Do you think Planning Commission and City Council should approve Pacific Commons Planning Area 5?
Pacific Commons Planning Area 5to consider a Planned District Major Amendment (P-2000-214) for Pacific Commons (“Planning Area 5”), a Development Agreement Amendment, a Finding for Concept Site Plan approval, Vesting Tentative Tract Map 8049, and a Preliminary Grading Plan, to allow development of a new 27-acre retail/entertainment district located south of Curie Street (behind Costco and Lowe’s) in the Industrial Planning Area. A Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Report has been prepared and circulated for this project in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Project Planner - Cliff Nguyen, (510) 494-4769, cnguyen@fremont.gov
Conceptual Site Plan for Pacific Commons Planning Area 5The project includes a 140,000 square feet
Target, 60,000 square feet
Cinemark, and 121,000 square feet of retail. This include a drive-through eating establishment like
McDonald's.
Possible retail and restaurants that I think might open there (not a fact):
McDonald's or
SonicAT&T or Sprint
Lane Bryant or women clothing stores
Bank
Fitness
Home furnishing and appliances
Furniture
Salon or barber shop
Shoes like
Payless Shoe SourceGeneral merchandise
Spa
Dental Office
Dry Cleaners
City Staff wants those retail in Fremont:
Fuddruckers or
Eddie Papa's American HangoutMimis Cafe or
Macaroni GrillSports Basement Video Only
Nestle Toll House Cafe and etc.
Do we need those retail and restaurants at Pacific Commons in Fremont or do we need to build a better shopping center or a shopping mall?
From Yelp about Pacific Commons:
Eric W.Hayward, CA
3/5 stars
This place could have been soooo much better. When it broke ground a few years back, I was elated, thinking they would construct something like the
Irvine Spectrum, an enclosed, outdoor, mega-entertainment center complete with bars, movie theaters, and high class restaurants.
Imagine my disappointment when
I found out all we got was cheapie, big box retailers such as Old Navy, DSW, Circuit City, and worst of all, Costco! To it all off, the stores are more spread out than Tera Patrick!
It's not pedestrian friendly at all. This is suburban sprawl at its worst!
Hopefully that new A's stadium will bring forth some better development around here. For the time being, the only saving grace is that it at least looks like So-Cal with all the palm trees.
Mister J.
Milpitas, CA
2/3 stars
Other than Costco they should just level this area and make a large park .
The retailers here are so boring and uninteresting. Some of the retailers look out of place here. I really don't see anyone going into the stores or restaurants. Maybe just a few from the workers from Costco and Lowe's.
The Kohls department store is must be the worst one in the company. DSW has crappy shoes,Circuit City was blown away.Party America,JoAnn,Staples...I doubt I will ever step foot in.
A little further away is a furniture store, bookstore, and other weird places. If not for Costco someone could blow this place up and no one would notice.
Pacific Commons Shopping Center on Yelp4/5 stars
17 reviewsIrvine Spectrum Center or
on Yelp:
4/ 5 stars
196 reviewsFrom Yelp about Irvine Spectrum Center:
"and when you get bored - there's always the
ferris wheel."
(in 53 reviews) "It's a great
outdoor mall, with a lot to see and do."
(in 28 reviews)
Fremont, CA
