"The pilates studio's prospective owners, Carrie Wu and CJ Liu, argued that while they do operate under the Club Pilates brand and logo, they would have been an independently owned and operated studio. This is not our first location. We have one in Diamond Heights, in NoPa that we both got through the permit process pretty smoothly, Liu told the Chronicle."
"The 1,300-store chain Club Pilates was hoping to swoop into a Valencia Street storefront that's been vacant for a year and a half. The SF Planning Commission still deemed this formula retail, and rejected their bid. It seemed like there might be a thaw in San Francisco's well-known formula retail ban that discourages large chain businesses from many neighborhoods. After all, the SF Board of Supervisors voted to allow formula retail on Van Ness Avenue in April of this year,"
Club Pilates, a national chain with about 1,300 locations, sought to open in a Valencia Street storefront vacant for a year and a half. The Planning Commission concluded the proposed studio qualified as formula retail and denied the permit. Local shop owners opposed the proposal, noting proximity to locally owned EHS Pilates four blocks away. The SF Board of Supervisors previously allowed formula retail on Van Ness Avenue, and a controversial 2021 El Farolito case had influenced public views. Prospective operators Carrie Wu and CJ Liu said the studio would be independently owned despite operating under the Club Pilates brand.
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