The 49-acre Bayside Marketplace would include several big box retailers, about a dozen smaller shops and 1,993 parking spaces just north of Dixon Landing Road.The distinction that the retailers would be big box and the usual assortment of smaller retailers is important, as Bayside Marketplace is not expected to be competition for the ballpark village's upscale retailers. Cisco Field and the ballpark village are 4 miles north.
However, the new shopping center would provide competition for other big box-anchored centers in the area. In a small area sandwiched between the bay and nearby hills, it's a curious choice to add additional, similar retail since at first glance it would appear that the area if pretty well serviced already. Here's a partial list of nearby stores:
- McCarthy Ranch (2 miles south, Milpitas): Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Borders, OfficeMax, Sports Authority, Michaels, Ross
- Pacific Commons (4 miles north, Fremont): Costco, Circuit City, Kohl's, Old Navy, Lowe's, Ashley Furniture, DSW, Party America, Office Depot
- Auto Mall/Durham (4 miles north, Fremont): Wal-Mart, Fry's, Home Depot
- Great Mall (4 miles south, Milpitas): Kohl's, Marshalls, Burlington Coat Factory, Home Depot
- NewPark Mall (6 miles north, Newark): Target, Macy's, Sears, Toys "R" Us
- Fremont Hub (8 miles north, central Fremont): Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Trader Joe's, Cost Plus, PetsMart, Pier 1 Imports
A couple of nice benefits will come out of the project. The developer is also going to build on 49 of the parcel's 150 acres. The rest has already been converted to wetlands (I've biked through there in the past, including what appears to be an old runway/tarmac). Then there's the extension of Fremont Boulevard all the way down to Dixon Landing Road. The extension will provide an alternate parallel route along I-880 along with bike lanes and new trails. Currently, Fremont Blvd hits a dead end at a flood control channel that defines the northern limit of the property. Fans coming from North San Jose (hello, Cisco) can use McCarthy/Fremont to bypass 880, then head onto Cushing, which would take them straight to the ballpark. The extension's been in the plan for years but the downturn in the commercial real estate market forced the developer to pull back. The extension could prove beneficial in lightening the load from the south.
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Someone else mentioned it the other day R.M., but I'll repeat it again. I like the fact that the San Jose corporate line, and north San Jose citizens for that matter, will now have easier auto access to Pacific Commons/Cisco Field. Hopefully, that wall that Peter Magowan plans to build along the county line doesn't get in the way of the road extensions (ha ha).
That pavement you've seen is probably either the old glider port or remnants of Baylands Raceway. Those have both been gone a long time and I don't recall exactly where they were.
Check this link for more history. Pacific Commons was previously home to the Sky Sailing Airport AND Baylands Raceway. Bayside Marketplace will be built on the site of the former King Skylanes.
My guess would be that Bayside Marketplace tenants would largely duplicate stores already in Fremont; Target is a probability (currently no store in South Fremont, Milpitas, or NE San Jose); Petco (PetsMart has a store in Milpitas); Bed Bath & Beyond (because there's a Linens N Things in Pacific Commons); Barnes & Noble (There's a Borders in Milpitas, and I assume one will open in the Ballpark Village as well); and Pier 1 Imports.
I suspect the Ballpark Village tenants will include either Nordstrom or Bloomingdales as the key anchor, along with smaller anchors of Borders, Williams Sonoma, Crate & Barrel, the Container Store, H&M, and possibly Urban Outfitters.
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