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What is a Village Center?
A Village Center serves as a key service node and focal point for existing neighborhoods, providing options for retail sales, services, and food access. Provision of these services can be achieved by retaining existing buildings and developing new spaces. Village Centers are typically located at the crossroads of arterial and collector street intersections, are within walking and biking distance of nearby residential neighborhoods, and are accessible to existing or planned pedestrian, bicycle, and transit connections.
What is the Village Center Master Plan?
The VCMP guides and regulates the development of the City of Sunnyvale’s Village Center neighborhoods. The VCMP sets a vision for how Village Centers can develop over time and establishes the land use regulations and development standards that apply to future Village Center redevelopment.
Will sites be redeveloped?
The VCMP does not propose any specific projects, nor does it require development to occur. Instead, the VCMP provides guidance to ensure that future development, if it occurs, is consistent with the intent of the General Plan, and occurs in a high-quality manner.
The following Planning permit applications on Village Center sites were approved by the City prior to the adoption of the VCMP on July 1, 2025.
- 877 W. Fremont Ave. (Village Center 1): In August 2023, the Planning Commission approved an application to redevelop the site with a mixed-use development consisting of 114 multifamily residential units and 35,393 square feet office space within 16 two- to three-story buildings.
- Fremont Circle Phase I (Village Center 2): In July 2021, the Planning Commission approved an application to redevelop a portion of this site with a horizontal mixed-use development consisting of 8,094 square feet of commercial space and 50 four-story townhome-style condominiums (18.09 dwelling units per acre). The project is currently under construction.
- Fremont Circle Phase II (Village Center 2): In June 2022, the Planning Commission approved an application to redevelop this site with a horizontal mixed-use development consisting of 3,384 square feet of commercial space and 35, four-story townhome-style condominiums (19.34 dwelling units per acre).
The following Planning permit applications on Village Center sites were submitted to the City prior to the adoption of the VCMP:
- 150 E. Fremont Ave. (Village Center 2): On June 16, 2025, the City received an SB 330 preliminary application to redevelop the site with a townhouse development consisting of 50 townhome-style condominiums (20.2 dwelling units per acre) and no commercial area.
- Southwest Corner of Old San Francisco Road and South Wolfe Road (Village Center 3): In July 2023, the City received an SB 330 preliminary application for redevelopment of the site, which has since expired. A subsequent SB 330 preliminary application was submitted on June 11, 2025, to redevelop the site (excluding the gas station) with a horizontal mixed-use development consisting of 4,000 square feet of commercial space and 116 townhome-style condominiums (+/- 18 dwelling units per acre).
- 911 E. Duane Ave. (Village Center 5): In February 2024, we received an application to redevelop the site with 81 multi-family residential units and a 1,357-square-foot retail building. The existing 2,900-square-foot, two-story restaurant/office building would remain.
- 1119 Lawrence Expressway (Village Center 6): In April 2023, we received an application to redevelop the site (excluding the gas station and greenbelt lots) with 101 townhouse units on Site 6A and a 10,000-square-foot commercial/retail building on part of Site 6B.
What are objective design standards? Why do we need them?
The Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (HCA) and Senate Bill 330 (SB 330) require objective design standards to be used when approving or denying a development project that includes housing. Cities and counties are prohibited from denying a development project or modifying a project based on a subjective design standard. In 2023, we adopted citywide Objective Design Standards (ODS), which will apply to Village Center Master Plan redevelopment.
How can I review materials related to the Master Plan?
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