BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Rumors of potential tenants are continuing to brew in the community for a new potential shopping center development in northwest Bakersfield.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The project was heavily discussed as the possible site of Bakersfield’s first Cheesecake Factory<\/a> earlier this year, but developers and a restaurant spokesperson shut down those rumors.<\/p>\n A city spokesperson told 17 News the Bakersfield City Council is expected to consider the Riverview Marketplace development’s environmental impact report in November<\/a>.<\/p>\n