Piers 19 and 23 in San Francisco
China’s Vantone Holdings Co. is in talks to transform San Francisco’s vacant Pier 19 into space for Chinese companies seeking to do business in the United States, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Talks between Vantone and San Francisco to develop Pier 19 are preliminary, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the talks are private. Pier 19, a 206,000-square-foot warehouse on the Embarcadero across from Levi’s Plaza, could be used for offices, meeting rooms, galleries or a hospitality center for Chinese businesspeople after renovations, one of the people said.