An auction for the bulk of the giant and mostly empty San Francisco Centre mall at the edge of the Union Square shopping district was again delayed this week, pushing off the day when a new owner might revitalize the once-thriving retail, restaurant, theater and office complex.

Previously set for Thursday, the auction putting up for sale a $625.6 million lien that resulted from the mall’s former operators walking away from their $558 million loan in mid-2023 is now slated for Sept. 4. It was originally scheduled for last November and has been repeatedly postponed since then.

International mall giant Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and Brookfield Asset Management announced they would turn over the keys to the mall in June 2023, just weeks after anchor retailer Nordstrom said it would leav

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