San Francisco Business Times articles from September 1995

San Francisco Business Times archives from September 1995

San Jose making its play for PSE. (San Jose, California; Pacific Stock Exchange)
September 1, 1995... The Pacific Stock Exchange's search for a new home has captured the attention of San Jose city officials, who are making their pitch. PSE officials, who are trying to decide on a new location for the exchange by July 1996, will visit San Jose...

PG&E prepares for power struggle. (Pacific Gas and Electric Co.)
September 1, 1995... Pacific Gas & Electric is pressing forward with two initiatives aimed at fulfilling its bold ambition of becoming a major national presence in the energy industry. The utility is seeking federal approval to sell consulting services and act as...

Sinking of maritime group decried. (closure of San Francisco office of the Federal Maritime Commission)
September 1, 1995... The San Francisco office of the Federal Maritime Commission will shut its doors for good Sept. 30, casting adrift; hundreds of small shippers and exporters in the Bay Area who turn to it yearly in disputes with giant steamship lines. It is one...

For sale: $80M in worldwide properties. (Harper Group Inc. to liquidate real estate holdings)
September 1, 1995... Seeking to build a war chest for expansion, the Harper Group is liquidating the bulk of its vast real estate holdings at its 300 branches worldwide. Sales totaling more than $25 million are already in the works. Total value of the Harper...

Rushing real estate deals put the Russian in Russian Hill.(Real Estate Quarterly)
September 1, 1995... Have a property that's been on the market for too long? Instead of advertising in Bay Area newspapers, you might try the Moscow News. Newly rich buyers from Russia and the surrounding independent republics are scooping up high-end San Francisco...

Business bristles over decision to mothball hall: meeting facility's demise leaves gap at Civic Center. (Brooks Hall facility)
September 1, 1995... San Francisco hoteliers and merchants in the Civic Center neighborhood are grumbling about the latest blow to their businesses - a back-door plan to close the city's aging Brooks Hall facility. Already reeling from a string of construction...

Lyons develops recipe to help chain roar back. (Lyons Restaurants Inc.)
September 1, 1995... Reversing six years of declining customer counts and financial losses, Lyons Restaurants Inc. is seeking fresh capital to fund a $20 million overhaul of its 86 restaurants. Despite a small loss on $134 million in sales for the fiscal year...

Kenetech wins $200M pact as controversy blows over.
September 1, 1995... Kenetech Corp. has overcome a political controversy and a three-year regulatory review to win conditional approval from a Maine regulatory body for a $200 million wind-power project. On Aug. 17, Maine's Land Use Regulatory Commission granted...

Affiliation plan is taking root at Sequoia Hospital. (Redwood City, California)
September 1, 1995... Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City is engaged in preliminary affiliation talks with giant Catholic Healthcare West, the latest in an escalating round of health-care consolidations in the region. Debbie Cantu, a spokeswoman for San Francisco-based...

Poland puts cards on table in his bid for resurrection. (real estate developer Bill Poland)(Real Estate Quarterly)
September 1, 1995... Bill Poland has always been a risk taker, but he's never gambled this big. The Texas-accented developer is rolling the dice in South San San Francisco, with the most costly and controversial development of his up-and-down real estate career....