The filing deadline just passed. If you're operating in one of San Francisco's 32 neighborhood commercial districts and you didn't file, you have a problem. Here's how to fix it.
A corridor with a 7% vacancy rate generating less economic activity than it did during a pandemic shutdown is not a corridor with a 7% problem. It's a problem the vacancy rate can't measure.
More than 60 cities now maintain vacancy registries that require property owners to register and pay fees on vacant commercial storefronts. For merchants in managed corridors, the registry is leverage. Here is how to use it.
When the anchor pharmacy on your corridor closes, the immediate effect is foot traffic loss. The secondary effect is a vacancy that changes the corridor's character. Here is what merchants can do in the 90-day window before a pharmacy departure finalizes.