Openings and Closings
Business openings and closings.
30 stories · 1 meeting summary · Aug 24, 2026 – Nov 6, 2026
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Friday, November 6, 20261 story →
Massive New Asian Supermarket T&T Opens at SF's City Center
T&T Supermarket, Canada's largest Asian grocery chain, opened its second California store at City Center, 2675 Geary Blvd., on Thursday morning. The store fills the former Best Buy space next to Target that had been planned for a Whole Foods.
Thursday, November 5, 20261 story →
Sanctum Baths, the First Gay Bathhouse In SoMa In 40 Years, Headed for Approval
City planners have recommended approval of Sanctum Baths, a two-story bathhouse planned at 40 12th Street in SoMa, according to the Bay Area Reporter. The Planning Commission is expected to vote Thursday. Owner Kevin Born, a co-owner of The Midway nightclub, would open the first new gay bathhouse in the neighborhood since the AIDS crisis closed the city's bathhouses.
Monday, October 26, 20261 story →
Three preschool dads are bringing elite rotisserie to the Sunset
Three friends with years in the restaurant business are opening Bare Bones, a rotisserie restaurant, in the Sunset, the Standard reports. The menu includes porchetta.
Sunday, October 25, 20261 story →
New York investment firm selected to buy San Francisco Centre
New York-based Seven Equity Group has been selected to buy most of the shuttered San Francisco Centre at 865 Market Street, with the deal expected to close in the first quarter of 2027, Sing Tao reports, citing the San Francisco Chronicle. The roughly 1.15 million-square-foot sale excludes the former Bloomingdale's building at 845 Market Street, and a team that proposed turning the mall into a sports and entertainment complex dropped out this week.
Friday, October 23, 20263 stories →
Report: Dead mall to be sold again — this time to a New York investment firm
Seven Equity Group, which specializes in repositioning distressed retail, has reportedly been selected to purchase the vacant San Francisco Centre, the Standard reports. The report did not include terms of the sale.
Bottom of the Hill to Remain Open Under New Ownership In 2027
Bottom of the Hill will continue operating under new ownership in 2027, with longtime patron Michele Bronson taking over the Potrero Hill music venue. The original owners will keep the building, and Bronson plans to retain staff and preserve the club's independent spirit, according to Coyote Media. The 247-capacity club will close for at least a month for kitchen and bar upgrades needed to meet city codes.
San Francisco cafe Outset Coffee evicted over $200,000 in unpaid rent
Outset Coffee, a popular cafe known for Asian-flavored coffee, matcha and fruit drinks, has closed both of its San Francisco locations. Its downtown branch was evicted and its Mission District branch was ordered to pay about $200,000 in unpaid rent and related fees, according to the World Journal.
Sunday, October 18, 20261 story →
Part of the Presidio: San Francisco Bids Farewell to Beloved Indoor Park, House of Air
House of Air, the trampoline park inside a converted 1921 Army hangar at Crissy Field, will close on Feb. 15, 2027, after 16 years in business. The company said it did not renew its lease, which ends in early March.
Saturday, October 17, 20262 stories →
LVMH buys a $48 million six-story building in San Francisco
LVMH, the parent company of Louis Vuitton, has bought a six-story building in San Francisco for $48 million, World Journal reports. It is not yet clear whether the purchase means a flagship LV store will open there.
Meet the District 10 Candidates: Does Third Street need an AutoZone?
Mission Local asked the District 10 supervisor candidates about AutoZone's approval to replace a former Walgreens on Third Street, a decision that drew controversy this year.
Friday, October 16, 20261 story →
The Rack is back: Nordstrom Rack returning to Union Square
Nordstrom Rack will open a 51,500-square-foot store at 2 Stockton Street in Union Square in fall 2027, returning downtown three years after Nordstrom closed its San Francisco stores. Other retailers, including Uniqlo, The RealReal and Zara, have also opened or planned stores nearby, according to the Standard.
Thursday, October 15, 20261 story →
Day Around the Bay: Raising Cane’s Opens Second SF Location at Stonestown Galleria
Raising Cane's opened its second San Francisco location Monday at Stonestown Galleria, drawing more than 200 people, with some fans camping overnight, KTVU reported. The roundup also notes the arrest of an OpenAI engineer, the arrival of 26 rescue cats from Kauai at SFO and a national report on wealth by age.
Monday, October 12, 20261 story →
Two Snail Bar veterans are opening a Mexican wine bar in the Richmond
Two veterans of the Oakland restaurant Snail Bar plan to open a Mexican wine bar called Taller Pepe next year. It will take the Clement Street space that now holds the Russian restaurant Red's Tavern.
Sunday, October 11, 20261 story →
Tip of The Spear: SF’s next rooftop destination takes shape
Presidio Bay and the founder of Holbrook House are building a restaurant and event space on the roof of a tower that is getting a complete renovation. The Standard describes the project as the city's next rooftop destination.
Saturday, October 10, 20261 story →
Illegal former Academy of Art dorms are being turned into tech hostels
Former Academy of Art University dorm buildings that the city once said were illegally converted from affordable housing are being turned into hostels for tech workers. The university was sued by the city over the conversions. The buildings will now house aspiring entrepreneurs.
Thursday, October 1, 20261 story →
Sneak Peek: Climbing Gym Aisle 19’s New Digs Inside A One-Time Supermarket
Touchstone Climbing is converting the former Pacific Super supermarket on Alemany Boulevard into a climbing gym called Aisle 19. The gym hosted an open house on Sept. 24, and a tentative opening is set for 2027. The 27,764-square-foot space will have bouldering walls designed by Walltopia.
Monday, September 28, 20261 story →
Supervisor Mahmood proposes loosening chain store rules for supermarkets and pharmacies
Supervisor Bilal Mahmood has drafted legislation to make it easier for supermarkets and pharmacies to move into existing storefronts by dropping some conditional use permit requirements. The bill would let chain supermarkets use up to 49% of their floor area for attached food service under a single permit and would add supermarkets and pharmacies to the Planning Department's priority review program. Mahmood's office says permits now take six to nine months, and the Chronicle reports recent supermarket and pharmacy closures left residents with fewer places to buy food and medicine.
Sunday, September 27, 20262 stories →
Mahmood seeks to loosen chain retail rules to speed supermarket and pharmacy openings
Supervisor Bilal Mahmood has drafted legislation that would let chain supermarkets and pharmacies take over existing storefronts without a conditional use permit, and let an existing grocery or drugstore change operators without a new one. The bill would also allow supermarkets to run attached chain businesses such as banks, restaurants and pharmacies, and to use up to 49 percent of their floor area for food service. Supervisors Stephen Sherrill and Myrna Melgar co-sponsored it, and Mahmood's office expects to bring it to the Board of Supervisors within two weeks.
A former tenant, a dream bakery, and a warning that came too late
Butter & Crumble owner Sophie Smith spent thousands getting ready to open a second bakery on Telegraph Hill. She then found out about the storefront's tangled history of problems. The story traces the shop's earlier tenant and a warning that came too late.
Saturday, September 26, 20261 story →
Despite angry merchants, S.F. approves Therapy Stores spot in the Richmond
San Francisco approved a permit for Therapy Stores to open a shop in the Richmond over objections from merchants there, Mission Local reports. Merchants argued the gift store is a chain that should fall under the city's formula retail rules, which require extra review for chain businesses.
Friday, September 25, 20261 story →
Tchotchke-shop chain draws ire of Clement Street merchants
The Planning Commission will soon vote on whether Therapy Stores, a formula retail chain, can open on Clement Street. Merchants on the street oppose the plan.
Thursday, September 24, 20261 story →
Tchotchke shop chain draws ire of Clement Street merchants
The Planning Commission will soon vote on whether Therapy Stores, a chain retailer, can open on Clement Street. Merchants on the street oppose the chain store, according to Mission Local.
Thursday, September 10, 20261 story →
The Frisc, nonprofit news site with strong housing focus, to close
The Frisc, a nonprofit San Francisco news site founded in 2017, will shut down at the end of September. The site focused on housing and affordability, and its founders said in their own announcement that they see no path to long-term financial sustainability.
Sunday, September 6, 20262 stories →
San Francisco's vacant storefront tax is all but defunct
World Journal reports that few landlords pay San Francisco's vacant storefront tax and that the revenue it brings in is a small share of the city budget. The article traces how the policy has quietly lost effect.
22 years after it was built, a cafe on the shore of Mission Creek finally opens
A cafe has opened in the Mission Bay Creek Park Pavilion, a building designed as a restaurant space in 2002 and left empty for 22 years. The article looks at why the space sat vacant and how it finally came into use.
Saturday, September 5, 20262 stories →
Historic SF office building sells at a big discount
A historic 1936 office building in San Francisco has sold at a major discount. The buyers hope to fill the mostly empty property with new tech tenants.
SF waterfront office building signs Disney after Google exits
One Market Plaza has signed Disney to a 76,000-square-foot lease after losing Google as its main tenant. The waterfront office complex totals about 1.6 million square feet.
Tuesday, September 1, 20261 story →
Back in a flash: SF Camerawork to reopen weeks after shuttering
SF Camerawork, the photography nonprofit, will reopen weeks after announcing it would close. Photographer Hal Fischer, one of its founders, took over the board and led the rescue, his third time saving the organization, according to Mission Local.
Saturday, August 29, 20261 story →
This Week In Food: Cinderella (Bakery) Story
Cinderella Bakery opened a large new location in the Mission District in the former La Victoria Bakery space. A new China Basin restaurant, Sergeant Ma, debuts September 9. The roundup also covers Prelude closing in the Financial District and a relaunched coffee window at Mister Jiu's.
Monday, August 24, 20261 story →
The Castro’s best new restaurant pushes the SF Thai food scene even further
The Standard reviews Ka Kai, a new northern Thai restaurant in the Castro, and says its owners found San Franciscans were ready for the cuisine. The review calls it the neighborhood's best new restaurant.