BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Rumors of potential tenants are continuing to brew in the community for a new potential shopping center development in northwest Bakersfield.
City Council member Andrae Gonzales said on his Instagram page Monday that Philz Coffee and CAVA are “making moves” to join the “Whole Foods project” in northwest Bakersfield.
The Riverview Marketplace — a proposed 46-acre development in the southwest corner of Rosedale Highway and Coffee Road — has two tenants confirmed: Whole Foods, the anchor store, and McDonald’s.
Tracy Leach, the spokesperson for the project’s developers DJM Capital Partners, told 17 News that there are no additional confirmed tenants they can share as of Tuesday.
The project was heavily discussed as the possible site of Bakersfield’s first Cheesecake Factory earlier this year, but developers and a restaurant spokesperson shut down those rumors.
A city spokesperson told 17 News the Bakersfield City Council is expected to consider the Riverview Marketplace development’s environmental impact report in November.
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