Pacific Commons
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Pacific Commons
Almost 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m²) of retail is located at the intersection of Interstate 880 and Auto Mall Parkway and includes retailers such as Lowe's Home Improvement, Costco, Kohl's Department Store, Linens-N-Things, Office Depot, Party America, DSW Shoes, eXtreme PC Gear, United Badminton Club, Justice for Girls,Vantec USA, Atacom, Old Navy, Carters, Baby Hugs, Focus Beauty, Staples, Joann's Fabrics, Mancini Furniture, Half Price Books, Bassett Furniture, Ritz Camera, GameStop, 3 Day Blinds, Washington Mutual and Verizon Wireless.
Casual dining to fine dining opportunities abound and include In N Out Burger, Pick Up Stix, Rubio's, Panera Bread, Cold Stone Creamery, Tapioca Express, Premier Pizza, Jamba Juice, Quizinos Subs, Healthy Dessert, Cafe Zen, Yoswirl, Keneyama Sushi and Teppanyaki, Taiwan Food Talk, Vida Y Vino Wine Bistro, Kinder Meats, Claim Jumpers and PF Changs. More restaurants and retailers will be open by the end of the year. Asian Pearl Seafood Restaurant will be open in June 2008.
[edit] Cisco Field
In April 2006, A's owner Lewis Wolff first took a modified version of his so-called Ballpark Village proposal, Cisco Field, to the city of Fremont where a large 143-acre (0.6 km²) parcel of land is available just north of Mission Boulevard and south of Auto Mall Parkway off Interstate 880 and across from Pacific Commons. The land is currently owned by ProLogis, a real estate firm, and leased to Cisco Systems[1]. The land had been purchased in the late 90's in anticipation of company growth by Cisco that never occurred due to the dot com bust. Additional land was also purchased by Lewis Wolff's development group to bring the total land up to approximately 240 acres (1.0 km²) at the ballpark village site.
[edit] The development plan
The plan calls for the 240 acres (1.0 km²) to be developed into a combination of commercial, retail, and residential spaces in addition to the construction of a 34,000-seat baseball only facility. It will be the smallest stadium in Major League Baseball. The planned development is similar to the Santana Row development in nearby San Jose, California with the addition of the baseball park. The planned name for the park is Cisco Field as first announced by the Fremont city council after meeting with Wolff on November 8, 2006. The stadium will be privately financed primarily from sales of the surrounding "ballpark village" residential and commercial properties to offset the cost of the stadium. The site plan proposes 520,000 square feet (48,000 m²) of commercial space adjacent to the ballpark, and would include a hotel, restaurant, movie theater and several parking garages of varying size. Its plans also call for 2,900 homes. More than 580 of those residences — including 12 each behind the left- and right-field bleachers — would be sprinkled into retail space north and east of Cisco Field, a 32,000-seat stadium with an estimated $450 million price tag. In addition, 2,318 town homes would be built on 115 acres (0.5 km²) south and west of the ballpark. The housing will be built in phases, and designs show that a 41 acre team-owned parcel would provide nearly 6,000 parking spaces until the town homes are built there. The earliest the stadium would open is for the 2011 season.
