Downtown Mall Death Spiral Continues With Departures of Nine Retailers

Downtown Mall Death Spiral Continues With Departures of Nine Retailers

"Bloomingdale’s was the last straw" says one employee at an SF Centre retailer that closed Monday, and eight other stores are either set to close or have already closed at the beleaguered mall.Just six or eight months ago it seemed like there was a chance for a near-term revival of the SF Centre mall on San Francisco's Market Street. But the mall formerly known as Westfield just lost its second anchor tenant with the closure of Bloomingdale's, a…