Metreon

Metreon

The Metreon viewed from the northwest, c. 2002
Coordinates	37°47′04″N 122°24′12″W / 37.784374°N 122.403424°W / 37.784374; -122.403424
Address	135 Fourth Street San Francisco, California 94103
Opening date	June 16, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-06-16)
Developer	Sony
Management	Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Owner	Starwood Capital Group
Architect	Handel Architects
No. of stores and services	25
No. of anchor tenants	1
Total retail floor area	350,000 sq ft (33,000 m2)
No. of floors	4
Parking	1,800
Public transit access	Powell Street station
Website	shoppingmetreon.com

The Metreon is a shopping center located in downtown San Francisco, California, United States at the corner of 4th Street and Mission Street. It is a four-story 350,000 sq ft (33,000 m²) building built over the corner of the underground Moscone Center convention center. Metreon opened on June 16, 1999, as the first of a proposed chain of Sony "urban entertainment centers", aggregating dining, games, music, exhibitions, shopping, and movies. Sony intended the ambitious US$85 million (equivalent to $155 million in 2023) project to be a theme park and gallery for Sony products, and to reinforce a sophisticated image for the Sony brand.

In 2006, Metreon was sold to Westfield Group, a mall developer, and it was refashioned as a food-oriented mall. In 2011, most remaining businesses in the mall were closed. Westfield began a major renovation with an emphasis on dining, including Target, creating a large downtown department store that now takes up the second floor. In April 2012, Westfield sold the Metreon to Starwood Capital Group.^[1] Westfield (and its successor, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield) continues to be responsible for management.