CUPERTINO — A Japanese grocery store described as a blend of a supermarket and mini department store has signed a lease for a South Bay building that Sprouts once occupied.
Hashi Market, which offers Japanese food, will occupy a former Sprouts site at 20558 Stevens Creek Blvd. in Cupertino, according to the company and a broker who handled the transaction.
“This is a very nice location for us,” said Ava Liu, head of operations for Hashi Market. “It is the tech center of the United States. There is a large Asian population in this area.”
Hashi Market leased 20,900 square feet at 20558 Stevens Creek Blvd. in Cupertino, according to David Taxin, a partner with Meacham Oppenheimer, a commercial real estate firm. Taxin was the broker for the deal.
“They are going to do great at this location,” Taxin said. “It’s a high-profile, very busy intersection with high traffic counts.” The store is at the corner of Stevens Creek Boulevard and South De Anza Boulevard.
Hashi Market’s borough of Manhattan.
grocery store locations are all in the New York City“The Cupertino store is our first on the West Coast,” Liu said.
A store the size that Hashi Market is planning in Cupertino would typically employ 40 to 50 workers, Liu estimated. The new Cupertino store should be open in about three to four months, she added.
