With Shake Shack's exit, SF's most troubled mall is down to 1 restauranthttps://www.sfgate.com/food/article/shake-shake-exits-sf-troubled-mall-21219390.php?utm_campaign=trueanthem%2B3984&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagramOne of the last remaining strongholds of San Francisco Centre near Union Square is closing its doors for good.
Shake Shack, the burger joint located in the basement food court at 845 Market St., is closing permanently on Dec. 18, according to a Nov. 25 WARN filing to state labor officials.
The closure eliminates 26 jobs and leaves just one remaining restaurant — Panda Express — inside what was once San Francisco’s biggest and most lucrative mall. San Francisco Centre has been hemorrhaging tenants since the summer, which saw the departure of at least six food vendors.
According to the notice, the closure was prompted by the sale of the building and the new owner’s requirement that all tenants vacate the premises. All 26 employees impacted by the closure have been offered continued employment with no break in service, the same title, and the same rate of pay at nearby Shake Shack locations, the notice stated.
San Francisco Centre has been slowly dying as both "anchors" and other stores and restaurants left due to unimpeded shoplifting, the risk of violence, and Sacred Homeless harassing shoppers and assaulting shoppers' olfactory senses.
