San Francisco's Math For Downtown Recovery Still Adds Up to Offices

Mayoral candidates talk about housing and other ideas to save downtown SF. But commercial space remains the gold standard.

The Frisc on X: "🏙 NEW, DOWNTOWN: Office conversions & more ...

NEW, DOWNTOWN: Office conversions & more housing in downtown SF are one of the hottest topics in the #Election2024 mayor race.

The Frisc on X: "🏙 NEW, DOWNTOWN: Office conversions & more ...

NEW, DOWNTOWN: Office conversions & more housing are a hot topic in the #SF mayor race. But candidates aren't saying the quiet part out ...

Economy Archives - The Frisc

But analysts say vacancies have peaked and should begin to rebound. The change comes as some major tech companies abandon their hybrid experiments and ask ...

Roadmap to San Francisco's Future

In response to the profound economic changes brought on by the pandemic, Mayor Breed launched a Roadmap to San Francisco's Future, a comprehensive plan to ...

SF can follow Calgary and turn empty downtown offices into housing

Calgary, Alberta, supports the conversion of unused office buildings into residential space by offering incentives to developers.

After 2 years, working downtown again and it's a ghost town - Reddit

A vast majority of the businesses that went out of business could have stayed in business if the landlords have been willing to drop the rent a ...

Here's what's really fueling downtown San Francisco's recovery

Office space vacancies are trending upward, but downtown recoveries are still gaining momentum. That's because the real key to post-pandemic city center ...

The Simple Economics Of Why San Francisco Is Not Recovering

San Francisco's business district is on life support. Compared to before the pandemic, vacant office space has increased by 290 percent.

San Francisco Ranks Dead Last in Downtown Recovery After The ...

The city has struggled with a large population of homeless people and drug users—along with tech workers reluctant to return to their offices.

SF's office scene might not recover until 2042

Two people walk in front of tall office buildings, one person wearing sunglasses and using. San Francisco still has the highest office vacancy ...

The Future of Downtown - SF Planning

The Covid pandemic has created the largest disruption to the life and economy of downtown San Francisco since the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes.

A creative new way to save Muni - 48 Hills

San Francisco voters approved a measure to tax Uber and Lyft to help fund Muni, but the measure got fewer votes than a larger business-tax ...

SFUSD Adds Algebra Back to 8th Grade—At a Steep Cost

This week's City Hall Digest breaks down the cost of SFUSD reintroducing algebra to San Francisco 8th Graders, digs into what a new Chamber ...

SF wants to add incentives for Downtown office-to-home conversions

Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Matt Dorsey have proposed a more powerful lure: eliminating all impact fees and affordable housing requirements for Downtown ...

Small Business Commission - San Francisco - Granicus

mode only. When your item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to ... about doing business in san francisco during the emergency. ... office downtown. But ...

st louis | Oregon Office of Economic Analysis

The researchers use zip codes to define downtown areas. In some cases, particularly in places like San Francisco and Portland, these are narrowly defined areas ...

SF's Central SoMa was once promising. Now it's in a 'deep freeze'

A bicyclist rides near a small homeless encampment along the fence surrounding 598 Brannan St. as a new residential building at 555 Bryant ...

Michigan's Alma Cooper, soldier who competed for Miss Universe ...

Cooper, who made it through the rigors of West Point and some of the most prestigious pageants, must still navigate how she will reign as ...

Downtown San Francisco in 2024 is not what it was prior to ... - TikTok

Shuttered store fronts, empty streets, and an office vacancy rate hitting an all time high of over 35%. However, in the midst of all that, there ...