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<\/p>\nMarch 5, 2026<\/p>\n
A new Whole Foods Market is about to open in Los Gatos, with amenities that include a spacious hot-food bar, indoor seating and a mural of local birds.<\/p>\n
Construction crews are busy installing interior fixtures at the 40,039-square-foot supermarket on Los Gatos Boulevard at the intersection of Los Gatos Almaden Road. The market is expected to open in April, according to Los Gatos Mayor Rob Moore. It\u2019s twice the size of the town\u2019s current Whole Foods, which is located a half-mile south and will close when the new market opens.<\/p>\n
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A construction crew working on the interior of the new Whole Foods Market coming to Los Gatos. Photo by Mike Langberg\/San Jose Spotlight<\/p>\n
A Whole Foods representative declined to comment and told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight they couldn\u2019t provide an exact opening date.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople in my neighborhood are really excited about it,\u201d Moore told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight.<\/p>\n
Moore lives near the new store, a site previously empty for many years<\/a> after a Chevrolet dealership closed in 2008. Sand Hill Property Company purchased the land in 2021 for $15.1 million and got development approval from the city in 2023. The site also includes a Tesla service center that opened in November.<\/p>\n Local shoppers are divided on the transition to a new Whole Foods location.<\/p>\n \u201c(The existing market) has always been too small,\u201d Claire, a Los Gatos resident who asked to be identified only by first name, told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight outside the current Whole Foods. \u201cIt\u2019s older. They needed to spruce it up a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n But Jacquie, another Los Gatos resident who also asked to be identified only by first name, likes the smaller footprint of the existing Whole Foods.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t care for the Disneyland-sized stores,\u201d she told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to find things. It\u2019s too much sometimes, with too many choices.\u201d<\/p>\n To bring an artistic touch to the new Whole Foods, the company commissioned Los Altos artist Morgan Bricca<\/a> to design a four-panel mural on the south side of the building. She\u2019s painting local birds with a seasonal theme: a House Finch for spring, an American Goldfinch for summer, a Blue Jay for fall and a Spotted Towhee for winter.<\/p>\n \u201cI try to bring nature into public spaces,\u201d Bricca told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight.<\/p>\n Last summer, Sand Hill broke ground on another Whole Foods Market five miles away at the El Paseo de Saratoga shopping center in West San Jose. That location<\/a> is expected to open in 2028.<\/p>\n Contact Mike Langberg at mike@langberg.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n