Los Gatos Boulevard's Grocery Map Is Being Redrawn, One Block at a Time

On the uptown stretch of Los Gatos Boulevard, the grocery store that has been there longest is closing. The one that moved this spring is now twice its old size. The store that will open in the vacated space comes from San Francisco and has never had a South Bay location before. By next summer, the three grocery addresses within a few blocks of Blossom Hill Road will hold a different set of stores than they did at the start of 2026. Most of that change was planned.

This is how the reshuffle happened, when each piece takes effect, and what it means for the next eight months of weekly shopping.

Whole Foods moved first

The first move came on April 15, 2026. That day, Whole Foods opened a new store at 15650 Los Gatos Blvd., a couple of blocks north of its old spot, as the Los Gatan reported. The building stands on the former site of a Chevrolet dealership, next to the Tesla sales and service center that opened the year before.

The new store is the main reason the rest of the stretch is changing. It covers 43,000 square feet, about double the space Whole Foods had used in Los Gatos for 32 years. The Los Gatan reported that it carries more than 2,000 items from California-based suppliers and is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Sheila Reno, a manager and co-owner of Los Gatos Cafe across the street, told the paper she welcomed it: "It's nice that it's right across the street. I think it's good, because it will offer more options, like organic or specialty products."

The move left two vacancies behind at Cornerstone Shopping Center. One was the old Whole Foods space. The other was the Rite Aid next door, which had also closed. Cornerstone has been at Los Gatos Boulevard and Blossom Hill Road long enough to appear in a 1967 photograph in the Los Gatos Library's archive.

Then Nob Hill said it would leave

Four months later, Nob Hill Foods confirmed that its store at 15710 Los Gatos Blvd. in El Gato Village would not renew its lease. SFGATE reported that the store is slated to close in June 2027, after nearly six decades in town.

Nob Hill's parent company, Raley's, explained the decision in general terms. Carol Barsotti, Raley's chief marketing officer, told SFGATE the company decided against renewing "after reviewing the store's performance and current economic conditions." She added, "We are committed to supporting our team members through this transition and will work to place as many as possible at other Raley's locations."

Raley's has been closing other stores too. According to the Los Gatan, it closed its Mountain View store in May and a Roseville store in January. SFGATE gave the Mountain View closing date as May 29. In the Los Gatan's account, Nob Hill decided to leave four months after the larger Whole Foods opened nearby.

The closing is still months off. Nob Hill remains in El Gato Village through the 2026 holidays and into the first half of next year.

Who Gus's is, and why its store is smaller

The news about the old Whole Foods space came out the same week. Gus's Community Market, a family-owned grocer from San Francisco, signed a lease for 18,000 square feet at Cornerstone, at 15980 Los Gatos Blvd. It will be the company's first store in the South Bay.

Gus's started in 1981 as Haight Street Market in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury neighborhood. Its founders were the late Gus Vardakastanis, his wife Georgia, and his father. His sons, Dimitri and Bobby Vardakastanis, run the business today. It has five San Francisco stores, on Noriega Street, Haight Street, Harrison Street and Channel Street, plus Canyon Market. The East Bay Times reported a spring 2027 opening target and an in-house café partner. A September post on The San Jose Blog put the target at April or May 2027.

The difference in size changes what the Boulevard offers. The large-format shopping trip now centers on the 43,000-square-foot Whole Foods. The old space at Cornerstone goes to a market less than half that size, with a café partner on site.

Cornerstone is being re-tenanted on purpose

Cornerstone's new tenants came through a leasing plan. Cilker, the Los Gatos asset and property management firm behind the center, was founded in 1945 as a family agricultural and real estate company. Mary Egan, a Cilker vice president, told the Los Gatan that the new tenants represent "a strategic repositioning of the property." The plan brings in two new businesses while managing the exits of two longtime tenants, Whole Foods and Rite Aid.

The second new tenant has already opened. Club Studio opened in early September, according to a Fitness International release published October 6. The East Bay Times placed the club in the space Rite Aid had occupied. The club has four boutique studio rooms:

• Strength: CS4, a HIIT-style class using treadmills, rowers and SkiErg machines
• Ride: indoor cycling with a weight sequence built in
• Hot Yoga: a heated studio that mixes yoga poses and higher-intensity work
• Pilates: reformer-based classes focused on resistance training

Club Studio's official grand opening is Saturday, November 14. The release describes giveaways, local vendors, and a chance for residents to try the club. A ribbon-cutting with the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce is planned before the event. In the release, Cilker CEO Keyston Smith said the center's revitalization "was built around creating experiences that serve Los Gatos."

Taken together, Cornerstone traded a national grocer and a national pharmacy for a fitness club and a family-run neighborhood market with a café.

Where the weekly shop happens between now and next summer

The order of these dates matters for anyone planning their regular shopping. If both timelines hold, Gus's April or May target falls just before Nob Hill's June closing. That would leave a short window in spring 2027 when all three grocery addresses on this stretch are open at once.

1. November and December 2026: Whole Foods at 15650 and Nob Hill at 15710 are both open for the holidays. Cornerstone's grocery space is between tenants, and Club Studio holds its grand opening there on November 14.
2. April or May 2027: Gus's targets its opening at 15980, in the former Whole Foods space.
3. June 2027: Nob Hill's lease ends and the store is slated to close.
4. After June 2027: Whole Foods and Gus's are the two grocers on this part of the Boulevard.

Away from the Boulevard, the Los Gatan notes a large Safeway on the east side of Highway 17 near downtown, two other stores in town, and Lunardi's about five blocks north of the new Whole Foods.

Next summer, the uptown Boulevard is set to have two grocery stores a few blocks apart. One will be a 43,000-square-foot Whole Foods. The other will be an 18,000-square-foot San Francisco family market in the space Whole Foods left.

Changes like these at the anchor of a shopping center affect the homes around it, from how buyers rate the walk to groceries to how a listing describes the neighborhood. If you own near Los Gatos Boulevard and want to know how the uptown changes could figure into your plans, Bonafede Team is glad to talk it through. Request your complimentary home valuation, and we'll include what we're seeing on your stretch of town.