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San Francisco commercial corridors do not allow chain retailers as a measure to preserve neigboorhood character. As a side effect this somewhat keeps the rent d
by gorkemyurt 9y ago
San Francisco commercial corridors do not allow chain retailers as a measure to preserve neigboorhood character. As a side effect this somewhat keeps the rent down. One of the few examples where over regulating a market kind of works well..
- prawn 9y agoAre there challenges to this from landlords feeling like their opportunities are limited? I like the idea but there's always a case against this sort of thing, unfortunately.
- dmitri1981 9y agoIt depends. Some large commercial landlords in UK such as owners of Carnaby St and Marylebone High St avoid chains on purpose. Sure it cuts into their revenue in the short term, but in the long term it helps to preserve the unique character of the area and thus boosts value.
- Eridrus 9y agoA broken clock is right twice a day. Chipotle wanted to open a restaurant in the Lower Haight right next to the MUNI station; it got voted down, and it was no particular loss to me since the Mexican restaurants around there were far better anyway, but that location was empty when I moved there and only now, 6 years after the original business closed is it being torn down to build apartments. And I don't think anyone is claiming commercial rents in SF are cheap; the best you could say is "maybe it would be worse if we removed this one rule and kept all the others"
- michaelleslie 9y agoA similar thing recently happened when Blue Bottle wanted to open where Bean There used to be on Steiner at Waller. http://sfist.com/2017/05/15/blue_bottle_blocked_from_opening_in.php http://sfist.com/2017/05/15/blue_bottle_blocked_from_opening...
- Eridrus 9y agoWell that sucks, that area desperately needed some better coffee IMO.