SAN JOSE — A downtown San Jose food hall proposed by an Uber co-founder is slated to include a dining center, coffee bar and dozens of kitchens, city planning documents show.
Travis Kalanick, co-founder and former chief executive officer of Uber, the ride-hailing company, is leading the CloudKitchens firm that is developing the unusual project in the former Odd Fellows Building at the corner of East Santa Clara Street and South Third Street.
The historic building was constructed around 1885 and has addresses ranging from 82 through 96 East Santa Clara Street.
CloudKitchens typically rents out its kitchen space at its locations to local restaurants, with the food picked up and delivered through apps such as Doordash and Uber Eats.
“With a growing residential population, more students in the area and workers slowly returning to the office in downtown San Jose, this will provide more choices for consumers,” said Nick Goddard, a senior vice president with Colliers, a commercial real estate firm. “It’s a great opportunity for local restaurants.”
The proposed food hall will include an estimated 26 kitchens, according to the proposal.
The project also features a dine-in restaurant that will total about 1,000 square feet and a coffee bar next to the dining establishment, the city planning documents show.
The downtown food hall would be located on the ground floor of the three-story building, according to the proposal.
In 2018, a real estate venture led by Kalanick paid $7.3 million for the historic building, documents on file at the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office show. At the time of the purchase, Goldman Sachs, an investment firm, provided $100 million in financing to the group headed up by Kalanick.
Downtown San Jose has begun to emerge from its coronavirus-linked woes, although economic activity remains weaker than before the pandemic began.
Unique venues such as the CloudKitchens endeavor could help dispel some of the economic ailments that still afflict the downtown three years after state and local government agencies imposed business shutdowns to combat the spread of the deadly virus.
“This is a great use of an old building,” Goddard said.
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