SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Strategies & Market Trends : The Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: 2MAR$ who wrote (41683)3/29/2001 7:38:42 PM
From: nolimitz  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 49816
 
However, he said, the hotels must also be careful not to raise surcharges too high and risk turning off travelers.

Think I'll stay home or go to where family lives this summer



To: 2MAR$ who wrote (41683)3/29/2001 9:27:11 PM
From: Teri Garner  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 49816
 
80% of S.F. Dot-Coms Seen in Danger

Study says shakeout will empty offices

Verne Kopytoff, Chronicle Staff Writer

Thursday, March 29, 2001

Nearly 80 percent of existing Internet companies in San Francisco are expected to die during the next year, flooding the real estate market with enough empty offices to cover 88 football fields.

So says a study released yesterday by Rosen Consulting, a real estate and economic research firm in Berkeley. The news is particularly grim for the region's commercial real estate market, which was fueled by the Bay Area's once-soaring Internet industry and is now retreating in step with the dot-com downturn.

sfgate.com