Economy
San Francisco in Talks With Vanderbilt for Downtown Campus
A new satellite campus could draw more economic activity to San Francisco’s urban core, which has been slower to recover from pandemic closures than other cities.
Photographer: David Paul Morris/BloombergSan Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and Vanderbilt University said they’re in talks to bring a new campus to the city’s struggling downtown.
The negotiations, which were reported earlier on Monday by the San Francisco Chronicle, are part of a longtime plan by the city to fill downtown vacancies with university campuses. For Vanderbilt, San Francisco would provide another outpost as it continues to expand beyond its home campus in Nashville.