This Friday, October 9, at 10 a.m., Hashi Market opens the doors of 20558 Stevens Creek Boulevard. The city says the storefront has been vacant since 2023. A few blocks east, Preferred Bank has already opened in a space that had been dark since 2019. Between them, the former Le Boulanger at 20488 is in the plans stage for a new bakery tenant.
None of these are new buildings. They are familiar addresses on the stretch of Stevens Creek near De Anza Boulevard, and all of them are being filled at once. The most useful way to read Cupertino retail this fall is as a list of how long each storefront sat empty and what finally moved in.
The Dark Storefronts, by Address
The city's September 30 City Manager's newsletter did something local business updates rarely do. It recorded how long each space had been empty before the new tenant arrived. Put side by side, the numbers read like this:
| Address | Former tenant | Vacant since | New tenant | Status as of early October 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20803 Stevens Creek Blvd. | The Vitamin Shoppe | 2019 | Preferred Bank, Silicon Valley Regional Office | Open weekdays, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| 20558 Stevens Creek Blvd. | Sprouts Farmers Market | 2023 | Hashi Market | Grand opening Oct. 9, 10 a.m. |
| 20488 Stevens Creek Blvd. | Le Boulanger | Not reported | Specialty's Café & Bakery | Tenant-improvement plans submitted; no opening date |
| 19628 Stevens Creek Blvd. | Not reported | Not reported | Jingege & YaoYao | Opened late August; daily, 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. |
The Preferred Bank space is 3,280 square feet, and before the bank arrived it had gone roughly seven years without a tenant. The old Sprouts closed in April 2023, according to KRON4's reporting, so it went about three and a half years between grocers. That closure was part of a company-wide move. In early 2023, Sprouts announced plans to close 11 underperforming stores as it shifted toward smaller formats. The reporting on that announcement didn't give a reason specific to Cupertino.
Why a New York Grocer Picked the Crossroads Center
The anchor of the fall is Hashi Market. The Bay Area News Group describes the New York-based chain as "part supermarket and part department store." The Cupertino store is its first location on the West Coast. It sits in the Crossroads Center at Stevens Creek and South De Anza Boulevard. The chain's New York stores have a sushi counter, matcha drinks and snacks, and fresh produce, plus skincare products and kitchen appliances under what the company calls a "mini department store" concept. The city's announcement adds Japanese groceries, specialty products and prepared foods.
Operations Director Justin Li told the Bay Area News Group that Cupertino was a natural pick for the expansion. "Customers here are knowledgeable, curious and increasingly interested in high-quality products with a clear sense of origin," he said. He added that the company's seafood comes directly from Japan and its beef directly from Hokkaido.
The opening has been a long time coming. SFGATE first reported Hashi's Cupertino plans in February 2025, and at the time the company gave no opening timeline. That reporting identified Takayama International Inc. as the brand's owner. Twenty months later, the date is set. The chain now has six stores in New York City and is looking at sites in Milpitas, San Mateo and Union City, as well as in Colorado and Massachusetts. About 10 new stores are expected between now and mid-2027. For now, Cupertino has the only Hashi west of the Hudson. For a stretch of months, the closest one to Milpitas or San Mateo shoppers will be on Stevens Creek.
Opening day includes a ribbon-cutting, a tuna-cutting demonstration and tasting, vendor demos, prizes and opening-weekend deals. KRON4 reports that the first 200 guests on Friday will receive a mystery gift bag worth $50.
A Bakery Brand That Came Back Before Its Building Did
The former Le Boulanger at 20488 Stevens Creek is a sizable space, about 6,550 square feet, and Specialty's Café & Bakery is taking it. The city says tenant-improvement plans have been submitted but hasn't given an opening date.
Specialty's has its own comeback story. According to the company's FAQ, the original business filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy during the economic conditions of COVID. Founders Craig and Dawn then returned with their now-grown children to restart it. The revived company currently lists two Bay Area cafes, at 645 Ellis Street in Mountain View and 880 Sierra Point Parkway in Brisbane. The Mountain View cafe opened in 2021 and the Brisbane cafe in 2023. Cupertino would be the third cafe since the relaunch.
Le Boulanger hasn't left the area. Its website lists four cafes, at 301 Main Street in Los Altos, 852 Blossom Hill Road and 4898 San Felipe Road in San Jose, and 650 Castro Street in Mountain View.
Where the Boulevard Is Turning Over
The empty storefronts toward De Anza are filling. Main Street Cupertino, closer to Apple's headquarters, shows the opposite pattern: tenants leaving and new ones arriving in spaces that never went dark.
On July 27, county records show, Main Street Cupertino sold for $130 million. That price was 3.9% above the property's assessed value as of January. The buyer is linked to an affiliate of Roxborough Group, a San Francisco real estate investment firm, and financed the purchase with a $91.4 million loan. The center covers roughly 131,000 square feet at 19379 Stevens Creek Boulevard and 19540 Vallco Parkway. The seller was a group whose principal executives include Peter Pau. In December 2025, a Pau-led group sold the two neighboring office buildings at 19319 and 19339 Stevens Creek to Apple for $216 million.
Six weeks after the sale, Oren's Hummus served its last meal at 19419 Stevens Creek Boulevard on September 11. The closure applied only to Cupertino, and the chain's other Bay Area locations stayed open. The Main Street directory posted in January still lists the restaurant.
Across Vallco Parkway, BonBon Matcha is open at 19900 Vallco Parkway, Unit 170, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. The Mercury News described its menu in August as matcha drinks, gelato, cheesecake and other desserts. Between Hashi's matcha bar and BonBon, Stevens Creek will soon have matcha at both ends of a single drive.
More tenants are in the pipeline. The city's Fall 2026 SCENE newsletter lists Chubby Cattle, Barnes & Noble, Baby Café, Taste Buds Kitchen, Kunjip Express, EE Sushi, Hokkaido Bakery and DuoDuo Snacks as working through permitting. None has a published opening date. That same list included Hashi Market and Preferred Bank only a few months ago.
The Next Two Weeks on Stevens Creek
The openings line up with a busy October on the same street:
- Now through October 11: Cupertino Restaurant Week. Participating restaurants are offering limited-time promotions, discounts and special menus. The city keeps the list of participants on its map of deals and specials.
- Friday, October 9, 10 a.m.: Hashi Market grand opening at 20558 Stevens Creek Boulevard. Gift bags go to the first 200 guests.
- Saturday, October 17, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Cupertino Diwali Festival at Memorial Park, 21121 Stevens Creek Boulevard, with music, dance, children's activities, workshops, arts and crafts, and food.
Memorial Park sits on the same boulevard as the old Sprouts, the old Vitamin Shoppe and the old Le Boulanger. On October 17, the walk from the festival to the new market passes two long-vacant storefronts that now have tenants and a third that's still waiting on its bakery.
A tenant moving into a space that sat empty for seven years changes how a block reads. If you live near this stretch of Stevens Creek and want to know how this fall's openings figure into your home's value, Douglas Marshall prepares valuations that account for exactly this kind of block-by-block change. Get Your Free Home Valuation.
