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#1,692 - Portland office vacancies will get much worse before they get better - here's why!
May 12, 2023 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBMore than a fifth of the office space in downtown Portland was vacant in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest data from commercial real estate firm CoStar. That’s double the vacancy rate in 2019, and the number of empty offices is continuing to rise. Vacancies are up sharply across the broader metro area, too, but the overall vacancy rate is just around 12%, according to CoStar. Support the show 🛍️ Merch - https://Store.ReasonableTV.com/ 🌟 Go PREMIUM with Reasonable+ for ...
#1,691 - The Zone homeless encampment of 900 people must be cleared after neighbors sue city of Phoenix & won
May 12, 2023 10:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBThe young widow watched as the helpers wended through the Zone at sunrise, offering what they could: water, a bus ticket or a shelter bed – if one was open. Standing beside her tent, Rayann Denny sized up the sprawling camp of 900 or so people improvised along sidewalks in downtown Phoenix: “It’s a whole nother world.” The soft-spoken 37-year-old ended up homeless last year after her husband died and she couldn’t pay the bills alone. This camp, she said, can be “a lot of drama,” with flar...
#1,690 - Ultra liberal cities with weak on crime policies are slowest to recover post pandemic
May 11, 2023 11:00 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MBThe downtown areas of San Francisco, St. Louis, Portland, Oregon, and other North American cities remain deserted months after the pandemic waned, despite many urban areas bouncing back to life, new data show. Researchers tracked smartphone use across 63 cities and found that San Francisco, which is battling waves of crime and homeless addicts on its streets, only has 32 percent of the activity that was recorded before the pandemic. Meanwhile, Utah's Salt Lake City has bounced back stronge...
#1,689 - Elon Musk declares San Francisco 'post-apocalyptic' as crime closes major stores
May 11, 2023 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBTwitter CEO Elon Musk decried downtown San Francisco as "post-apocalyptic" on Thursday as more businesses flee the crime-infested city. "So many stores shuttered in downtown SF," Musk tweeted. "Feels post-apocalyptic." Musk, who operates Twitter from the company's San Francisco headquarters, made the comment in response to a thread regarding the closure of Nordstrom's two locations in the city. The San Francisco Centre and Market Street Rack locations will close their doors in the coming ...
#1,688 - Oregon's Secretary of State resigns over weed consulting scandal of one of her biggest campaign doners
May 10, 2023 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBOregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan resigned Tuesday morning, less than a week after she admitted to WW she had been moonlighting as a consultant for an embattled cannabis company whose owners were major political donors to her campaign. “Over the last few days, I have given myself some very hard feedback, spent time reflecting, and I have determined that the best thing I can do to support the people of this agency is to resign,” Fagan wrote to staff. “This is a really difficult decision...
#1,687 - San Fran's business exodus becomes so extreme its even talked about on NBC's Today Show
May 10, 2023 10:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBSan Francisco lost another major retailer to rising crime and a lack of foot traffic on Wednesday after Nordstrom announced it was closing two stores. NBC's Miguel Almaguer said during the "Today" show on Thursday that the store's closing was putting a focus on crime and the city's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Lack of foot traffic has to be the leading cause of it. But I would say theft and other crime-related issues are probably really close behind," the National Retail Federation...
#1,686 - San Fran DA will not charge Walgreens security guard in Bank Brown slaying
May 09, 2023 11:00 - 27 minutes - 19.6 MBDistrict Attorney Brooke Jenkins on Monday evening confirmed that a security guard who was arrested after allegedly shooting a young person at a downtown Walgreens last week has been released and will not face any charges. Police arrested the guard, 33-year-old Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, following the shooting reported at 6:33 p.m. last Thursday evening in the area of Market and Fourth streets. Police said the preliminary investigation determined that a theft allegedly occurred during t...
#1,685 - First Republic Bank closure another major blow to San Fran commercial real estate market
May 09, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes - 12.9 MBThe takeover of First Republic by JPMorgan Chase adds another complication to a local real estate market already hampered by high interest rates, difficulties in financing and low occupancy. And for Bay Area real estate professionals, the San Francisco-based lender’s collapse also means the loss of a trusted partner that was critical in helping get deals done, putting mortgages within reach for residents and lending funds at attractive rates to affordable housing programs. First Republic ...
#1,684- More about the closure of Whole Foods in San Fran + Nordstroms closing 2 stores as well
May 08, 2023 11:00 - 25 minutes - 18.3 MBLast month a Whole Foods supermarket in San Francisco announced it was closing a little more than a year after it opened. Unlike a lot of closures that happen in the city, the company made it pretty clear in this case that conditions on the street were to blame. The company’s own statement said the closure was to “ensure the safety of our team members.” Nevertheless, last week the San Francisco Chronicle published an opinion piece claiming there was more to the story: When the Whole Foods M...
#1,683 - San Francisco Supervisors To Rubber-Stamp Another $9M in Hotel Damage Settlements by homeless
May 08, 2023 10:00 - 21 minutes - 15.5 MBThe San Francisco Board of Supervisors is set to approve another $9 million in damage claims filed by owners of hotels leased by the city as emergency shelters during the height of the Covid pandemic, a grim subtext for what will be a mostly routine meeting. Supervisors are also expected to pass a handful of resolutions that reflect the current state of some of the city’s important communities, including the city’s Asian American Pacific Islanders and the beleaguered Tenderloin neighborhoo...
#1,682 - Nordstroms to close two San Fran stores citing "conditions not conducive to operating successfully"
May 07, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.8 MBNordstrom is planning to close both of its Downtown San Francisco stores, choosing not to renew its lease inside of Westfield Mall, the store confirmed Tuesday. It will also close the nearby Downtown Nordstrom Rack. The Nordstrom Rack on Market Street's last day of business will be July 1, and the Nordstrom inside Westfield Mall is slated to close at the end of August. The company's chief stores officer wrote in an email to staff that "the dynamics of the downtown San Francisco market hav...
#1,681- Empty storefronts remain common in downtown Portland, with no sign of a comeback
May 06, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 18.4 MBThe pending closure of REI’s Pearl District store underscores the ongoing struggles for retail businesses in Portland’s core, with retail availability stubbornly high three years after the pandemic hit. More than 7% of retail and restaurant spaces in downtown Portland were available for lease in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest data from the commercial real estate firm CoStar. That’s nearly triple the rate of availability in 2019. The tally doesn’t include owner-occup...
#1,680 - Major blue states hemorrhaging tax base as red states reap rewards
May 05, 2023 11:00 - 24 minutes - 17.6 MBOusted Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott pleading with him to stop sending migrants to the Windy City. In the letter posted to Twitter on Sunday, Lightfoot urged Abbott to reconsider 'this dangerous and inhumane action.' She sympathized with the border towns in Texas dealing with the issue, but said it won't be resolved by passing on the responsibility to other cities. The southwest land border has seen 1,223,067 migrant encounters this year so f...
#1,679 - San Francisco Whole Foods hit with 560 calls of violence, drugs, vagrants before closing: report
May 05, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 18.2 MBWorkers at a San Francisco Whole Foods Market were routinely threatened with weapons before the crime-plagued store announced it was shuttering after a little more than a year in business. Records of 568 emergency calls to the Market Street store over 13 months showed chaotic incidents, including vagrants throwing food, yelling, engaging in fights and attempting to defecate on the floor, according to the New York Times. "Male [with] machete is back," according to one 911 call; "Another sec...
#1,678 - Collapse of DT Office Space in San Fran will have massive impact on city budget
May 04, 2023 11:00 - 21 minutes - 15.4 MBAround lunchtime on California street this Thursday, downtown San Francisco appeared to be busy and bustling. But look a little closer, and you'd see the signs all around: "Retail Space for Lease," one read. Right now, roughly 30% of all downtown office space is vacant in San Francisco. According to data from Coldwell Banker Richard Ellis, it was just 3% in 2019 before the pandemic. Among those vacant offices is 350 California Street -- a 22-story tower that once sat on some of the most val...
#1,677 - DT San Fran highrise goes from $300 million valuation in 2019 to $60 million sale in 2023
May 04, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes - 20.2 MBMitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has listed a San Francisco office tower once valued at $300 million, but now expected to generate offers at about 80 percent less. The U.S. unit of the Tokyo-based bank has put its 22-story glass-and-stone tower at 350 California Street in the Financial District up for sale, the Wall Street Journal reported. The building was valued at $300 million in 2019. Bids are expected to come in from $60 million, commercial real-estate brokers say. Before the pandemi...
#1,676 - Now 17 Stores Are Leaving San Francisco’s famous Union Square due to crime and theft
May 03, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes - 13.5 MBSadly, another longtime retailer will depart from Union Square. Anthropologie will close the doors of its 880 Market St. store on May 13. As first reported by SF Gate, the closure leaves the lifestyle retailer without an outlet in the city. Its website points shoppers to its Berkeley and Corte Madera locations. The departure is another blow to the city’s famed shopping district, which has lost a total of 17 retailers in the past three years, according to an analysis by The Standard. Compa...
#1,675 - Big box retailer Office Depot closing downtown San Francisco location
May 03, 2023 10:00 - 21 minutes - 15.6 MBAnother big box retailer is closing its downtown San Francisco location. Office Depot's 33 Third Street store is permanently closing, according to signs recently posted at the building, and first reported by the San Francisco Business Times. It's unclear when the store will close, and management declined SFGATE's request for comment. The store is located on the ground floor of an eight-story parking garage owned by the Hearst Corporation (SFGATE is also owned by Hearst). The building als...
#1,674- California retail head slams Prop 47 for rise in thefts after Target store locks down entire inventory
May 02, 2023 11:00 - 31 minutes - 22.2 MBA California business leader blamed the staggering rise in store thefts and attacks on retail employees on the state’s soft-on-crime Prop 47 policy. Rachel Michelin, president of the California Retailers’ Association (CRA), told The Post brazen thefts — which has caused one Target location to lock down its entire inventory — have soared over the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act. The act, known as Prop 47, downgraded crimes like theft of goods under $950 from felonies to misdemeanors. Ma...
#1,673 - Portland's oldest Breakfast Cafes Zell's closes after 40 years citing "labor and food costs"
May 02, 2023 10:00 - 18 minutes - 13.2 MBSince 1983, Zell’s Café has served brunch classics in Southeast Portland’s Buckman Neighborhood. But soon, the restaurant will have its final day of operation. The breakfast spot announced its looming closure in a social media post on Friday, April 21. It also notified customers with a sign posted outside of a restaurant. “Zell’s Café will be permanently closing on May 2nd,” the sign said. “We would like to thank everyone for the patronage over the last 40 years. Due to increased labor and...
#1,672 - Court documents detail Portland REI forced to close due to shoplifting epidemic
May 01, 2023 11:00 - 27 minutes - 19.5 MBQuestions mounted after REI announced plans last week to shut down its flagship Portland store at year’s end. The outdoor gear company said negotiations with its landlord had broken down after it sought to make “significant investment” in the space on Northwest Johnson Street in the Pearl District. In an email to customers, it cited increased crime. But an employee later told Oregon Business magazine that the store had been cutting hours and was in the midst of a union drive. Meanwhile, Joh...
#1,671 - Biden Administration to punish those with good credit scores with higher mortgage payments
May 01, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBThe Biden administration is attempting to punish people who’ve paid their bills on time. That’s the result of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s 2023 alterations, set to take effect on May 1st. The new Biden-enforced federal rule will levy an additional fee on those with high credit scores, in an effort to subsidize those with riskier credit looking to purchase houses. Those with credit scores of 680 or above are expected to pay an additional $40 per month more than those with lower sco...
#1,670 - Longtime NW Portland co-op closes doors after 50 years
April 30, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutes - 17 MBA long-time staple in Northwest Portland just closed its doors, citing financial issues. The move comes just after the Food Front Co-Op celebrated 50 years of serving the neighborhood. The closure of Food Front comes after its board of directors announced financial troubles as well as layoffs in recent weeks. On Monday, there was shock and sadness from customers and employees outside the store. On the co-op’s website, it was announced the store would close at noon Monday, but when FOX 12 ...
#1,669 - Safety on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame has ‘gone from bad to worse"
April 29, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes - 12.7 MBFor 20 years, Gregg Donovan, aka. the “Hollywood Ambassador,” has been greeting tourists in front of the famous theaters, museums and shops on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame – one of L.A.’s most popular landmarks. Lately, however, he says business has slowed because people are fearful for their safety. “It’s gone from bad to worse,” Donovan told KTLA. “I hear tourists say, ‘It’s not the Walk of Fame, it’s the Walk of Shame.’ It’s gotten that bad.” Over the past two weeks, Hollywood Boulevard and...
#1,668 - Anthropologie store in Union Square closes near Tenderloin of San Frans
April 28, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBSan Francisco’s Union Square will soon have another empty storefront. Anthropologie, a retailer chain that specializes in women’s clothing and accessories, is closing its location at 880 Market St. on May 13, according to the Anthropologie website. The 880 Market St. location has been a staple of the Union Square retail space, and originally opened there more than two decades ago. Spokespeople for Anthropologie and its parent company, URBN, did not respond to repeated requests for comment...
#1,667 - Jackson Tower, a Downtown Portland Landmark, Goes Into Default
April 28, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.9 MBIn another blow to downtown Portland real estate, the owner of Jackson Tower, a landmark building that overlooks Pioneer Square, has defaulted on a loan from JPMorgan Chase, court filings show. Jackson Tower Partners LLC, the owner of the 12-story beaux arts office building in the 800 block of Southwest Broadway, borrowed $11.5 million from JPMorgan Chase in 2018, and missed its first loan payment on Nov. 1, 2022, according to a complaint filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court on April 5. ...
#1,666 - San Fran Target locks up EVERYTHING as shoplifting runs rampant
April 27, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBA Target store in San Francisco has locked its entire product range behind security glass as crime in the city spirals out of control. A video posted on TikTok on April 20 shows all of the items locked away from customers. According to geotagged imagery, some products at the store on Folsom Street were behind glass since at least October of last year, WNCT reported. The city's residents continue to battle soaring crime, brought to light recently with the murder of Cash App CEO Bob Lee and...
#1665 - California Governor calls in the National Guard to crack down on fentanyl dealing in San Francisco
April 27, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBThe Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has ordered state police and the California National Guard to partner with local law enforcement agencies to tackle San Francisco's drug problem and disrupt fentanyl trafficking. The move comes after city officials requested state and federal assistance to tackle the issues of open-air drug dealing. The Governor announced the plan on Friday just days after taking a tour of the Tenderloin district with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Mayor...
#1,664 - Blue cities try to lure new cops with higher salaries, bonuses - typically failing
April 26, 2023 11:00 - 32 minutes - 23.2 MBAs police departments report struggles with retention and staffing, even blue cities are increasing funding in an effort to attract more recruits. San Francisco recently announced an increase to their starting salary for new officers, putting them at more than $100,000 a year at entry level. The board of supervisors also approved retention bonuses to keep new officers, as the San Francisco Police Department’s chief says the department is short by more than 500 officers. San Francisco isn’t...
#1,663 - New Shake Shack in Portland vandalized right before Grand Opening!
April 26, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 17.9 MBIt hasn’t even opened for business yet, but the new Shake Shake in Downtown Portland has already been vandalized. Shake Shake is a popular national burger chain with roots in New York City. They are famous for their smash burgers and milkshakes. The new downtown burger restaurant, across from Powell’s Books, is Shake Shack’s second location in Oregon. The other store is in the Cedar Mills area of Beaverton. The downtown Portland location is set to open next Monday, April 24. Support the s...
#1,662 - WTF Portland?
April 25, 2023 11:00 - 32 minutes - 23 MBThat’s the name of a Twitter feed I discovered while roaming the feeds. Its sole purpose is to show you what has happened to Portland since its implosion over the past few years. It’s impossible to convey how bizarre this is. Portland for decades was portrayed as a liberal paradise. It literally was the place that all the advocates of urban planning and “diversity is our strength” zealots pointed to as the place where liberalism proved that it truly was better at running things. When we ha...
#1,661 - Downtown Portland's resembles a dead shopping mall
April 25, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23.7 MBWhen you think about a mall, its success is often measured in the number of stores open and operating. If the mall is doing poorly, they close — and the more closed storefronts, the worse the perception of the "health" and prosperity of the mall. The mall can function as something of an analogy for thinking about downtown Portland, even if the latter is at a much larger scale. The more businesses that thrive downtown, the better for the whole. The more that suffer, the worse. That conjures...
#1,660 - New Ikea store in San Fran will have "nonstop security" as Whole Foods nearby shuts down over crime and safety issues
April 24, 2023 11:00 - 15 minutes - 11.2 MBDowntown San Francisco’s new Ikea furniture store will have round-the-clock security, the retail company announced Monday. It comes a week after a Downtown Whole Foods store announced its abrupt closure due to staff safety concerns. “The safety of our co-workers and customers is always the highest priority for Ikea. Ikea San Francisco, which will be part of a new meeting place from Ingka Centres on Market Street, will be staffed with a security team at all times,” an Ikea spokesperson sa...
#1,659 - Several hundred teenagers riot And vandalize DT Chicago, authorities argue over who is to blame
April 24, 2023 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBOver the weekend, downtown Chicago turned into a chaotic scene as several hundred teenagers went on a rampage, causing mayhem and destruction throughout the city. The young delinquents, primarily African-American, targeted Millennium Park and the Bean, causing significant damage and leaving city officials scrambling to assign blame. While some authorities argue that the teenagers are simply lacking opportunities and parental guidance, others criticize the city's leadership for their lenient ...
#1,658 - LA business owner calls it quits after 12th Break In
April 23, 2023 11:00 - 31 minutes - 22.1 MBLos Angeles-based business owner Yvette Ingram has decided to close all five of her beauty supply stores in California and Texas due to a series of break-ins that have affected her mental and physical health as well as her livelihood. Ingram's stores, which began facing break-in problems during the 2020 lockdown, have been broken into a total of 12 times, causing thousands of dollars in losses and putting her life in danger on several occasions. Ingram, who started her business in 2016, exp...
#1,657 - ‘No rules’: Illegal cabins with million-dollar views crop up along Oregon river
April 22, 2023 10:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBIllegal cabins with million-dollar views have been appearing along the Willamette River in Oregon, causing concern among nearby residents. The cabins, some with solar panels, are built on a no man's land that has become a loophole for homeless encampments. Authorities have struggled to enforce the law in the area, as multiple entities claim they lack jurisdiction, including the city, county, state, and even Union Pacific, the railroad company that appears to own the land. Larry Purtle and R...
#1,656 - Washington bill to allow medical transgender interventions on minors without parental consent
April 21, 2023 11:00 - 14 minutes - 10.4 MBA controversial bill in Washington state, known as Senate Bill 5599, is causing concern for some residents as it would permit medical transgender interventions on minors without parental consent. Critics argue that this legislation strips parents of their ability to guide their children through crucial life decisions and could lead to irreversible consequences. The bill enables host homes for runaway youth to house minors without parental permission and does not require them to notify paren...
#1,655 - The only REI in Portland closes due to crime and secruity issues including 3 break ins in a week
April 21, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutes - 19.8 MBREI, a well-established outdoor outfitter, has announced the closure of its only store in Portland, citing increased crime, theft, and break-ins as primary reasons. This comes after Walmart's recent decision to pull out of its last two stores in the city. REI's closure in Portland is especially concerning, given the city's abundance of outdoor activities and opportunities. REI, a cooperative with a history dating back to the 1970s, has always been a go-to store for outdoor enthusiasts. Howe...
#1,654 - Bay Area exodus: Wealthy resident departures worsen ‘doom loop’ fears
April 20, 2023 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.7 MBWealthier residents, liberated from the office by remote work, are leaving the Bay Area at a higher rate than before the pandemic — a trend that could exacerbate a dreaded economic “doom loop” for the region’s slowly recovering job centers and downtown cores. In 2021, households earning more than $150,000 made up 32% of all those moving out of the nine-county Bay Area, up from 27.6% in 2019, according to a new analysis of census data by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute. Although mos...
#1,653 - Why Walmart is closing half its stores in Chicago
April 20, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutes - 21.8 MBWalmart plans to close half its stores in Chicago, a reversal of the retail giant’s high-profile commitment in 2020 to expand in the city as part of its corporate racial justice initiative in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by police. Walmart announced Tuesday that next week it will close four poor-performing stores out of the eight it operates in Chicago. Three of the locations are located in Chicago’s South and West Side neighborhoods, which are predominantly minority and have long stru...
#1,652- Downtown SF Whole Foods Made Weekly Emergency Calls Ahead of Closure
April 19, 2023 11:00 - 24 minutes - 17.3 MBEmergency responders were called to a recently shuttered Downtown Whole Foods at least once a week on average during the first six months it was open, according to data from the San Francisco Fire Department. Data obtained by The Standard shows that a Downtown Whole Foods that opened in March 2022 and abruptly closed this week was the site of several overdoses, psychiatric episodes and other emergencies during its first six months of operations. The fire department was dispatched 35 times...
#1,651 - Anheuser-Busch loses more than $5 billion in value amid Dylan Mulvaney Bud Light controversy
April 19, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.7 MBBeer Colossus Anheuser-Busch saw its value plummet more than $5 billion since the company announced its branding partnership with controversial transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Since March 31, shares of Bud Light’s parent company have fallen by nearly 4% — knocking down the company’s market capitalization from $132.38 billion to $127.13 billion on Wednesday. Anheuser-Busch stock fizzled more than 1.5% on Wednesday. The company is dealing with the fallout from conservati...
#1,650 - San Francisco crime problem runs deeper than rosy statistics from city, expert says
April 18, 2023 11:00 - 34 minutes - 24.3 MBSan Francisco crime statistics compare favorably to other major U.S. cities on the surface, but one expert argues the city's numbers have covered up a problem for over a decade. "Crime is worse than the data shows," Charles "Cully" Stimson, Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow and former prosecutor in San Francisco, told Fox News Digital. "People do not report these crimes because when you have a DA who's pro criminal and not going to enforce the law, the cops aren't going to go out an...
#1,649 - Downtown San Francisco Vacancies Hit Record High as City Nears Breaking Point
April 18, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 18.1 MBIn the first quarter of the year, office vacancies were the highest ever recorded, according to real estate broker CBRE. The firm estimated a 29.5% vacancy rate last quarter, substantially higher than rates seen during the dot-com bust and Great Recession and a seven-fold increase from the start of 2020. Real estate analysts are expecting vacancies to tick up further as leases—including a major glut of shorter-term subleases—expire in the coming years. More dominos could fall if building o...
#1,648 - San Francisco Throws in Towel, Asks Federal Government for Help Cleaning Up City amid ‘Unprecedented Police Shortage'
April 17, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutes - 17 MBSan Francisco is requesting assistance from the federal government due to an “unprecedented police staffing shortage” in the liberal California city. Three years ago San Francisco Mayor London Breed joined Democrats across the nation and announced a plan to defund the police. It backfired in every way imaginable and Breed eventually reversed the budget cuts but the damage was done. The city is full of crime, filth, and open-air drug markets and Breed can’t solve the problem because the ci...
#1,647- Walmart closes half of its stores in the 3rd largest U.S. City
April 17, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutes - 19.7 MBAfter two decades of losses and "hundreds of millions of dollars" invested in Chicago, Walmart is shuttering four unprofitable stores in the metropolitan area, reducing its store footprint by half in the crime-ridden city. "The simplest explanation is that collectively our Chicago stores have not been profitable since we opened the first one nearly 17 years ago – these stores lose tens of millions of dollars a year, and their annual losses nearly doubled in just the last five years," Walm...
#1,646 - Developer of Massive Downtown San Francisco Tower Gives Property Back to Lender
April 16, 2023 11:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBThe developer behind a stalled effort to build a 40-story housing high-rise in Downtown San Francisco has given the property up to its lender in a sign of growing distress in the city’s real estate market. Developer Build Inc. has filed a deed in lieu of foreclosure for its One Oak development at 1500 Market St. on the corner of Market and Oak streets, according to city property records. Property owners may sometimes choose to give up their properties through this process as an alternati...
#1,645 - 'People feel unsafe': Portland coffee shop closes downtown location due to extreme crime
April 15, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBAnother downtown Portland business is calling it quits. Coava Coffee on the corner of Southwest 12th Avenue and Jefferson Street announced Monday that its last day in that location would be Thursday. The business cited extreme violence and criminal activity that has gotten increasingly worse. Coava’s remaining two locations on Southeast Hawthorne and Southeast Grand will remain open. "All of us at the café feel a little distraught," said barista Chance McCloud. Despite the emotional toil...
#1,644 - Former fire commissioner stabbed to death in front of his own home in San Fran
April 14, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBSan Francisco's former fire commissioner was brutally attacked this week after a "group of homeless people" slashed him with a knife and fractured his skull with a pipe in his own front yard, according to a family friend. The attack on Don Carmignani happened just outside his home in the city's Marina District, his friend and prominent Bay Area lawyer Joe Alioto Veronese revealed on Twitter. "Last night at 7pm in the marina district at Laguna and Chestnut Street, a friend and former San Fr...
#1,643 - Public transportation in California is failing, can it make a comeback?
April 14, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 18.2 MBTwo people were stabbed Thursday at or near stations on the LA Metro Red Line, and the attacker or attackers were still at large. The first attack occurred at the Metro Hollywood/Western Station. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the victim was stabbed by someone who fled the scene at around 4:55 p.m. The victim's condition was not immediately available. The attack caused a brief interruption in service on the Metro B (Red) Line, but all trains were back operating on a norma...