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| Artist rendering of the proposed Hillsdale Redevelopment at the corner of 31st and El Camino |
After 3 years of planning and re-planning, the Hillsdale Mall redevelopment is finally clear to begin construction. On Monday night, San Mateo City Council unanimously approved Bohannon Development's proposal for the 12-acre portion of the Shopping Center that currently houses the Sears Building and a parking lot just past 31st Avenue off El Camino.
The approved plan calls for the construction of a walkable central plaza surrounded by a bowling alley, luxury cinema, fitness center, restaurants, boutique shops and more. The concept behind the redevelopment is to provide services that cannot be offered by the internet, as big box department stores like Sears are getting less and less traffic due to the convenience of online shopping. The hope is that the bowling alley, movie theater, and restaurants will lead to some spill over traffic into the surrounding shops at the mall.
According to a report from the San Mateo Daily Journal, the mall's foodcourt will be shutting down April 10th and Sears will cease operation shortly after. The tentaive plan for the project is for the Theater to open late 2017 with the whole project finishing as early as Fall '18.
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