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 w

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 w

our journey began last august, and many of you were actually here that day, when the ikea city storec. 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 wa

dynamic demands of our market in san francisco's mid-market neighborhood. >> today, ikea has a new space next to its city stored and beverage hall, but as ktvu alice wirtz tells us, this place is designed to be more inclusive and serve as a community space. >> mayor london breed was here at the grand opening of solano this morning. it's a new food hall between fifth and sixth streets on market that the new meeting place is located at, right next to the new ikea that opened last year. in addition to the workspace on the fifth floor saw u-haul takes up two floors. five restaurants that are known around the bay area each have a stall here. raul medina, a proprietor of la venganza, is excited to offer his food here. >> all new equipment. my amazing neighbors are all local, the fact that sally hall is coming in here and bringing amazing food to a much needed area where, i mean, it's kind of becoming a food desert with all the places closing, it's kind of nice to have a one stop shop for everything. you can literally go to ikea, get something for the family, go down a bark, go back home. >> the space has been in the

the former ikea store has already been used, not only in moscow, but in other large cities.ails. after ikea left russia, 34. m. was empty in megakhimki. after 2 years, a marketplace will appear here. will not there are idle spaces in other shopping centers throughout the country, from the current owner of mega, gazprombank, they are rented by the megamarket in order to place their warehouses there, a service center and an order pick-up point. the largest online platform has been testing various formats of presence in the physical environment for a long time, and we saw one of such interesting examples implemented in israel. i am confident that megas and mega markets will be able to create a format that will best meet the requirements of our market. is kept secret, but analysts call this deal the largest transaction for the rental of premises in shopping centers in russia in recent years. as a result of this acquisition transaction, e. in moscow, all kkeke sites, the share of vacant space may drop from the value of 8%, which we recorded at the end of the twenty -third year to

ikea opened salou hall to its store next to its store right there on market street, and city leaders will were there for the opening. and they say this new development could really help this part of san francisco thrive. >> we are excited about what this will do to bring people together and opportunity for the workforce, for the hotel and folks who are in this neighborhood. we have all kinds of great cuisine because that's what san francisco is known for. >> salou hall takes up. two floors with five restaurants. the space has been in the works for about three years. it's open wednesday through sunday from eight in the morning until ten at night. a tavern in san francisco's mission district will soon move to the east bay. this week, the owners of the monk's kettle near 16th and albion, announced that they will be closing their san francisco location after 16 years and moving to oakland's rockridge neighborhood. the owners say the popularity of delivery apps such as postmates and to go orders in recent years has really hurt their business. ktvu has reached out to postmates for comment,