and dinner. >> good morning. and welcome. it is a glorious day here in san francisco. my name is mia, meeting place manager san francisco. i am thrilled to be here today as we welcome part of our meeting place here at san francisco. this is a really special moment for all of us. i coulden be more excited to be here together with all of you. at inca centers we are committed to transform this beautiful beautiful building

into a meeting place, a place tobring people together to meet and eat, to shop and have fun. our journey began last august, and many of you were actually here that day, when the ikea city store opened for the public. and then in january, we welcomed industerous or flexible coworking space on the 5th floor. today we are here, this is our next big milestone to celebrate opening of the hall. this incredible space really showcase the hard work, the dedication, the commitment from so many of you, and i want to take this special moment to thank each and every one of you who have been supporting, helping, contributing, driving, sometimes even pushing this through and making this day

happen become possible. as we stand here today, i am really excited for the future, and what the future holds for us and i'm really looking forward working with together with you to make this hall concept be successful here in our meeting place and in san francisco. let's make today the beginning of something truly remarkable. thank you. [applause] >> the city of san francisco has been a great partner to us throughout, and mayor breed, you and your team have been amazing support along the journey that we had. and now, we want to of course thank you from bottom of our hearts. i'm excited welcome, mayor

breed. [applause] >> thank you so much. it is so great to be here finally. this is really a long time coming and it goes back to 2018 when i had a chance to meet with the leadership of inca to talk about this empty mall space and a opportunity to do something extraordinary. something that they have not done before here in the u.s. in fact, it was when we hosted the global climate action summit in san francisco where we had leaders from all over the world, companies, mayors, it was amazing. san francisco was on the global stage and san francisco has been an environmental leader in sustainability and so many things. so, it was a perfect fit to make something like this happen, and look at how far we've come.

we opened ikea, coworking space and now the thing that brings all of it together, food. food and drinks. opportunities to come together to socialize in the mid-market area. we are excited about the plant based options with so many great restaurants that are upstairs. we are excited about the bars and coworking spaces even within the hall footprint. we are excited what this will do to bring people together and an opportunity for the workforce, for the hotel and folks who are in this neighborhood to be a part of this. i also want to express my appreciation for working with our office of economic and workforce development and making sure people who live in this community received opportunities to work in this community. that was a big deal for us, so

we are very appreciative of what that entails, and being so very intentional about the different cuisines, the restaurants and people who establish the first porta rican cuisine in the state of california, and not only that, it is plant based. we have a award winning vegan tacos upstairs . we have all kind of great cuisine, because that what san francisco is known for. diversity and incredible cuisine. you don't need to travel around the world to get any kind of food from around the world, all you have to do is come to san francisco and salu hall will provide that opportunity. if you want a cooking demonstration or if you is a small apartment and want to host a bunch of friends, come to the hall. if you want to have drinks after work and you want to hang

out with friends, come to salu hall. if you want a party or experience in a private room where dollar there is a bar and you are order food and baked goods, come to salu hall. it has everything is more. this is why i'm really excited and in fact, if you want to host meetings i know supervisor dorsey said this is going to be his new office. why work in city hall, when you can work at salu hall? that is my goal. [applause] from baked goods to eat yourself or take back to the office, from food you want to purchase and eat at lunch or take home later for your family, and then if you want to go shop at ikea and pick up a few items, maybe couple glasses after breaking all your glasses because you are clumpsy, whatever the case is, the options are here and the options are endless. i'm excited about being here

today and i really want to thank inca for just really believing in san francisco. for investing in san francisco. [applause] and for bringing joy to san francisco. people are trying to write a different story of our city and yes, like any major city, we have challenges, who doesn't have challenges? had just like our family, we have challenges, but you know what we see outside, clean streets. you know what we see outside, urban alchemy and others we see safe streets, we see opportunities, we see change and sunshineing and it is shining bright on san francisco today because salu hall is open for the city to enjoy and the people who visit will have a opportunity to experience it as well. thank you so much for being here. [applause] >> thank you mayor breed.

the opening of salu hall in the san francisco meeting place is definitely a big milestone for us in inca center and our journey in nort american market. today happy to have cindy anderson ceo with inca center here with the wonderful celebration. welcome cindy. >> thank you. thank you mayor breed. yes, this is a very very special day for us at inca center. thank you so much for welcoming us to this fantastic city of san francisco. we are so thrilled that we can bring salu here. this is our absolutely first development of salu hall and it will take place here in san francisco in our first meeting place in the u.s. [applause]

and, the whole goal is we want to be an integral part of the rich food culture that we know and that we can experience here in san francisco. i always had a deep admiration for san francisco and community spirit. i have been here several times with business travels and also brought my husband and my kids. for me personally it feels extra special standing here today. for inca center, we believe that it is so important when we come to a place that we are also really integrating into the community and being a part of the location where we are at and that is what we also feel we will do with this amazing location here in san francisco. and, what we have done is we also believe that food is one of the most important drivers also for our business. this is the reason why people want to come together,

socialize, share memory and laughter and also spend time. and, therefore it makes it very natural that we launch our own food concept together with amazing partners. so, that's why we partner with curb, who are world class with new food businesses. as well as the culinary entrepreneur [indiscernible] also helping and advising us to create this amazing place. and we also upstairs, we also fantastic local food businesses and entrepreneurs that really represent the bay area in this beautiful city. and, we have worked together with ambition to build a place that is really offering a great experience around food. we not only calling this anything place, for us this is a true meeting place. what we hope is that this

brings something new also to the mid-market district. so, this is a fantastic day for us. it is really embarking on a milestone of our journey here in san francisco, and also several mentioned before, we opened ikea store fall last year and earlier this year launched inca center here. now having also salu hall openinged to, it marks the time when we will have a complete meeting place and destination so we are feeling extremely excited about that. what the openings for us represent is we are creating content not just about offering space, it is about offering rel vens for people and the community. we think also with what you mentioned here mayor breed, in terms of the culinary experience, the culture, i think this is the perfect scene also for us to start this

concept for first time. and, we don't believe in a one size fits all. wherever we go in the world when we create meeting places we believe it is important to blend into the local commune ity and respect the local customs. for us, therefore it is important every meeting place is really really reflecting the people that are living and working nearby to our destination and why i feel extremely proud the majority of everyone working and fantastic team we have are also locally. and, none of this of course would have been possible without the dedication of so many people that have been con tributing on the journey to get to this point and there is so many. sometimes you are not there to list some because i'm afraid i would exclude so many contribute. it includes the amazing team at

the inca group, inca center, ikea retail who has been contributing into the work and the development what we see today and overall meeting place. it is also includes curb and fantastic team here at salu hall and partner with [indiscernible] and many many more contributesing to this. and then also of course specifically i like to thank the city of san francisco and of course also mayor breed, because without your help, this wouldn't have been possible and we felt a really strong support on our journey. so, i can't wait now to see this place really busting with people. people coming in in the morning and afternoon in the evening and then not only that creating a experiences. so, i hope that you will love this place as much as i already love it. i fell in love already when i flew in from europe monday, and

when i tried the food i fell in love a second time. don't tell my husband, but i'm completely loving so i hope you will share thefullying when me also. you not only experience the venue and trying the amazing food. so, with that said, big thank you to everyone who has been part of making this possible and now i hope that all of you will also join me for a bit of a bite to eat. thank you. [applause] >> thank you cindy. our next guest speaker here is supervisor dorsey. he is the district 6 supervisor and district covers most of the downtown area, the south of market and of course our neighborhood in mid-market. supervisor dorsey, welcome. [applause] >> thanks so much. i want to express my gratitude for believing in san francisco and bringing something to my

district and my neighborhood because i only live a few blocks away. a place i already-a regular shopper here at ikea and as i mentioned as i was coming in, i said i'm supervisor matt dorsey and here for my new mid-market district office. i i'm surprised the signage doesn't reflect that. i won't need the wifi password and access to a printer. but you will be seeing a lot of me because i like to be in the district on my laptop especially on the weekends. on the way before i got here this morning, i went to another part of my district because there was a opening for a coffee shop, and yesterday in another part of my district there was a restaurant opening there. izy and wooks the first restaurants to open since the pandemic and i have a couple other things opening and one thing i want to say the mayor touched on, there is a lot of negative press played out, the

doom loop, that narrative is so 2023. in 2024 san francisco has come back is underway and this is proof of it, and i want to express my gratitude to mayor breed for the leadership you are bringing and especially here. mayor breed went out and was the best sales woman for san francisco to get this happening in mid-market. it means the world to my district, it means the world to me, so thank you mayor breed for your leadership on leading the come-back and thank you ikea for everything. really looking forward being a regular here. you will see a lot of me. bye. [applause] >> thank you supervisor dorsey. and now, it is time to invite it the managing director of salu hall and partner in operating this unique food destination. ellyse, welcome. [applause] >> thank you.

thank you. thank you all speakers and thank you so much for being here, a part of the opening it here at salu hall. my name is ellyse, the managing director at salu hall leading the operation for curb. welcome to our hub for celebrating food cultures and connecting with each other. there are so many layers here which i believe the mayor literally read my speech. there is a lot that is the same. we have so many aspirations to the space. what does place making mean for salu hall sphis in we are proud to hire from the community. we play a active role in mid-market surrounding districts. we share with you the richness and the aspirations of this community. giving everyone a feeling of ownership is literally being a part of our success. hiring and training for salu hall is a ongoing brauj r

project so we are grateful for the work the community of san francisco offered for economic and workforce development. thank you so much for taking that- [applause] it is really really important. our good will partners. we will always be on the look-out for people to join our team who are eager, passionate about learning and open to new experiences here. empathy is at the heart of hospitality. the people are thoughtful, attentive, and bringing energy to the hall. how else do we create a sense of place and belonging here? that is everyone's question i'm sure. salu hall is a commitment to culinary invasion and human connection. we are the center of joy and dining. we invite guests to indulge their senses and saver the pleasures for good company and good food and drink.

salu hall is designed to have fabulous food experiences, most simply put, salu hall offers something for everybody. we have 11 food concepts explore breakfast lunch and dinner from locate roasted coffee and fresh pastry to whole grain danish style open face sandwiches to mushroom, tacos, noodles with specialty tofu. sip craft beer and local spirits while you learn how to bake up in the cooking school. like we are saying, there is something for everyone at all the times. we are proud to be a partner of the curb family and operating partner with inca centers. curb has a outstanding track record in recording activating pubic spaces and surrounding the world with good food and drink.

we are thrilled to open our door s and what we worked so hard for. on behalf of our chefs, our bartenders, local restaurants, and front of house chain, welcome to salu hall. [applause] >> thank you ellyse. so, without further delay, this is now the moment we are all waiting for. mayor breed, cindy, ellyse, please get into your positions and let's open the doors to salu hall. [applause]book. thank

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