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Building Dublin

Following Grocery Outlet’s lead, Half Price Books, Sprouts Farmers Market, and Sports Authority are scheduled to open in Dublin’s resilient Downtown district in 2011. In East Dublin, the Shops at Waterford will once again be at full occupancy with the arrival of Fidelity Investments and Coco Cabana .

Dublin also unveiled another jewel with the grand opening of Fallon Sports Park in East Dublin in 2010. The highly anticipated first phase of the Fallon Sports Park includes two adult softball fields, two little league baseball fields, two synthetic turf soccer fields, four lighted basketball courts, four lighted tennis courts, and a rough grade BMX bike facility .

The first wave of the Dublin Boulevard Corridor Enhancements project is now complete. With the installation of new identity markers, trash cans, landscaping, and other design elements along Dublin Boulevard and at key entry ways, Dublin has enhanced its overall visual appeal, unified the different parts of this growing city, and greatly boosted civic pride .

Avalon Dublin Station, a newly-completed luxury rental development by AvalonBay Communities is one of several new real estate projects in Dublin. Danville, California-based development firm Blake Hunt Ventures, is planning a 27-acre (110,000 m2) project using 13 acres (53,000 m2) which it currently owns and an adjacent property which it is purchasing from IKEA. The planned development (which the company expects to contain a specialty grocery store, a mix of restaurants, apparel stores, home goods and retailers) includes a "Main Street" running east-west through the site, a central walkway and a "town green." A TOD (Transit Oriented Development) has started construction near the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. Dublin is also going through a lot of remodeling with almost every shopping center in Dublin being remodeled, and two new ones, one is located by Regal cinema in east Dublin and one with a Starbucks just down the road from Dublin's High School. East Dublin has also opened a new K-8 school named Fallon which is conveniently located next to new townhomes. Also the Emerald Glen park will be expanding with a man made lake and walking trails. A new BART station in West Dublin will begin to be built in 2007. The project cost is $80 million and opened in March, 2011. The West Dublin/Pleasanton station TOD will also include a hotel, restaurant, 210 apartments, and 170,000 sq ft (16,000 m2). of office space across the Interstate 580 freeway in Pleasanton.

Dublin has faced very tough times between 2008 and 2011 and has several large retail buildings awaiting a new tenant. Mervyns—7117 Regional St. National Food Laboratory—6363 Clark Ave. DHL—6700 Golden Gate Dr. Crown Chevrolet—7544 Dublin Blvd. The Ultimate Car Toys—6207 Sierra Ct.

Whole Foods Market has put their plans for a Dublin store on hold .