Former Safeway San Jose, CA

5205 Prospect Road in the West Valley Shopping Center.

 

This center was built in the 1960s and housed a Safeway. By the late 80s/early 90s they were both gone, Safeway relocated to Westgate Mall.

 

At that point Smart & Final and Old Navy moved into the space. Old Navy moved to Westgate in the mid 90s in part of the old JC Penney. If I recall, I remember there being a number of temp. stores in the Old Navy space, including a closeout bookseller and a Spirits Halloween Superstore.

 

Smart and Final moved out and into about 25,200 SF of space from Long's Drugs at the next door Westgate West, leaving Long's with 37,172 SF.

 

There also was Burger King in here as well (if in front of Old Navy, it was to the right on the corner where the building angled), they came back when the West Valley Center was re built, but closed recently, a Chipotle is now in it.

 

I also think Bank of America was and original tenant, they just had to close for a bit and reopened in the building at the corner of Saratoga and Prospect Avenues.

 

Blockbuster Video moved to West Valley Center from Westgate. The old Blockbuster at Westgate is now a Sleep Train Mattresses.

 

The only thing not demolished in the West Valley Center is the Frankie, Johnnie and Luigi Italian Restaurant (Former Sizzler and Bob's Big Boy)

 

Update: the Safeway that was above that went to Westgate Mall will be moving again, this time to the old Mervyn's on Hamilton Avenue and Marathon Drive. Construction/remodeling is set to began sometime soon on the existing Mervyn's building for Safeway to move in by the end of the year or early 2011.

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