Underproductive locations that will be shuttered. San Francisco Mayor london breed saying for macys, this was not a safety issue, but came down 2 and cents. Macys made a business decision to close 150 stores all over the country, and they are selling the property at union square. The Union Square Alliance released a statement saying the closure hurts, but the head of the Union Square Alliance said she, quote, believes that we should work toward a solution that allows macys to keep this iconic store open. However if that does not come to pass, our expectation is that a new owner for this iconic site will come forward to continue a fresh and vibrant vision at this critical location. The mayor also talking about the possibility of adapting the 400,000ft s of retail space to better fit the citys needs. Our goal is to make sure that we focus on the opportunities and the opportunity to ensure that this space is used for something that will be profitable, that will be a destination that will
San franciscos landscape. Macys is leaving the city nearly 80 years after opening the doors to its iconic building. And tonight, some questions about whats next for union square. Everythings evolving so quickly in San Francisco, so that im kind of excited to see whats going to go in next downtown is really, really cool. Theres still so much going on. Theres still new businesses coming in. A sad day for some san franciscans, but for others, optimism about the future of union square. Good evening everyone. Im mike mibach and im Claudine Wong. Macys announced today that it will close 150 locations over the next two years. That includes the citys union square location. Macys says a change in the retail landscape has forced it to change its strategy. So instead, the company is going to open 15 new bloomingdales and 30 new bluemercury stores. The San Francisco macys will not close until the company can sell the building, which could take over a year. Ktvu is amber lee joins us now live from
The announcement that could come today. Friday, july 11th, 2014. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. What a crowd of tweens we have outside today. Wow. You can just hear them. You can see theyre crying. Ive seen several crying. Theres crying, fainting already out there. People are very excited to hear these five young women sing. I cant wait to see them in just a few minutes coming up on today. Fifth harmony will take our plaza and some fans have been waiting for days out there. First lets get to todays top story and dylan, youve got it. Violent storms in our south. Lots to talk about out west with the wildfires as well. You know, both coasts seeing different sorts of weather. We are looking now at the cleanup of some of the crazy storms we had in Virginia Beach yesterday. It pretty much encompassed a fiveblock radius. We had wind gusts near 70 miles per h
Committee. T they want our situation to be unsuccessful which means deaths. Frankly the democrats should be ashamed. They dont want us to succeed. They want us to fail so they can win elections. Think of it. They do everything they can to make things as bad as possible. On sunday, 42 states will be reopening. Americans are okay to go to Grocery Stores but theyre not ready to dine out or shopping. Most americans you see the numbers there say they should all stay shut at least right now. New york governor, you cant trade lives for dollars. How much do you think human life is worth . You stay closed, there is a cost. If you reopen quickly, there is a cost. Listen to the president , hes all in on reopening. The governors have i have given them great discretion. If, however, if i see somebody doing something thats egregious or wrong, i will stop it. We have to get our country open. We have to open our country. Models have been inaccurate. We did it the right way and we did everything right.
Like closing clubhouses, in order to keep people safe. We tried to anticipate most of situations that might arise, and its all gone out in instructions to all members as to what conditions they have to adhere to in order to be able to come back and play their tennis. After weeks of lockdown, fishing clubs can also reopen. And outdoor basketball courts can now be used, a welcome sight for the Butler Family in teesside. It is way better than just doing workouts at home like i have been doing to keep fit. Its great to be back on the court. Its really important to note that with the exception of outdoor swimming pools, these new guidelines relate to every single sport outdoors as long as the guidelines are closely followed. The updated guidance allows you to play with one other person from outside your household as long as you socially distance, which means at this golf course in altrincham, sport is bring families back together. Ive missed my friends, ive missed social contact, ive missed