SAN JOSE — Some stores and restaurants at Westfield Valley Fair shopping mall in San Jose began on Monday to open their doors for inside shopping, a far-reaching change amid the ongoing economic dislocation unleashed by the coronavirus.
The huge retail and restaurant complex had not offered wide-ranging shopping inside stores for months, going back to when state and local government agencies started to impose an array of business shutdowns to combat the spread of the deadly bug.
The Valley Fair website listed roughly 93 stores or restaurants that were open for inside patronage.
The re-launch of inside store and inside restaurant customer access also includes the first-time openings of numerous merchants that are new to Westfield Valley Fair.
Westfield Valley Fair, located in Stevens Creek Boulevard in San Jose, had just begun to show off a host of high-profile retailers and promote their openings when the business shutdowns began, halting dozens of grand openings for merchants at the center.
The center was in the late stages of a massive expansion when the business shutdowns began.
“The new retailers and restaurants debut at the center as part of an ongoing $1.1 billion transformation, making Westfield Valley Fair a destination where the community can safely come together to shop, eat, and play,” the shopping center stated in an email sent to this news organization.
