Westfield Ho!

In local news, the Westfield Group has purchased Sony Metreon (see story here). It's a shame, but it seemed that Metreon was doomed from the start. It was a pretty cool place in the beginning - a hip urban center mixing entertainment and retail. Unfortunately, it never really caught on with the public, probably because everything in the place was way too expensive.

We see movies there from time to time, and we usually browse the Chronicle Books store and the Playstation store. Do we ever buy anything? No way, man; not when we can get it cheaper somewhere else. I guess we helped contribute to its downfall.

Westfield plans to "retenant" the center, meaning that we will probably see the more typical kinds of retailers to go along with Westfield's San Francisco Center the next block over. The theaters are staying, as well as the Playstation store and the Sony Style store. Everything else is most likely gone.

I always get a kick out of seeing Westfield malls, because they always feature their name so prominently over the actual name of the mall. So stay tuned, because Westfield Metreon is coming your way!