Ben Hensley<\/a><\/p>\nBottom Line Group, the development firm led by Jay Virk, has a growing pipeline of hospitality, retail and residential projects underway across Fresno and Clovis, with additional developments in the Central Valley and beyond.<\/p>\n
Virk said the company currently has about eight separate projects breaking ground this year in Fresno and Clovis, accounting for roughly $49 million in development costs, with several additional client projects also moving forward across the region.<\/p>\n
7-Eleven projects<\/p>\n
One of Bottom Line\u2019s major partnerships is with 7-Eleven convenience stores. Virk said Bottom Line has become a go-to for the national retailer.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, we\u2019re a preferred developer with 7-Eleven,\u201d Virk said. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a great relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n
The partnership began with a redevelopment project at the corner of Clovis and Tulare avenues, where Bottom Line replaced an aging convenience store with a newly-built location designed to better serve the surrounding neighborhood.<\/p>\n
After that project, Virk said the company has signed agreements with five additional 7-Eleven locations currently in development, with three scheduled to break ground this year.<\/p>\n
Two stores \u2014 at the corners of Belmont and Fowler avenues and Temperance and Bullard avenues \u2014 are currently under construction. Another project is planned for Shepherd and Minnewawa avenues.<\/p>\n
The new stores follow an updated market-style concept for the convenience store, featuring a larger format including expanded food offerings and a broader selection of items beyond traditional convenience store products.<\/p>\n
Virk said the model follows that of similar neighborhood-market style stores, adding that the expanded stores range in size from about 4,000 to about 4,800 square feet.<\/p>\n
Restaurant, retail development<\/p>\n
In addition to convenience stores, Bottom Line is also working on several retail and mixed-use commercial developments across Fresno and Clovis.<\/p>\n
One project planned near Copper and Friant roads would include an 18,000-square-foot building featuring restaurant space, medical offices and a second-floor restaurant with a patio overlooking the San Joaquin River bluff.<\/p>\n
The development is expected to break ground during the second quarter.<\/p>\n
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Jay Virk, Bottom Line Group<\/p>\n
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Bottom Line is also working on another commercial project a few blocks away at the corner of Maple and Behymer avenues. It is expected to break ground mid-April and will include a fueling station, quick-service restaurant with a drive-through and approximately 7,000 square-feet of additional retail space.<\/p>\n
Virk said potential tenants include a coffee shop, sandwich shop, salon and medical office.<\/p>\n
Virk said the Maple and Behymer project site, which has sat vacant for some time, is already zoned for commercial use, though earlier planning discussions had included the possibility of residential development. Virk said the retail portion will occupy about three acres at the front of the property, with the remaining acreage expected to be used for a storage facility.<\/p>\n
Virk said the project required some entitlement work and conditional use permits handled by the property owner prior to Bottom Line joining the development efforts.<\/p>\n
Virk said apartments are no longer part of the plan.<\/p>\n
Another retail redevelopment project at the corner of Shields and Millbrook avenues is nearing completion. The project will include a Starbucks, Wingstop and several other tenants.<\/p>\n
\u201cStarbucks should be open around the end of April,\u201d Virk said, while Wingstop is expected to follow sometime in June or July.<\/p>\n
Housing, hospitality<\/p>\n
In addition to retail, food and restaurant sites, Bottom Line development is also preparing to break ground on a 60-unit apartment project in the Loma Vista area of Clovis, near Shaw and DeWolf avenues. Virk said construction on the project could begin as early as July.<\/p>\n
Virk has other big plans for Clovis in the form of a hotel with a rooftop bar.<\/p>\n
\u201cBetween the hotel coming, the 60 units apartments, we\u2019re going to be breaking ground in Clovis,\u201d Virk said, noting that the development will bring additional new housing to the area still experiencing rapid growth since the mid 2010s.<\/p>\n
The long-awaited hotel project at the corner of Clovis and Herndon avenues recently received final approvals after delays tied to financing conditions and permitting reviews.<\/p>\n
Virk said the project was paused during the COVID-19 pandemic and later slowed due to rising borrowing costs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough the COVID time period, we took a hiatus,\u201d Virk said. \u201cInterest rates rising didn\u2019t make the project feasible for us to push it.\u201d<\/p>\n
As financing conditions improved, the project continued, clearing remaining approvals from several agencies involved in the permitting process.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just got our final approvals from every single department and the brand and now we\u2019re getting ready for groundbreaking within this quarter coming up,\u201d Virk said.<\/p>\n
Virk said the hotel project is currently about a year and a half behind its originally planned timeline, but the company now plans to move forward as financing costs have improved.<\/p>\n
Client development<\/p>\n
In addition to its own independent projects, Virk and Bottom Line have increasingly begun providing development services for outside clients, utilizing a vertically-integrated approach that includes planning, engineering, construction and brokerage services.<\/p>\n
Virk said the goal is to take his own personal experience in the industry and guide clients down a more streamlined path to development.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey don\u2019t have to go to seven, eight consultants\u2026they can just come directly to me. It\u2019s a one-stop shop,\u201d Virk said.<\/p>\n
And while the Valley remains the company\u2019s primary focus, Bottom Line has also begun expanding into Southern California.<\/p>\n
Recently, the company acquired and renovated a 49,000-square-foot shopping center in San Marcos, where Virk said the firm is exploring additional development opportunities.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe love Clovis. We love Fresno. Central Valley\u2019s our home,\u201d Virk said. \u201cBut for expansion wise, I think San Diego County is our next area that we\u2019re looking.\u201d<\/p>\n
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