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The
Westfield
San
Francisco
Centre
is
an
upscale
shopping
mall
located
in
San
Francisco,
California,
managed
by
the
Westfield
Group
and
co-owned
by
Westfield
and
Brookfield
Asset
Management.
It
is
anchored
by
Nordstrom
and
Bloomingdale's,
and
includes
a
Century
Theatres
multiplex
and
a
branch
of
San
Francisco
State
University.
It
connects
directly
to
the
Powell
Street
transit
station
via
an
underground
entrance.
History
Originally
developed
by
Sheldon
Gordon
(co-developer
of
The
Forum
Shops
at
Caesars
and
Beverly
Center)
the
center
opened
in
October
1991
as
San
Francisco
Shopping
Centre
with
approximately
500,000
square
feet
(46,000
m2)
of
space,
the
then-largest
Nordstrom
store
(350,000
square
feet)
on
the
top
several
floors,
the
first
spiral
escalators
in
the
United
States,
and
connecting
through
to
the
adjoining
Emporium-Capwell
flagship
store.
After
a
slow
start,
it
soon
became
one
of
the
top
performing
shopping
centers
in
the
country.
In
1996,
the
adjoining
Emporium
(it
had
dropped
the
Capwell
name
by
then)
was
shuttered
in
the
wake
of
Federated
Department
Stores'
buyout
of
its
parent,
Broadway
Stores.
The
vacated
store
was
temporarily
used
as
a
Macy's
furniture
store
while
it
renovated
its
Union
Square
flagship
in
1997.
In
May
1997,
Urban
Shopping
Centers,
Inc.,
a
Real
Estate
Investment
Trust
acquired
a
half-interest
and
management
of
the
center.
This
was
followed
by
Urban's
own
buyout
by
Rodamco
North
America
N.V.
(a
European
property
firm
primarily
invested
in
the
United
States)
in
October
2000
and
Rodamco's
subsequent
sale
to
a
consortium
including
The
Westfield
Group
in
January
2002.
Westfield
acquired
its
initial
50%
stake
in
the
center
at
this
time
and
soon
bought
the
rest.
In
2003,
Forest
City,
which
had
acquired
redevelopment
rights
to
the
long-vacant
Emporium
store
from
Federated,
reached
an
agreement
with
Westfield
to
jointly
redevelop
the
two
properties.[citation
needed]
The
newly
expanded
mixed-use
Westfield
San
Francisco
Centre
that
was
unveiled
September
28,
2006,
included
a
Kohn
Pederson
Fox
with
Kevin
Kennon
as
the
Design
Principal-
designed
Bloomingdale's
West
Coast
flagship
store,
a
nine-screen
Century
Theatres
multiplex
theater
featuring
2
XD
screens,
a
30,000
square
feet
Bristol
Farms
gourmet
supermarket
(closed
January
2017),
and
a
satellite
campus
for
San
Francisco
State
University
in
its
1.5
million+
ft²
of
space.
The
redevelopment
cost
$440
million.
Only
the
front
facade
and
landmark
dome
of
the
original
structure
were
preserved;
the
rest
of
the
structure
was
completely
gutted
and
replaced.
Upon
completion
of
the
project,
Forest
City
became
an
equity
partner
and
along
with
Westfield
assumed
responsibility
for
day-to-day
management.
In
March
2009,
it
was
announced
that
Westfield
San
Francisco
Centre
shopping
center
was
named
as
one
of
nine
finalists
vying
for
the
title
of
“World’s
Best
Shopping
Center”
as
part
of
the
International
Council
of
Shopping
Centers
Inc.’s
inaugural
“Best
of
the
Best”
awards.
In
2011,
the
San
Francisco
Police
Department
considered
putting
a
substation
in
the
mall
to
prevent
rampant
shoplifting.
Excerpt
from
Wikipedia
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