Overview

• The master plan update establishes specific retail and office zones in all seven Village Centers to preserve community services.
• Pre-filed proposals for Lakewood Shopping Center and Fair Oaks Plaza remain exempt from the overhaul and plan to demolish existing grocery stores for roughly 182 townhomes.
• A developer incentive allowing reduced affordable housing in exchange for retail space expansion has yet to produce any agreements.
• More than 1,800 residents organized by Himanshu Sethi signed petitions warning that losing grocery stores would create food deserts in underserved areas.
• Failure to meet state housing targets could decertify Sunnyvale’s Housing Element, stripping the city of zoning authority and risking further retail losses.