brutal Beatdown At Westfield Mall Goes Viral In Reddit Video, But No Charges Filed

A very ferocious two-on-one pummeling in front of the Foot Locker at the Westfield Centre has gone viral in a Reddit video, and while Westfield management confirms the incident happened, the victim is declining to file any charges.

Westfield Mall Gets a Cannabis Store — Without Any Cannabis

The Westfield San Francisco Centre has just seen a marijuana dispensary of a sort open in the mall, but there is no marijuana there — just “non-medicated cannabis replicas and empty packaging.”

Man Found Dead At SF's Westfield Mall Was Partially Undressed, Had Rope Around Head

Nearly a year after a San Francisco chef was found dead at the Westfield San Francisco Centre mall, his cause of death remains a mystery. But though police say they are not investigating