Category: Retail Report

STREET TALK | CYNTHIA TRAINA A new year has brought its familiar mix of closings, reopenings, price adjustments and quiet repositioning along Fillmore Street and nearby blocks — plus a turnover in ownership of some commercial properties. The building at 2232 Bush Street that’s now home to Mattina restaurant — created as the home of…

STREET TALK | CYNTHIA TRAINA Sutter Street’s first block off Fillmore is having a moment. It’s fully reinvigorated now that Saliin Thai Massage & Wellness spa has opened next door to Michelin-starred 7 Adams restaurant. Saliin, at 1955 Sutter, provides a range of massage treatments in a serene, minimalist space. On the menu of services…

By CHRIS BARNETT Maybe the best bargain at Mollie Stone’s uber stylish Pacific Heights supermarket on California Street is the Mollie Bus shuttle. It provides a free ride from the parking lot to your front door, providing you buy $25 of the store’s pricey vittles — usually no problem at Mollie’s. Yet on recent shopping visits, regulars noticed the bus was not…

By THOMAS REYNOLDS For more than a year and a half, a public silence has surrounded investor Neil Mehta’s plans to remake a prime stretch of Fillmore Street.  A fund he created with a $100 million investment quietly acquired eight buildings containing 11 storefronts, including the historic Clay Theater, and christened itself the Upper Fillmore…

THE STREAK CONTINUES. Another corporate store has gotten its permit to open on Fillmore Street, despite the city’s “formula retail” ordinance intended to limit chain stores in city neighborhoods. No chain seeking to open on Fillmore has ever been denied a permit. Nordstrom’s new small-store concept, Nordstrom Local, will open in the empty storefront at…

FORMER SUPERVISOR Aaron Peskin is disputing Fillmore investor Neil Mehta’s comments about him on a recent podcast and seeking a retraction. EARLIER: “How investor sees his Fillmore project“

NEIL MEHTA, the neighborhood billionaire investor who has been buying up storefronts on Fillmore Street for more than a year now, is the featured guest on the latest episode of the “Invest Like the Best” podcast, posted today. At the end of an hour-and-a-half discussion of his firm, Greenoaks Capital, and his approach to investing,…

WHATEVER THEIR FUTURE plans or potential, the buildings on the 2200 block of Fillmore Street acquired with funds from investor Neil Mehta have already brought back one piece of Fillmore’s recent past: boarded-up empty storefronts. • SOME EXISTING BUSINESSES on Fillmore Street have gates, especially those with recessed doorways. More have been added recently, both…

THE STARBUCKS at 2222 Fillmore Street is set to close its doors on December 1, leaving loyal customers and locals shocked and disappointed.  Annabelle Cimino, the store’s shift manager, has worked at the Fillmore location since 2017. Known for her personal touch, Cimino greets regulars by name and even hand-decorates their takeaway bags.   The…

AFTER 60 YEARS of ownership by the Politz family, D&M Wine and Liquor at 2200 Fillmore has been sold to former manager Kyle Nadeau and his partners. “It’s been a long time coming,” says Mike Politz, who has worked in the store, with a few interruptions, since he had to stand on a milk crate…