The Green on Park Place – Animated Video
It is hoped that Blake Hunt Ventures (BHV) will begin grading the land for The Green on Park Place in September or October 2008. BHV recently posted an animated video on their website that provides an artist’s rendition of what the The Green on Park Place is expected to look like. Please click on this link and then select the “Animation” option from the Highlights menu.
This video is fantastic because you can get a feel for how the parking will look (1,508 spaces of what appears to be all surface level), the approximate size of the retail and restaurant pads, and the kiosks and gatherings places that will be located along the central promenades. This video also provides a glimpse of the stores and restaurants that have already signed up at The Green on Park Place. It can be a game to see how many stores and restaurants can be identified in the video. Around Dublin was able to identify Whole Foods, REI, California Pizza Kitchen, and what looks to be a store called Sporto. Were you able to identify any other restaurants and stores in the video?
6:50 PM on July 12th, 2008
This is very exciting.
I”m so happy that Ikea backed out of the deal on this land. I can see myself and my family spending many summer nights strolling through here after some shopping and dinner.
9:12 PM on July 12th, 2008
Hooray for CPK! Now if we can just get a Crate and Barrel and Container Store here, I’ll never have to go to Walnut Creek again! Thanks for sharing this, John.
7:52 PM on July 13th, 2008
This is very exciting. I hope we get some great restaurants at the Green as well. A little of topic, but I’ve noticed that bulldozers have been running all over the future “Promenade” at Dublin Ranch. Any updates on this planned development?
Thanks!
7:53 PM on July 13th, 2008
Hi Anonymous – the City of Dublin has indicated that the property owner asked Toll Brothers to relocate their trailers and to also clear out the area that they had previously been using.
With that said, it seems like there’s been more work done to smooth out the land and remove some of the larger rocks than would be required to simply “clear the area”. I have a call into the property owner’s broker to see if I can get more details.
Thx, John Z.
2:15 PM on July 17th, 2008
The latest plan for The Green on Park Place looks nice, and Dublin could certainly use an upscale shopping center, but I’m disappointed that the developer appears to have eliminated the large “town green” that was originally proposed to be in the center. There was going to be parking around the green so that it would have the inviting ambience of a town square shopping district instead of a modern outdoor shopping mall. The newest plan looks more like the Stanford Shopping Center (which ain’t bad) than a town square shopping district (which would be even better). And it has no resemblance whatsoever to Santana Row, which the developers were originally claiming that they’d surpass.
6:24 PM on September 14th, 2008
no resemblance whatsoever to Santana Row, which the developers were originally claiming that they’d surpass.
I’d like to echo that. Id say Im somewhat disappointed.
4:00 PM on October 6th, 2008
Too bad it is just 300k sf. Looks great but if this was 2 level, 600k sf with subtarrean parking it would wonderful. At 300k sf it is just another Grafton Station, a small Hacienda Crossings.
Maybe if demand is strong enough, an opened ended plan on the West Side could allow Blake Hunt to stretch the center across Arnold all the way to the BART parking structure.