{"id":2014670,"date":"2023-08-28T18:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T22:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rise-in-crime-nordstrom-closes-shop-in-sf-dollar-store-locks-up-merchandise\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T18:52:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T22:52:34","slug":"rise-in-crime-nordstrom-closes-shop-in-sf-dollar-store-locks-up-merchandise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rise-in-crime-nordstrom-closes-shop-in-sf-dollar-store-locks-up-merchandise\/","title":{"rendered":"Nordstrom shuts down in SF due to crime surge, Dollar Store secures merchandise."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frise-in-crime-nordstrom-closes-shop-in-sf-dollar-store-locks-up-merchandise%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2014670&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-campaign-arm-adds-13-democratic-seats-to-its-target-list\/\" title=\"House GOP Campaign Arm Adds 13 Democratic Seats To Its Target List\">nationwide crime wave<\/a> is forcing many retailers, large \u200band\u2063 small, to close their doors or lock up their merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>One example \u2062is\u200c Nordstrom, which is closing its\u2064 flagship store in downtown San Francisco after 35 years in business, after making an announcement in May.<\/p>\n<p>The location \u2062inside Westfield \u2062Mall said goodbye\u200b to its\u2063 last customers on Aug. 27, \u2062after opening\u2062 in October 1988.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related \u2062Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/california-bill-to-stop-employees-from-confronting-shoplifters-goes-to-assembly-5323008\">California Bill to \u2062Prohibit Employers From Requiring Employees to Confront Shoplifters Goes to Assembly<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">6\/9\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/california-bill-to-stop-employees-from-confronting-shoplifters-goes-to-assembly-5323008\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/surge-of-shoplifting-why-police-cant-take-action-evette-ingram-5314939\">Surge of Shoplifting: Why\u200b Police Can&#8217;t \u200dTake Action | Evette Ingram<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">6\/4\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/surge-of-shoplifting-why-police-cant-take-action-evette-ingram-5314939\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The store at the\u2064 corner of 5th and \u200dMarket Streets, once occupied five floors\u2063 and spanned over\u200b 312,000 square feet, \u200bbut is now\u200c closing like \u200bmany other \u200bretailers due \u2064to a\u200d surge in crime and poor sales.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco Centre has suffered from a rise \u200cin shoplifting, homelessness, \u2063and public drug use.<\/p>\n<h2>A Popular 35-Year Store \u200dLocation Closes Its Doors<\/h2>\n<p>A former shopping staple in downtown San Francisco, the neighborhood&#8217;s &#8220;unsafe conditions for customers, retailers and employees,&#8221; made operations difficult to sustain, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattdorsey\/status\/1653500307639521280?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> a \u200bmember of \u2064the city&#8217;s\u200c Board of Supervisors,\u2064 Matt Dorsey.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The now-empty Nordstrom location has been described by local news\u200c outlets as desolated with countless empty\u2064 displays and mannequins packaged away.<\/p>\n<p>Other major retailers in the\u2063 area, including Old Navy Whole Foods, AT&#038;T, Anthropologie, AmazonGo, Office \u200cDepot, and Saks Off Fifth Avenue, closed earlier this summer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Remaining stores have been forced to lock up their stock to deter \u200dshoplifters.<\/p>\n<p>Nordstrom Rack, across the \u2063street from \u2064the flagship location, shut down operations\u2063 in\u200c June.<\/p>\n<p>Even the Westfield Mall announced \u2063in June it would be closing, \u2062after operating on Market Street for more than 20 years, reported the local TV news station \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/bay-area\/westfield-pulling-out-of-downtown-san-francisco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KRON4.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The future viability of the San\u200d Francisco \u200cCentre shopping district is uncertain.<\/p>\n<p><aside>In mid-August, \u2064the owner of one\u2064 of the area&#8217;s\u200b oldest major retailers, Gump&#8217;s,\u200d called out local politicians for failing to act\u2062 to address widespread homelessness and shoplifting. Gump&#8217;s owner John\u200b Chachas, warned California\u2063 politicians in an ad in the \u200cSan Francisco Chronicle that he may \u2063be forced to close\u2062 the store after it first\u200d opened in 1861.<\/aside>\n<\/p>\n<p>His \u2062ad was addressed to\u200c Gov.\u2062 Gavin Newsom and Mayor London Breed, accusing them \u200dof\u200b dereliction of duty, caused by the collapse\u200d of law and order.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, as we prepare for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-san-francisco-business-warns-it-may-be-latest-to-close-shop-over-crime\/\" title=\"Historic SF Business May Shut Down Due to Crime\">166th holiday season<\/a> at 250 Post Street, we \u2063fear \u200bthis may be our \u200blast \u200bbecause \u2063of the profound erosion\u200b of this city&#8217;s \u200dconditions,&#8221; \u200dwrote Mr. Chachas, adding &#8220;San\u2064 Francisco now suffers\u200c from a\u2064 &#8216;tyranny of the minority&#8217; &#8211; behavior \u2063and actions of the few that jeopardize the livelihood of the many.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Clark, \u200da former Assistant Attorney\u200d at the Department of Justice\u2062 under former \u200cPresident\u2064 Donald Trump, tweeted,\u2062 &#8220;Nordstrom store in \u2062San Francisco \u200cforced to close. The crime is unbearable. And\u2064 the crime \u2064has grown to such \u2064intolerable heights mainly because smash-and-grab crimes at the city\u2019s retailers aren\u2019t \u200dbeing prosecuted. This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rise-in-crime-nordstrom-closes-shop-in-sf-dollar-store-locks-up-merchandise\/\" title=\"Nordstrom shuts down in SF due to crime surge, Dollar Store secures merchandise.\">man-made political problem<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>San Francisco Swamped With\u200c Crime \u200bAnd\u200b Empty \u200dStore Fronts<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to the rampant drug use, homelessness, \u2063and crime, the city has lost thousands to remote work after the pandemic, which has decimated vast areas of its commercial neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>Office vacancies in San Francisco reached a record high of\u2062 31 percent \u2063in May, enough space for 92,000 workers,\u200b according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>The loss of office workers is \u2064expected to\u200b contribute to \u2062a budget shortfall of $1.3 billion in five years, while a decline in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebrities-demand-biden-stop-minnesota-pipeline-project-that-brought-millions-of-dollars-to-native-american-tribes\/\" title=\"Celebrities Demand Biden Stop Minnesota Pipeline Project That Brought \u2018Millions Of Dollars\u2019 To Native American Tribes\">property tax revenue<\/a> alone may cost nearly $200 million per year, according to the \u200dcity&#8217;s chief accountant.<\/p>\n<p>Sales tax revenue for South of Market, or SoMA, where\u2063 the stores were located, \u200bhas seen a 25 percent decline from the first \u2063quarter of 2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk yuUa lqtk TjIX aGjv\">Ms.\u2064 Breed&#8217;s office announced it was working on changing laws and tax reforms, that would\u2064 bring \u2063more businesses to the area.<\/p>\n<p>IKEA&#8217;s opening\u200b of a\u200d new location at\u2062 945 Market Street, on Aug. 23, was touted as a \u2063sign by Ms. Breed that things were not too bad, calling IKEA&#8217;s move &#8220;a game\u200c changer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Dorsey said \u2062that \u2062the \u2063city will \u200b&#8221;have some serious \u200cissues \u200dto work on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added that &#8220;San Francisco has always had ups and downs, but \u200bI&#8217;m going to tell \u200cyou\u2064 we always come back. And\u2063 I&#8217;m not going to\u200d lose my optimism about my district or my\u200d city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last \u200bweek,\u200b city\u2064 authorities announ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to a surge in crime across the country, numerous retailers, both big and small, are being compelled to shut down or secure their goods. Nordstrom, for instance, recently announced the closure of its downtown San Francisco flagship store after 35 years of operation. 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