A prominent commercial space in downtown San Jose is being taken over by a new business, following more than four years of vacancy.
OneMedAll, an oral wellness andconsulting company based in San Jose, is planning to open its first customer-facing location at 100 S. Second St., the same space where a Safeway shuttered in 2019.
"For patients, it will be the first of its kind and open to the public, where they will be able to come in and get their own dentures, implants and restorative , we're going to call that the oral health and wellness center," Chong told. "We will also be providing education and classes for dentists, their teams and patients that want to get oral health and wellness education.
Downtown has struggled to regain consistent activity and buzz following the pandemic, and empty storefronts, blight and homelessness are major hurdles that officials are trying to address. Stettinski and others have suggested the area will recover quickly if dense housing is pursued in the downtown core. That would bring in more people to support restaurants, bars, salons and other service businesses. Preservationists in San Jose are frustrated. They say two historic buildings on West St.
Elizabeth Chien-Hale, a board member of the San Jose Downtown Residents Association, said she too would have preferred a grocery store in the space, but noted an oral health business could do well there.
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