The First Convene in San Francisco to Open at 100 Stockton Street Redevelopment in Union Square

San Francisco, here we come. Convene is delighted to announce our expansion into the Bay Area, with an expected opening date in Fall/Winter 2023. Through a partnership with Blatteis & Schnur, Inc., the forthcoming location will feature 65,000 square-feet of on-demand meeting and event space, primed by a team of first rate hospitality and operations specialists. Convene will occupy both the fourth and fifth floors at the newly redeveloped 100 Stockton Street.

"The ultimate work-play destination in the heart of Union Square"

“Convene has witnessed strong demand for premium meeting spaces in San Francisco; the city is consistently among the top requested expansion markets by our existing clientele,” said Brian Holland, vice president of real estate at Convene. “With the Bay Area being the leading work-from-home region in the country, the market is ripe for an offering that allows teams to gather in-person, while also being able to support the inclusion of a distributed workforce through hybrid capabilities. The redevelopment of 100 Stockton Street is going to be the ultimate work-play destination in the heart of Union Square and we look forward to calling it home to the first Convene location in the Bay Area.”

Convene in the Space

As a single-solution meetings provider with in-house culinary, award-winning design, and AV and production services - our mission is to deliver a turnkey experience for in-person and hybrid events. Convene at 100 Stockton will have its own dedicated lobby on the ground floor with exclusive elevators to its premium event space on floors four and five; it will also have exterior building signage on the corner of Stockton Street and O’Farrell Street.  The location will comprise six unique meeting rooms that can be configured to accommodate various event types - from town halls to classroom-style learning, corporate social events, and more.

About Convene 100 Stockton

“We are thrilled to have Convene be a part of 100 Stockton. As a true major destination tenancy that will generate substantial, consistent daily foot traffic, Convene represents an exceptional and prestigious value-add for the development, as well as Union Square and the City,” stated Daniel Blatteis, co-chairman of Blatteis & Schnur.

100 Stockton Street is a visionary asset repositioning by Blatteis & Schnur. Formerly the site of the Macy’s Men’s department store, the mixed-use development, set to open in 2023, spans 265,000 square-feet on eight levels to support the growing retail market on the South side of Union Square.  Other notable tenants signed to the development include internationally acclaimed restaurant Chotto Matte, set to open second quarter of 2023, serving Japanese-Peruvian inspired Nikkei cuisine in a 15,000 square-foot space on the building’s rooftop.

Cushman & Wakefield brokered both sides of the transaction, with the firm serving as representation for Convene and Kazuko Morgan serving as representation for Ownership in partnership with Ashley Brown of Blatteis & Schnur.

“We are very excited for Convene to open their first San Francisco location at 100 Stockton; it will be a great complement to the other tenants within the building and surrounding area,” said Morgan, executive vice chairman of Cushman & Wakefield. “The demand and relevancy for the type of first-class meeting and event space that Convene provides is more important today than ever before and we are pleased to see this deal come to fruition.”

"Convene will fill a serious void for premium meeting and event spaces in the San Francisco marketplace"

Executive Managing Director J.D. Lumpkin of Cushman & Wakefield, who is now leading a broker team assisting Convene with identifying additional locations, added, “Convene will fill a serious void for premium meeting and event spaces in the San Francisco marketplace, the need for which extensive consulting studies have confirmed.  The company’s arrival will be a great boost to the city’s business community and we look forward to working with Convene in their strategic future expansion into other key markets.” 

Since its founding in 2009, Convene has served the meetings and events needs of more than 4,000 organizations around the world.  Convene currently has a network of 26 premium meetings, events, and flexible office locations across the U.S. and UK.