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Laura Waxmann

San Francisco

Business Reporter at San Francisco Chronicle

Business reporter for @sfchronicle: CRE, development, downtown. Formerly @SFBusinessTimes, @sfexaminer, @MLnow, @eltecolotesf. 💌 [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | sfchronicle.com | Laura Waxmann

    The building at 1128 Market Street, seen in 2024, was being considered for a women’s shelter in San Francisco. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The ChronicleHomeless women in San Francisco face different challenges than men — a majority became  homeless due to domestic violence and other forms of abuse, and an estimated 75% experience continued violence on the streets or in shelters.

  • 2 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Laura Waxmann

    The closed Clay Theater at 2261 Fillmore St., in San Francisco. Renovation work will begin on the theater later this year. Santiago Mejia/The ChronicleThe historic Clay Theater, which has sat vacant for five years, will undergo a renovation starting later this year, good news for San Francisco’s Upper Fillmore retail corridor. The Clay is one of a string of aging properties on Upper Fillmore that tech investor Neil Mehta bought roughly a year ago with grand plans to revitalize them.

  • 3 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Laura Waxmann

    Golden Gate University’s front entrance in downtown San Francisco in 2024. Minh Connors/S.F. ChronicleFinancially troubled Golden Gate University has entered into an option agreement to sell its downtown campus to Texas-based Lincoln Property Co., according to documents recorded with the city this week. Officials with the university and Lincoln confirmed on Thursday that they had entered into a “strategic partnership” that will help shore up the university’s finances.

  • 3 weeks ago | shorturl.at | Laura Waxmann

    A beloved city landmark that served as one of San Francisco’s oldest art schools for nearly a century has a new name. Once the San Francisco Art Institute’s former campus at 800 Chestnut St. in the cinematic Russian Hill neighborhood reopens its doors, it will do so as the California Academy of Studio Arts, or “CASA” for short.

  • 3 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Laura Waxmann

    A rendering of the public entrance to CASA, formerly the campus of the San Francisco Art Institute, which will reopen as an arts school. LaplaceA beloved city landmark that served as one of San Francisco’s oldest art schools for nearly a century has a new name. Once the San Francisco Art Institute’s former campus at 800 Chestnut St. in the cinematic Russian Hill neighborhood reopens its doors, it will do so as the California Academy of Studio Arts, or “CASA” for short.

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It's been a year since #SanFrancisco VC Neil Mehta bought a list of Upper Fillmore buildings w/plans to revitalize them, causing community tensions. Their storefronts remain empty—but that may soon change for Mehta's most prominent property. @sfchronicle https://t.co/5x3wBqyKgX

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