Sun Valley Mall

Sunvalley Shopping Center in Concord sits at Willow Pass Road and Contra Costa Boulevard as the largest enclosed regional mall serving central Contra Costa County. The 1.3 million square foot Taubman-managed property opened in 1967 as the dominant comparison-shopping center for the central Contra Costa residential market and retains that geographic position for the Concord, Pleasant Hill, and Clayton catchment that lies north of the Walnut Creek market boundary. Macy’s operates two distinct department store buildings on the property — a Women and Fashion store and a separate Men, Home and Children store — while JCPenney anchors the second department store position. The former Sears box represents the legacy anchor layer and the property’s primary repositioning opportunity for future leasing.

The property’s retail mix serves the mid-market household for whom Broadway Plaza’s upscale lifestyle format and Stanford Shopping Center’s luxury orientation represent a different tier of retail occasion. The Concord BART station is approximately one mile from the mall, giving the trade area transit connectivity from the broader BART network that the automobile-dependent format of most competing suburban centers does not offer. The 680/242 freeway interchange gives vehicle access from both the central and northern Contra Costa residential corridors.

Sunvalley serves the comparison-shopping occasion for the Concord residential market at a price tier and format type that Broadway Plaza does not target. For expansion teams evaluating the northern Contra Costa County market, the property provides enclosed regional mall access to a catchment that the Walnut Creek premium formats do not fully capture, covering the Concord, Clayton, and Pleasant Hill households whose spending profile and shopping occasion align more closely with the mid-market enclosed mall than with the lifestyle center environment.