Business View Magazine | January 2020

287 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 SANTA CLARA , CAL I FORNI A Nuevo Mixed Use Development Project one million square feet,” notes Assistant City Manager Ruth Shikada. “And we anticipate that will break ground in the second quarter of 2020. The first phase of the Related Santa Clara project will include retail, office, a residential component and a hotel; it will take about three years to build out. Right on the heels of the start of Phase 1 construction will be the second phase of the project, which will be about three million square feet of retail, entertainment, a hotel and additional residential, as well. We’re looking at building a city within a city. The project has the attributes of being across the street from Levi’s Stadium (home of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers) and also across the creek from our convention center. It is really a transformative project that’s going to pull people from all over the South Bay area and the region.” As the once small “Mission City” of Santa Clara continues to grow and mature, Santana reminds one and all that the city’s known as