EASTRIDGE SHOPPING CENTER
San Jose, California

ARCHITECT (for center and Liberty House):
Avner Naggar, AIA

This center, owned by Bayshore Properties and Homart Development Co., occupies a 100-acre area for retail development and has approximately 40 additional acres for adjacent peripheral uses.

## Architect's Comments

The program called for an enclosed, climate-controlled regional retail development mall, with 1,400,000 square feet of gross leasable area, consisting of four major department stores as anchors and residual tenant space of 500,000 square feet of gross leasable area, and balanced parking—of equal accessibility to all tenants—providing spaces for 8,000 automobiles. In addition, the program outlined a peripheral convenience center, as well as ancillary uses such as banks, savings and loan associations, and office buildings.

The main objectives called for the following: