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Legend has it the first cup of coffee was brewed in Yemen. That tidbit is just a taste of the culture that the owners of a new coffee shop, Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co., want to share with Fresno. Along with their actual coffee, of course. Read More...

Did someone say “croissant”? A French-inspired bakery chain is coming to Fresno. Paris Baguette plans to open two new shops at local retail centers next year. “We wanted to open a Paris Baguette here in Fresno because that’s where our children grew up,” said Nikki Tulyag, who owns the new franchise locations with her husband, Anvar. “It’s home for us” Read More...

Popular fried-chicken restaurant Raising Cane’s will open its second Fresno location on Tuesday, bringing the popular restaurant chain closer to residents near the fast-growing El Paseo shopping center near Herndon Avenue and Highway 99. Tuesday’s grand opening begins at 9 a.m. and will feature a “Lucky 20” drawing to award 20 customers free Cane’s for a year. The first 100 customers to purchase a combo meal will also receive a commemorative hat and free box combo card, good for a free box combo on a return visit. Read More...

A new Raising Cane's restaurant opens Tuesday in northwest Fresno. The Weber and Herndon location is now the chain's second restaurant in the Fresno area. There is also a location in Clovis. Doors open at 9 am. As part of a grand opening celebration, there will be a drawing to award 20 customers free Cane's chicken for a year. Read More...

If you are one of the many who deem yourself a Costco superfan, a trip to California may soon be in order to peruse the aisles of what will be one of the country's largest locations. After lots of legal back-and-forth, a location in northwest Fresno will be replaced by a "massive 219,000-square-foot warehouse," according to Amanda Bartlett at SF Gate. Read More...

Costco Wholesale has won a green light from the Fresno City Council to relocate its existing West Shaw Avenue store to a new, larger location on West Herndon Avenue, a few miles to the northwest. The council unanimously approved a cluster of zoning, planning and environmental actions that will allow Costco to develop a 22.4-acre site at the northeast corner of Herndon Avenue and Riverside Drive. Read More...

Ten years ago this week, Fresno’s fastest-growing shopping center got off to a “modest” 300,000 square-foot start with a new Target, Ross, Petco, Burlington, Marshall’s and more. Rich Development, Gryphon Capital and N3 Real Estate partnered on the $74 million Marketplace at El Paseo development at Highway 99 and Herndon Avenue. Read More...

The list of options for shopping and dining is expanding in Northwest Fresno. Crews were seen turning dirt on a new space for businesses in the Marketplace at El Paseo on Wednesday. Read More...

Same spot. Different burgers. National chain Wayback Burgers has closed its only location in Fresno, but a local, family-owned burger spot has already reopened in the same spot. The restaurant is in the Marketplace at El Paseo shopping center near Highway 99 and Herndon Avenue, in one of the outbuildings facing Riverside Drive. Read More...

California State Senator Shannon Grove Congratulates Gryphon Capital and The Marketplace at El Paseo for being a finalist for the "Best Shopping Center" Award at the 10th Annual Best of Central Valley Business Readers Choice Awards hosted by The Business Journal in Fresno. Read More...

A northwest Fresno neighborhood is expanding. By next summer, 11 new stores are scheduled to open up shop at the Marketplace at El Paseo Shopping Center in northwest Fresno. Lewis Smith, Senior Vice President at Retail California, says people should look forward to never before seen businesses coming to Fresno. Read More...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A new Angry Chickz will soon raise the heat level in northwest Fresno. The franchise known for its Nashville Hot Chicken will open its newest location at El Paseo Marketplace. The restaurant is just one of several new businesses planning to come to the shopping center. Read More...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Some new businesses are coming to northwest Fresno's El Paseo Marketplace. Hayashi Ramen is opening its first Fresno location in July. The plan is to hire about 30 people for the new restaurant. There's already one in Clovis featuring custom ramen dishes. Read More...

Fresno, CA (KFSN)-Costco is preparing for a major change in northwestern Fresno. The company hopes to relocate its show and Golden State locations to Herndon and Highway 99, opposite the El Paseo marketplace. The city of Fresno is planning a virtual meeting on November 2nd to begin an environmental review of the project and has questions about its impact on traffic in the area. Read More...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Costco is gearing up for a big change in northwest Fresno. The company is hoping to move its Shaw and Golden State location over to Herndon and Highway 99 across the street from the Marketplace at El Paseo. Read More...

Crumbl Cookies is coming to Fresno. The national franchise is planning to open a location in the Villaggio shopping center at Blackstone and Nees avenues. That’s the center with Barnes & Noble — and the Crumbl bakery will be next to Coldstone Creamery. Read More...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Floor & Decor (NYSE: FND), a leading specialty retailer of hard-surface flooring, will continue its growth when it opens its newest location in Fresno, California on May 19, 2021. The 80,000 square-foot Floor & Decor warehouse store and design center will open with a team of about 45 full-time and part-time associates led by Felix Sefa, the new store’s Chief Executive Merchant. Read More...

Fresno’s oldest Costco Wholesale location is likely on-the-move, sources with knowledge told The Sun, with some new amenities slated for its future location. The Costco, currently located on Shaw Avenue just east of Golden State Boulevard, is set to move to prime real estate on Herndon Avenue. Read More...

Fresno’s oldest Costco Wholesale location is likely on-the-move, sources with knowledge told The Sun, with some new amenities slated for its future location. Costco’s outlet now located on Shaw Avenue just east of Golden State Boulevard is set to shift to the northwest — to prime real estate near the sprawling Marketplace at El Paseo shopping center. Read More...

Get ready for a sweet addition to the Marketplace at El Paseo shopping center in northwest Fresno. Nothing Bundt Cakes is opening another storefront at Herndon Avenue and Riverside Drive on Friday. The new location will be their second bakery in the city and will create 20 new jobs. The cake shop already has a store in Clovis on Willow and Herndon Avenues, and another location in Visalia. Read More...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- It is a sign of the tough retail times. Stores like Sur La Table at the River Park Shopping Center in North Fresno are closing and unable to make it in this tough economy and changing retail landscape. "You're seeing chains like Tuesday Morning, JCPenney that are filing bankruptcy. Read More...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Hobby Lobby is now open in northwest Fresno. The Marketplace at El Paseo location at Herndon and 99 is now the fourth store in the Fresno-Clovis area for the popular craft and home decor chain. Just a couple of weeks ago, Hobby Lobby opened its first store in Clovis--at Shaw near Sunnyside. Read More...

The shopping center that began as fig orchards in 2006 has neared completion of its current stage of development. The opening of Hobby Lobby, Carter’s and Regal Cinemas marks the end of the second phase for Marketplace at El Paseo near Herndon Avenue and Highway 99. Read More...

One franchisee is bringing the food of two different worlds to one shopping center in northwest Fresno. As the up-and-coming Marketplace at El Paseo continues to grow, franchisee Mosa Gazali of Fresno and his partner are bringing Daphne’s Restaurant — a Greek, California fusion restaurant — and Wayback Burger to the developing shopping center at Herndon Avenue and Highway 99. Read More...

Fresno’s new Marketplace at El Paseo shopping center will be the first to add a “neighborhood bar concept” to its expanding repertoire of retailers before the model expands to the rest of the Central Valley. The Florida-based Brass Tap franchise will open at the northwest Fresno shopping center, probably around the summertime, according to Lewis Smith of real estate brokerage Retail California. Read More...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A longtime vision of a bustling shopping center along Herndon and Highway 99 is coming together at the Marketplace at El Paseo. "Phase two involves a number of exciting new tenants namely Hobby Lobby, a brand new Regal, a state of the art theater. 5 Below, Carter's Children's Clothes," said Lewis Smith, the senior vice president of Retail California. He says most shops like Hobby Lobby will open in spring or summer of 2020. Read More...

A $10.5 million grant from the Trump administration is the final funding piece for $139 million Veterans Boulevard. (GV Wire File) The final funding piece for a key roadway project in northwest Fresno, planned for decades, finally came through. The U.S. Dept. of Transportation awarded the Veterans Boulevard Project a $10.5 BUILD Grant on Wednesday […] Read More...

At a cost of more than $24.4 million, you might expect that in the Valley’s most expensive real estate transaction of 2018, you’d get to keep the building. Not that there’s any building up yet on the 20-acre parcel slated to become Phase 2 of the Marketplace at El Paseo shopping center south of West Herndon Avenue and North Riverside Drive. Currently there’s Phase 1 of the shopping center, which includes Target, Old Navy, Tillys and Burlington stores. Read More...

A new hamburger chain has been finalized for phase two of the El Paseo Marketplace development in northwest Fresno. Wayback Burgers, an international restaurant with locations from Chowchilla to Brunei, is projected to arrive in Fresno by late 2019 or early 2020, according to Chris Shane, managing partner and founder of Gryphon Capital. Gryphon Capital is the development agency working on El Paseo Marketplace. Read More...

A second Fresno Hobby Lobby and another Regal Cinema are part of phase-two plans for the Marketplace at El Paseo shopping center near Herndon Avenue and Highway 99. Children’s apparel store Carter’s and regional Mexican eatery Que Pasa! are also coming soon to this fast-growing part of Fresno. The Fresno Bee reported that construction on the lot south of Burlington Coat Factory will begin in July with a slated fall 2019 opening. “With the success of phase one and through our marketing efforts, we’re finding great success in leasing,” said Lewis Smith, senior vice president at Retail California, which is marketing the property. Read More...

Fresno is getting another Hobby Lobby, along with a movie theater and a slew of other stores and restaurants. The newcomers will open at Marketplace at El Paseo, the shopping center with Target at Highway 99 and Herndon Avenue. Construction on the second phase of the center will start this summer just south of the existing center. A few rumors about Hobby Lobby, a craft and home decor store, opening a second location have circulated, but the store has signed a lease with the center, confirmed Chris Shane, a developer and managing partner of Gryphon Capital that’s behind the center. If all goes as planned, the businesses will open in fall 2019. Read More...

Fresno’s newly built Olive Garden is almost ready. For years, the area’s sole Olive Garden restaurant on Shaw Avenue in Clovis has attracted crowds willing to wait for their pasta, bread sticks and salad. The newest Olive Garden opens Monday at the Marketplace at El Paseo, the shopping center near Highway 99 and Herndon Avenue in Fresno. The restaurant will open after a 10 a.m. ribbon cutting with the Fresno Chamber of Commerce. This is the same center that will eventually have a Cracker Barrel Old Country store and restaurant. That down-home restaurant serves comfort food like hash brown casserole and has a country-style store with rocking chairs out front. Read More...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Olive Garden is still looking to hire close to 100 people at its newest location in northwest Fresno on Golden State and Herndon. The restaurant is gearing up to open later this month and hosted a hiring event Saturday where walk-in interviews were held. Applications were accepted between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., and because of the turnout, the restaurant plans to extend the event into Sunday. Olive Garden is looking to hire for all its positions - everything from bussers to waiters. The new location is expected to open June 26th. Read More...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- popular taco chain is expanding to the Central Valley. Signs are now up for Chronic Tacos at the El Paseo Shopping Center in Northwest Fresno, which is scheduled to open in July. They are also opening a location in Clovis at Herndon and Willow which will open next month. Owners tell us the opening of both locations will create about 60 jobs. They are still looking to fill dozens of positions including cooks, assistant managers, servers and greeters. Read More...

There’s even more evidence now that a hotly anticipated Cracker Barrel restaurant will indeed be opening in Fresno. Local media for the last several months now have been speculating that the country-themed restaurant and gift shop would be opening in the Marketplace at El Paseo shopping center near Herndon Avenue and Highway 99 in northwest Fresno. Earlier this month ABC 30 made that announcement, but did not name the source of that information. The Fresno Bee has been checking up on the rumors for months, since the shopping center’s website, marketplaceatelpaseo.com, listed Panera Bread and Cracker Barrel as retailers that are “Coming Soon” to a new phase of the center, which currently has a Target anchor and several other stores. Read More...

Cracker Barrel is coming to Fresno after all. A local retail broker, Commercial Retail Associates, has reported to The Bee’s leases section that Cracker Barrel has signed a lease. It’s going into a 9,170-square-foot space at the southwest corner of Herndon Avenue and Riverside Drive, part of the Marketplace at El Paseo near Highway 99. Retail brokers help businesses find places to rent and property owners find renters. The agents working on this deal were Sam Bogdanovich and Nathan Negri. Bogdanovich would not comment; Negri could not be reached. Read More...

Social media is abuzz with the possibility that the popular Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and its restaurant may open a location in Fresno. Will it? Maybe. Maybe not – and there’s several reasons not to get too excited yet. First, know that the down-home, country-style store and restaurant serving classic American dishes like meatloaf and “chicken n’ dumplins” has locations in more than 40 states. None are in California, though plenty of locals make a point of hitting up Cracker Barrel when they’re traveling. Read More...

Clovis will get its first Rubio’s Coastal Grill Thursday. There are giveaways – including $50 gift cards and Rubio’s merchandise – for the first 50 customers after the 10 a.m. opening. The restaurant is at 950 Herndon Ave., at Clovis Avenue. Rubio’s is in the Trading Post Shopping Center, taking over the space Hunan Chinese Restaurant left behind when it closed. (Hunan fans, before you freak out, note that the original Hunan at Cedar and Herndon avenues in Fresno is still open.) The shopping center has a new owner and underwent an overhaul in recent months. It has a new look and new businesses, including Sprouts, Ross, Tuesday Morning, Skechers and Pieology. Read More...

Do you want the good news or the bad news first? The good news is there is construction popping up all over town that’s going to hold a slew of new restaurants – some pretty interesting ones, too. The bad news is two of the area’s well-loved restaurants have closed. Let’s start with the closures so I can cheer you up after with news of growing local restaurants and funky newcomers. Read More...

How does a taco stuffed with mashed potatoes and cheese and deep fried sound? That’s one item on the menu of Chronic Tacos, which is headed to Fresno and Clovis. And if burger is more your taste, both cities are also getting more Five Guys burgers and fries restaurants. Chronic Tacos, with its deep fried taco, is a southern California quick-service Mexican chain with a twist. It is opening in the former Thai Fusion restaurant space, which closed last year, at Herndon and Willow avenues. Read More...

Electric-car maker Tesla Motors will unveil a “Supercharger” station at the Marketplace at El Paseo in northwest Fresno early next month. The location will feature 10 Supercharger connectors, which allow Tesla vehicles to charge in minutes rather than hours. The shopping center is the first Supercharger location in the Fresno area. “We are thrilled to offer this new service for our customers and community,” said Chris Shane, managing partner with Gryphon Capital, one of the developers for the Marketplace. “Our property compliments the Tesla Supercharger stations. Not only is our location ideally situated for those traveling through the San Joaquin Valley, but our shops and restaurants provide a variety of amenities for customers.” Read More...

Tesla is getting ready to debut a Supercharger station in northwest Fresno with 10 stalls to charge its electric cars. The chargers, which will be up and running in the next few weeks, are at The Marketplace at El Paseo, the new shopping center at Highway 99 and Herndon avenue. The red-and-white stations with the distinctive Tesla logo are next to Jersey Mike’s Subs and Pieology in the northeast corner of the parking lot. The stations open up a new avenue of long-distance travel for owners of the electric cars who usually plug them in overnight at home. At the new station, Tesla owners can plug in for 30 minutes and charge enough to travel 170 miles. The Model S Tesla with a range of more than 270 miles can get fully recharged in under an hour. Read More...

Inland Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. has purchased Fresno’s 224,683-square-foot Marketplace at El Paseo shopping center. The sale was announced today in a press release issued by Inland. Matthew Tice, vice president of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, Inc., confirmed the Oak Brook, Illinois-based Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) purchased the property from Rich Development and Gryphon Capital, which built the northwest Fresno shopping center in 2014. Read More...

Oak Brook, Ill—Inland Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (“Inland Income Trust”) announced today the acquisition of the 224,683-square-foot Marketplace at El Paseo in Fresno, California. Matthew Tice, vice president of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, Inc., facilitated the purchase of the property on behalf of Inland Income Trust. Read More...

National retailer Kirkland’s Inc. will open its second Fresno store in the Marketplace at El Paseo on Nov. 7. The specialty home decor store offers decorative items, gifts and seasonal merchandise. Doors open at 9 a.m. on Nov. 7 and the first 50 shoppers will receive a $10 Kirkland’s gift card and a sachet. All grand opening attendees will also have the chance to win one of two $50 Kirkland’s gift cards. Read More...

Pieology Fresno Donates Over $1,000 to Multiple Sclerosis SocietyRancho Santa Margarita, CA (Restaurant News Release) Pieology Pizzeria, where pizza lovers go to create custom pizzas in endless flavor combinations, has announced that their recently opened Fresno location at the El Paseo Marketplace raised $1,155.83 for the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society. Read More...

Pieology Pizzeria, where pizza lovers go to create custom pizzas in endless flavor combinations, has officially opened its second Fresno restaurant. Located at 6709 North Riverside Drive, in the Marketplace at El Paseo near Herndon and highway 99, the newest Fresno location is one of the first to feature Pieology’s new custom salad platform, allowing guests to personalize fresh, made-to-order salads. Read More...

The central San Joaquin Valley’s seasonal farmers markets are gearing up for another season. From Madera to Tulare counties, the markets will be selling fruits, nuts, vegetables and homemade products to an increasing number of customers. Nationwide, the farmers market movement has grown over the last several years. Read More...

AT&T’s store of the future opened today in Fresno. The new, 3,300-square-foot retail outlet — which AT&T calls its concept store — is located at 6733 N. Riverside Drive in The Marketplace at El Paseo shopping center in northwest Fresno. The store features a floor plan specifically designed to “reinvent the shopping experience” for AT&T customers, said Julie Tone, the company’s director of external affairs. Read More...

Ross Dress for Less will open a new store at the Marketplace at El Paseo, 6509 N. Riverside Drive in northwest Fresno July 19. It will also open two other Northern California on that date, bringing the total to 264 stores in its largest state. The two other stores are in Sacramento and Placerville. The new openings are part of the retailer's 2014 expansion program, totaling approximately 75 new locations during the year. Read More...

The Fresno store has 10 employees, two full-time and eight part-time. It is a milestone for the women’s fashion clothing provider that started with a small retail store in downtown Duluth, Minn. Maurices will open 60 new stores and will operate more than 925 stores in 46 states and Canada by the end of its fiscal year in July. Read More...

More stores are opening their doors at The Marketplace at El Pasaeo shopping center in Northwest Fresno. Thursday morning, dozens of shoppers lined up to be amongst the first at Marshall's in The Marketplace at El Paseo. "I think it's wonderful," said Madera resident Phyllis Scott. "I can't wait until they are all open." Fresno resident Brianna Rosales "I'm a big Marshalls fan, TJ Maxx, so it's really exciting for them to bring this out here." Read More...

The Marketplace at El Paseo, the large shopping center on Herndon Avenue just east of Highway 99 in northwest Fresno, held a grand opening Monday morning. The center broke ground in early 2013. Rich Development says it's nearly 95% leased to tenants including Target, Ross Dress for Less, Petco, Burlington Coat Factory, Marshall's, Tilly's, Anna's Linens and Old Navy. Read More...

The new Target store in Northwest Fresno held its grand opening on Sunday. The store is the first business to open as part of the Marketplace at El Paseo near Herndon Avenue and Highway 99. Marshalls, Old Navy and Burlington Coat Factory are just a few of the others also expected to open at the new shopping center. City leaders hope the additions will bring more jobs and sales tax revenue to the area. Read More...

Shoppers in northwest Fresno are about to have a lot more options as The Marketplace at El Paseo shopping center opens. A few stores in the first phase of the center on Herndon Avenue near Highway 99 are scheduled to be open this weekend — Target, Tilly's and Maurices — with the rest opening throughout March, early April and this summer. Read More...

Marketplace at El Paseo will celebrate its grand opening on Monday with a breakfast and ribbon cutting ceremony starting at 8:30 a.m. Dignitaries and local officials will join the project developers, Rich Development, Gryphon Capital and N3 Real Estate in marking the opening of the $74 million project located at Highway 99 and Herndon Avenue. Read More...

Burlington, a national off-price retailer, is opening a brand new location in Fresno at Marketplace at El Paseo at 9:30 a.m. on March 28. It will be one of the first stores to open in the center. A Target store is also scheduled to open there in March. The retailer will host a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate jobs, community and shopping at the new store. The location is 6509 N. Riverside Drive. Read More...

The Fresno area will get its third Burlington Coat Factory store next year when the off-price retailer opens a location opens in the new Marketplace at El Paseo next year. Burlington is one of a handful of tenants planned for the new development, sited along Herndon and Bryan avenues in northwest Fresno. The 60,000 square-foot store is expected to open spring 2014, bringing anywhere from 50 to 100 jobs to the area. Read More...

Target is pleased to announce plans to open new stores in Fresno and Rocklin, Calif., in March 2014. The new Fresno store, located on North Riverside Drive, will be part of the Marketplace at El Paseo shopping center. The new Rocklin store, on the northwest corner of Interstate Highway 80 and Sierra College Boulevard, will be part of the Rocklin Commons shopping center. Read More...

A Superior Court judge has denied a petition by Madera County to halt construction of the planned Marketplace at El Paseo shopping complex in northwest Fresno. Madera County officials filed paperwork this month to stop the 75-acre project, alleging that city officials were not providing proper oversight of the work site near Highway 99 and Herndon Avenue. Read More...

Heavy graders have begun shoving dirt around on the former fig orchard that eventually will become the Marketplace at El Paseo, more than two years after the Fresno City Council approved the development. A blue fabric fence surrounds the work taking place on about 75 acres on the south side of Herndon Avenue at Bryan Avenue, east of Golden State Boulevard. A steady stream of trucks flowed in and out of the site one morning last week. Read More...

Southlake-based N3 Real Estate, a retail real estate investment development firm, said it has partnered with Rich Development Enterprises and Gryphon Capital for a $60 million Target-anchored shopping center in California. The 398,000-square-foot Marketplace at El Paseo in Fresno will include several junior anchor stores and is expected to open in March 2014. Read More...

A partnership between N3 Real Estate, Rich Development Enterprises and Gryphon Capital will develop the 398,000-square-foot Marketplace at El Paseo in Fresno. The $60 million project will be anchored by a Target. Additional tenants will include Ross Dress for Less, Petco, Burlington Coat Factory, Marshalls and Old Navy. Marketplace at El Paseo will open in March 2014. Read More...

N3 Real Estate of Southlake, TX is pleased to announce a partnership with Rich Development Enterprises and Gryphon Capital on the closing and start of a $60 million development for a Target-anchored shopping center in Fresno, CA. Marketplace at El Paseo in Fresno, California will be approximately 398,000 square feet. The tenants will include Ross Dress for Less, Petco, Burlington Coat Factory, Marshall´s, and Old Navy. Read More...

Plans for a giant shopping and entertainment center off Highway 99 at Herndon Avenue, once hyped as northwest Fresno’s answer to River Park, are headed for a downgrade. Two lawsuits challenging the project, one from the managers of the River Park commercial plaza eight miles away, have prompted the developer to scale back the proposed Marketplace at El Paseo — at least for the time being. Read More...

The Fresno City Council approved the environmental-impact report Thursday night for the first phase of a $500 million retail and entertainment center proposed for northwest Fresno. The decision came after Fresno City Council Member Andreas Borgeas peppered developer Chris Shane of Los Angeles-based Gryphon Capital with questions for two hours on security, fire safety, traffic and the potential effect on nearby homes and businesses. Read More...

An ambitious shopping and entertainment center proposed for northwest Fresno could turn vacant land into a development that would rival River Park -- if it overcomes a series of challenges. Los Angeles developer Chris Shane's dream, south of Herndon Avenue and east of Highway 99, already has run into opposition from some neighbors concerned about traffic. Read More...