Three projects now sit within a short stretch of Blossom Hill Road between Winfield Boulevard and the Westfield Oakridge entrances. One is a store with a ribbon cutting set for Friday, Nov. 13. The other two are plans on file at City Hall, and both would tear down buildings where stores operate today. The block is shifting from big-box stores you park at for half an hour toward businesses built around the car: a dealership and service center, a gas station, and a restaurant with two drive-thru lanes that would stay open until 3:30 in the morning.
Here is where each piece stands this week.
| Address | Project | Status | What's there now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 932 Blossom Hill Rd | Boot Barn, the chain's first San Jose store | Grand opening and ribbon cutting scheduled Friday, Nov. 13, 2026 | Former Wagly Veterinary Hospital site |
| 942–968 Blossom Hill Rd | Vehicle sales and service complex with gas station, about 175,400 sq ft | Proposal on file with the city | Retail building with Big 5, Leslie's and Mattress Nation listed at its addresses, plus a gas station |
| 1030–1040 Blossom Hill Rd | Raising Cane's, 4,000 sq ft with dual drive-thru | Revised proposal on file with the city | 19,000-sq-ft building leased to La-Z-Boy |
The Corner at Winfield
The largest proposal covers the southeast corner of Blossom Hill Road and Winfield Boulevard. According to the Mercury News, plans on file at City Hall call for a vehicle sales and service complex of about 175,400 square feet, along with a gas station, on the site of the retail center and gas station at 942 through 968 Blossom Hill Road. The proposal says the existing retail building would be demolished.
You probably know that building by its tenants. The Mercury News lists Big 5 Sporting Goods, Mattress Nation and Leslie's Pool Supplies among the businesses that have occupied it over the years. All three still show the address on their own store pages. Big 5's locator lists store #32 at 946 Blossom Hill Road under the name Winfield Shopping Center, with regular hours. Leslie's lists its store at 950 Blossom Hill Road, and its directions describe sharing a parking lot with Big 5 and Olive Garden. Mattress Nation lists its location at 966 Blossom Hill Road, along with store hours.
The Olive Garden mentioned in Leslie's directions stays out of the plan. County records cited by the Mercury News show Perusina Winfield Family LP as owner of three parcels: the retail center, the gas station and the adjacent Olive Garden building. City planning documents leave the Olive Garden site out of the development proposal.
Look at what that corner sells today. Sporting goods, pool chemicals and mattresses are trips you plan, park for and load into the trunk. A dealership with a service department also brings people in by car. Their reasons are different, though. They come for test drives, oil changes and drop-offs, and the cars come and go through the day.
A Furniture Showroom Becomes a Drive-Thru
A few addresses east, the same pattern shows up at a much smaller scale. The Mercury News reported on Nov. 4 that the Raising Cane's planned for 1030 and 1040 Blossom Hill Road has grown. Revised documents on file with city planners show a 4,000-square-foot restaurant, 1,000 square feet larger than the earlier proposal. If the project moves forward, it would require demolishing a 19,000-square-foot retail building leased to a La-Z-Boy furniture store.
The plan, as the Mercury News describes it, includes indoor seating, an attached outdoor patio, a pickup window and dual drive-thru lanes. The hours matter most for anyone who lives nearby. The paper quotes a city planning document:
"The project proposes late-night operation from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 a.m., seven days a week."
A furniture showroom shows the same few dozen sofas to a small number of shoppers who often stay a while. A drive-thru with two lanes is built for steady car traffic from mid-morning until well past midnight. The building would shrink from 19,000 square feet to 4,000, and the hours would stretch far beyond those of a typical retail store. City planning staff, also quoted by the Mercury News, framed the project in jobs terms, saying it "would increase the number of jobs for residents of all skills and education levels."
The One Store Coming in Through the Front Door
Boot Barn is the change that doesn't fit the pattern neatly, and that makes it useful context. It is a traditional park-and-browse retailer moving into a building that no longer houses a veterinary hospital. The San Jose Blog reported in July that the western-wear chain leased 932 Blossom Hill Road, the former Wagly Veterinary Hospital site, for an 18,277-square-foot store. It will be the company's first San Jose location. The same report says the chain's nearest existing stores are in San Martin and Livermore, and that the brokers on the lease pointed to the corridor's mix of established shopping centers, nearby homes and easy access.
The San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce has listed a grand opening and ribbon cutting at 932 Blossom Hill Road for Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, from 11 a.m. to noon. The ribbon cutting itself is set for 11:30 a.m.
So a Blossom Valley household that drove to San Martin for work boots will now have a store across from Oakridge. For a block where two current proposals would remove destination retailers, that's a meaningful counterweight. One big-box store is arriving even as others may eventually leave.
What Has Already Stayed Put
At least one of the block's longtime tenants has already been through an ownership change and stayed. SiliconValley.com reported in July 2025 that local investors bought the IHOP site at 981 Blossom Hill Road. The restaurant remained under a 10-year lease that includes two five-year renewal options. Across the street, the mall side replaced one sit-down restaurant with another. The Mercury News reported in June 2025 that Mumu Hot Pot opened at 925 Blossom Hill Road, in the former P.F. Chang's space at Westfield Oakridge, after a renovation that took about a year.
Those two examples sharpen the picture. Restaurants with long leases and the mall's own spaces have held steady or turned over to similar uses. The change is concentrated in the standalone retail buildings off the mall property, and those are the parcels where the filings propose car-centered businesses.
Keeping Track From Here
Both large projects are proposals at this stage, so the stores at 942 through 968 and the La-Z-Boy building are still part of the block for now. If you want to watch either plan move through City Hall yourself, a few steps help:
- Search the address on the City of San Jose permit portal, which accepts searches by address, permit number or project reference. Try 946 or 968 Blossom Hill Road for the dealership site and 1030 Blossom Hill Road for Raising Cane's.
- Follow the Mercury News coverage linked above, which has reported both proposals from plans on file with city planners.
- Stop by the Boot Barn ribbon cutting on Friday, Nov. 13, at 11:30 a.m. if you're curious about the newest neighbor. The Chamber's listing invites people to join the celebration.
For anyone who still needs pool supplies before winter, a new mattress or a last-minute sporting goods run, the Winfield Shopping Center stores are listed with regular hours today.
If you live near Oakridge and are wondering how a dealership on the Winfield corner or a late-night drive-thru down the street could change your corner of Blossom Valley, I'm glad to talk it through, and I'll keep an eye on these filings as they move forward. Questions about what's changing near your home are always welcome at Lori Robitaille Biasca. Let's Connect.
