Stunning Union Square Showcase Building Welcomes De Beers Flagship Store to San Francisco

De Beers international jewelers will open its San Francisco flagship store at the magnificently renovated 185 Post Street building, a six-story retail and office development situated at the corner of Post Street and Grant Avenue in San Francisco's elegant Union Square shopping district.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 10, 2007 -- De Beers international jewelers will open its San Francisco flagship store at the magnificently renovated 185 Post Street building, a six-story retail and office development situated at the corner of Post Street and Grant Avenue in San Francisco's elegant Union Square shopping district.

185 Post Street, purchased by the international property group Grosvenor in 2005, has undergone a complete building renovation that artfully preserved the original 1907 brick exterior by encapsulating it in layers of translucent and frosted glass. The building stands out like a jewel amongst the dark masonry buildings that surround it and will be in perfect harmony with its new toney retailer. The building has also undergone full seismic and top-to-bottom base building system upgrades.

Alan Chamorro, Senior Vice-President and General Manager of Grosvenor's San Francisco office and the developer for the project, is thrilled to welcome De Beers as the anchor tenant at this prestigious address, and to deliver the newest trophy building in years to the Union Square area.

Grosvenor is currently marketing premium office and retail space on the upper floors of the building accessible at 170 Grant Avenue and is seeking boutique tenants for high-identity, 3,200 square foot floors.    

The opening of De Beers San Francisco store closely follows the international jeweler's opening of a new boutique in Las Vegas in early 2007. De Beers opened their first store in the US in 2005 with a flagship in New York at Fifth Avenue and 55th Street. De Beers also has a boutique on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills at the corner of North Rodeo Drive and Brighton Way.

Grosvenor is a privately owned international property group, representing the interests of the Grosvenor family. The Group undertakes real estate development and investment on its own behalf and on behalf of partners and investors through its regional operating companies and fund management business in the Americas, Britain & Ireland, Continental Europe and Australia Asia Pacific. It operates from 12 offices and has interests in 17 countries. Grosvenor manages or has assets under management of approximately $21.6 billion of real estate. For more information about the Company, please visit: www.grosvenor.com.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Lorin Horosz
Director of Marketing Communications
Grosvenor
Tel: (415) 434 0175
lorin.horosz @ grosvenor.com

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