“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.
Just six or eight months ago it seemed like there was a chance for a near-term revival of the SF Centre mall on San Francisco’s Market Street. But the mall formerly known as Westfield just lost its second anchor tenant with the closure of Bloomingdale’s, and a swath of other retailers aren’t sticking around to see what happens when the whole property gets auctioned off.
As the Examiner reports, the Coach and Kate Spade stores will be the next to shutter, on April 11. And already closed in just the last week or so are Rolex, Bucherer, Panerai, IWC Schaffhausen, and computer store Razer. Within the last several weeks the mall also lost its Sunglass Hut, and the store Psycho Bunny…