City Center at Bishop Ranch is on schedule for completion in October 2018, according to developers, who also say that they are preparing to soon release the names of some new tenants who will set up shop at the site.
The new City Center, located off Bollinger Canyon Road just east of Interstate 680, is anticipated to create a true downtown space for San Ramon. Designed by international architectural firm Renzo Piano Building Workshop, the 300,000-square-foot retail and entertainment hub is being constructed by Sunset Development, which owns and operates the adjacent Bishop Ranch business park.
Jeff Dodd, senior vice president of retail for Sunset Development, said the project is “coming along nicely,” and they expect to complete the center on time, though a wet winter like last year’s could possibly lead to delays.
Dodd said that the project will soon have a 34-foot-tall, corrugated, stainless steel architectural siding on all four sides facing the public streets.
“That will visibly start to show up towards the end of the month,” he said. “That will be a dramatic next phase that passersby will certainly take note of, because it’s kind of a glimmering, gleaming, metal side that will reflect light and so forth.”
Currently, THE LOT, a luxury movie theater and restaurant hub, is the only tenant to have been publicly announced.
“There’s a concrete side to the project, and a structural steel side,” Dodd said. “The structural steel side is the one with the movie theater on the second level. That started going vertical a little later but topped out quicker, because the concrete just takes more time to pour and go up. The concrete side contains the parking within it.”
Dodd said they are preparing to release the names of 10 or so new tenants, hopefully before the holidays. About 60 stores and restaurants will be housed at City Center Bishop Ranch, surrounding a one-acre piazza, according to their website.
The City Center broke ground earlier this year in May, with an expected 18 months of construction.
To accommodate City Center and the additional traffic expected from the new complex, Sunset Development has begun work to widen Bollinger Canyon Road. The road-widening is expected to conclude in fall 2018 along with City Center’s opening.
