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Shake Shack is closing its store inside Francisco’s largest mall as new owners take over the space.
A November 25 filing with federal labor officials revealed that the fast food chain will permanently close its location inside the Westfield San Francisco Center on Market Street on Del. 14, a move that will affect 26 employees.
Shake Shack told FOX Business that the San Francisco Center, which had been marred by shaky locations and a string of large retailers, was sold to a new owner who requires all tenants to vacate the building.
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Shake Shack said the San Francisco facility was sold to a new owner who requires all tenants to vacate the premises. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
“We are always focused on supporting our people with this change and give every opportunity to all 26 team members to be transferred to nearby Shack Shack Attorations,” said the spokesperson of the shack. “We look forward to welcoming our guests to those other Bay Areas Shack locations and continuing to be part of the community.”
The interior of the San Francisco Center Shopping Mall with closed stores visible, in San Francisco, California, on Aug. 19, 2025. (Collections of Smith / GADO / GETTY Images)
The remaining tenants were also issued property management legal advisories, informing them that their leases had been “extinguished” by the recent change of ownership, and that they needed to move out immediately, according to the San Francisco Business Times.
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The new owner of the Mall is an LLC known as DBJPM 2016-SFC Emporium. The new owners are thought to be in control following an anticipated auction on November 12 that will transfer the property away from its previous operators, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and Brookfield Properties, the original deal reported. The previous owners defaulted on the loan and successfully moved from the property by 2023.
Shelves remain empty inside Nordstrom’s flagship store in San Francisco Center on Aug. 26, 2023, San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Between 2020 and 2023, the store lost 46% of its stores, the San Francisco Standard said. That includes its anchor department store, Nordstrom, which announced in 2023 that it will close both of its San Francisco locations, including its flagship store inside the Westfield San Francisco Center.
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The mall’s main tenant, Bloomingdale’s, left earlier this year. Anchor tenants in supermarkets are the success of the stores given that they are traffic calls. When the anchors get closer to the store, it reduces the performance of the remaining retailers because the foot traffic decreases significantly.
A pedestrian walks through the entrance to the Westfield San Francisco Center in San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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