Visits to downtown San Jose have soared over the last year, providing a welcome counterpart to the forbidding economic trends that have haunted the Bay Area in the wake of the coronavirus.
Downtown San Jose skyline, March 2024. The visible buildings include the 200 Park tower , Adobe and Riverpark towers and some Cityview Plaza buildings .SAN JOSE —
The increase in visits to downtown San Jose may be partly due to an array of unique businesses that have sprouted in the urban core of the Bay Area’s largest city, in the view of San Jose Mayhor Matt Mahan. Mahan’s efforts to tackle some basic problems that have afflicted downtown San Jose in the wake of the coronavirus appear to be helping to make the city’s urban core more attractive and likely to entice visitors, in the view of Nick Goddard, a senior vice president with Colliers, a commercial real estate firm.
Goddard says he sees a growing amount of anecdotal evidence that a rebound is underway in downtown San Jose, especially in terms of visits to the urban core. Several restaurants have opened recently in the downtown, noted Leah Toeniskoetter, president of the San Jose Chamber of Commerce. More are slated to open. Another unique venue, an ax-throwing site called Unofficial Logging, is preparing a new space downtown.Here’s how other California cities fared that made it into the top 20 and how their visit activity changed during the year-long period:— San Diego, an increase of 21.4%, for a ranking of No. 15.
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