Ikea opens in downtown San Francisco, ushering in a bit of optimism and joy for a city still struggling to rebound from the pandemic.
The mayor even went as far as to recently declare San Francisco the “AI capital of the world.”San Francisco’s smaller Ikea is designed more for a city center than its larger suburban hubs which can be triple the size. The new Ikea sells basics you can carry out, but doesn’t stock bulkier items like sofas, though it will let customers buy them for delivery. It has a Swedish food court with all the Ikea classics including meatballs and vegan meatballs, lox, pickled things and poached salmon.
“Mid-Market area has always been a tad bit of a challenge. And we hope that with a lot of the people who are in this area, that many of them are being offered chances to work for Ikea and other businesses,” said Breed.In 2011, San Francisco lured a number of tech companies — including Twitter,— to the rough patch of downtown in exchange for a tax break.
with frequent shoplifting, drug use in and around the store — and at least one fatal overdose in the bathroom.The hype around Ikea is counter to San Francisco’s mom-and-pop culture, which often chafes at any big corporate chains opening up shop. In many neighborhoods here, any corporation with multiple other locations worldwide must get special permission from City Hall to open.
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