MUFG to sell San Francisco office tower in faltering market

Deal comes as Japanese group shifts U.S. strategy to focus on wholesale banking

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MUFG acquired the San Francisco building that later became Union Bank headquarters when it bought the Bank of Tokyo in 1996.

MITSURU OBE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

TOKYO -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has made a formal decision to unload the former headquarters building of San Francisco-based Union Bank, the U.S. regional banking subsidiary it sold in 2021, Nikkei Asia has learned.

The 22-story office tower, built in 1977 and located at 350 California Street in San Francisco, is set for a sale, a person familiar with the matter said, adding that the bank has not sold the property yet or chosen a buyer.

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