Southwest Fresno Lands 1st Starbucks. It Will Be in ‘Game Changing’ West Creek Village. – GVWire

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer says a Starbucks and a “Community Store” are coming to southwest Fresno in 2024.

Dyer made the announcement Wednesday on social media.

Southwest Fresno, you’ve waited long enough. ☕️

I’m happy to announce that the first Starbucks in Southwest Fresno (and the first “Community Store” in all of Fresno) will open in 2024 at the corner of MLK Jr. Boulevard and Church Avenue! pic.twitter.com/Fg36Do39HD

— Mayor Jerry Dyer (@MayorJerryDyer) January 26, 2023

The two retail stores are part of the West Creek Village master-planned community bordered by Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Jensen, Church, and Walnut avenues.

The village often has been described as an economic “game-changer” for impoverished southwest Fresno and its overwhelmingly minority residents since being proposed.

West Creek Village is between Gaston Middle School and the Fresno City College satellite campus under construction at 600 E. Church Ave.

You can view a webcam showing how the community college construction is progressing at this link.

West Creek Village

In 2019, then-Fresno Mayor Lee Brand said that the mixed-use village likely will be “the single biggest economic development in the city’s history for this side of town.”

Incentives provided by the city figure to shave about $6 million in development fees and infrastructure costs.

According to a description provided by Retail California CRE, the village is a 120-acre neighborhood in southwest Fresno comprising the 36-acre college campus, a 10-acre community park, a seven-acre elementary school, along with single- and multi- family housing, and a transit-oriented mixed-use town center.

“The town center is a lively mix of residential, retail, and restaurants and is proposed in two parts: one centered on a conventional, car-accessed grocery store and the other on a walkable main street,” said Retail California.

Among the proposed retail opportunities are an anchor grocery store, movie theater, home improvement center, banks, and restaurants. About 50,000 square feet of office space is planned.

West Creek Village rendering (Retail California CRE)

Locator Map

West Creek Village location map (Retail California CRE)

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