Status of Planned Homewood Suites & Home2 Suites Hotel at Janss Marketplace in Thousand Oaks

This is a rendering of the new hotel that was included in the Planning Commission meeting agenda on October 23rd. This is a view from the courtyard fountain near Buca Di Peppo and Sharky's.

There are plans in the works for a 5-story, 216 room Homewood Suites & Home2 Suites Hotel at Janss Marketplace that will be situated in the space previously occupied by Marshall's (until 2017) and dental offices (until 2019) and currently used for the Reign of Terror Haunted House.

Irvine-based Greens Development will develop and operate the hotel. There will be 173 rooms with king beds and 43 rooms with double-queen beds. Each suite will have a full kitchen. There will be 13,000 sq ft of retail space on the bottom floor. The 2nd floor will have an outdoor pool, deck and planter area.

On October 23rd, city staff and the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve a zoning change from 35 feet to 75 feet for the hotel. Several other structures at Janss have received zoning changes in the past, including the former Burlington (44'), Regal Cinemas (40.5') and parking structure (47' 9"). Other tenants at Janss have given a thumbs up for this development.

If the zoning overlay is approved, construction is anticipated to begin next spring with a target opening date of winter 2025. The last new hotel in Thousand Oaks opened in 2009 (Hampton Inn).

View of front of hotel, across from the parking structure in another rendering from developers.

Sunset Terrace Restaurant & Lounge in Thousand Oaks Looks to Open Four Lane Bowling Alley

Snippet of architectural plans for the planned 4-lane addition to Sunset Terrace.

The last time a bowling alley operated in Thousand Oaks was 1995, when the 40 lane Conejo Village Bowl closed its doors. There has been talk of other alleys from time to time, but nothing has transpired.

Sunset Terrace Restaurant & Lounge at Janss Marketplace may change that, as they are in process of building a four-lane bowling alley in the 4,200 sq ft adjacent space previously occupied by Edible Arrangements and a karate studio. Let’s see if they can make this happen…stay tuned.

In other local area bowling news, as mentioned in August, Bowlero is looking to develop an alley in the former Dick's Sporting Goods in Moorpark - subject to city council approval.

For existing local area bowling alleys, visit THIS PAGE.

Learn more about Sunset Terrace at sunsetterracerestaurant.com. They offer California cuisine, a large bar with 40 seat capacity, pool tables, shuffleboard, darts, dance floor, plenty of TV with live sports and more. Daily food and drink specials include Mat Tai Mondays, Taco Tuesdays, Waffle & Wing Wednesdays, Sushi Thursdays, NFL Game Specials and more at sunsetterracerestaurant.com/daily-specials.

The space where the alley is being planned for.

California Fish Grill and a "National Coffee Tenant" Coming to Former Hooters Location at Janss Marketplace in Thousand Oaks

And…here’s the updated sign in august 2020. california fish grill, starbucks and wingstop will be occupying the new building that will be built in the former hooters building that was demolished in august.

The Old Hooters/Sizzler/Fuddruckers/Pat & Oscars building at Janss Marketplace at 401 North Moorpark Road is going to be demolished and a new multi-tenant building with a drive-thru will be replacing it.

Tenants will be the California Fish Grill and a "National Coffee Tenant." Hmm, what could that be? There is a Coffee Bean and Peet's Coffee a short walking distance from there. Stay tuned.

UPDATE: Starbucks (but of course)

The Hooters Drama Continues in Thousand Oaks as a Councilwoman Gets Involved

On Tuesday, the VC Star reported that Thousand Oaks Councilwoman Claudia Bill-de la Peña wrote a letter dated November 15th to property managers of Janss Marketplace, asking them to reconsider leasing space for a Hooters restaurant located in the parking lot adjacent to the mall.

This has been quite a drama for Thousand Oaks in 2011 since it was announced back in March that there was a possibility of Hooters occuping the space left vacant by Fuddruckers over a year and a half ago. Ultimately it was determined that there are no legal issues with a Hooters and they were moving forward.

Councilwoman Bill-de la Peña wrote her letter based on "'The opposition to an eatery is unprecedented, it is historical," she said. "In light of the opposition, I felt I needed to make the Janss mall aware of that, as if they weren't already. I felt with the outrage of the community ... I had to speak on behalf of those opposed.'"

We did our own survey here on CVG and the final outcome was roughly 30% of respondents were against opening a Hooters, 55% were thumbs up and the remainder pretty much had no opinion.

There are over 460 Hooters restaurants arouund the world. Hooters has operated since 1983. I ate at the Long Beach Hooters with my kids and frankly it wasn't a lot different than taking them to the local Cronies (love their beer), Draughts (also great beer), Tipsy Goat (beer me again) or Ladyface Ale (yep, great beer there too). They were not truamatized by the experience, nor did they ask about or expand upon the definition of the word Hooters (had they asked, the hooting sounds of owls would have of course been the response).

This shopping center has been part of the community for over 50 years. Janss Mall (as it was originally called) was built in 1960 with about 200,000 sq ft of space. In 1969 the 198,000 sq ft Sears was added, along with another 90,000 sq ft of shop space. Then in 1994 another 160,000 sq ft was added and it was renamed Janss Marketplace.

Janss Marketplace recently donated $15,000 to the Conejo Recreation & Park District youth programs. The funds were raised from the Reign of Terror Haunted House at the mall.

Let me digress. Yes there was a lot of opposition to the Hooters. But those not opposed were not asked to submit a response. Most people I know aren't in the habit of sending letters to City Hall to tell them about a new business they "approve" of, particularly when there are no laws preventing the business from opening. Most of us approve/disapprove of local businesses with our wallets, and that usually works fine.

Let the Hooters open. If you don't like it, simply don't eat there, tell your friends and neighbors not to eat there, etc. Capitalism is pretty efficient in that way. It worked for Fuddruckers quite well.

Janss Marketplace New Tenants Include Qdoba Mexican Grill, Karma Indian Cuisine and Conejo Valley Art Museum

Janss Marketplace Welcomes Three New Tenants: Center is 90% Leased

NewMark Merrill announces that Janss Marketplace, located at Moorpark Road and Hillcrest Drive in Thousand Oaks, added three tenants to achieve 90% occupancy. The center’s three newest tenants are Qdoba Mexican Grill, the Conejo Valley Art Museum and Karma Indian Cuisine.

Qdoba Mexican Grill signed a 10-year lease for the approximately 2,238 square feet located near the beautiful interactive fountain and next to Burlington Coat Factory. To open at TBD date.

Karma Indian Cuisine, which opened in March, signed a 7-year lease for approximately 2,324 square foot space. The new restaurant, located near Toys R Us and Rite Aid, offers authentic Indian fare. The restaurant features a lunch buffet and dinner specials with a wide selection of Indian cuisine.

The Conejo Valley Art Museum will soon open in the former Wine Styles space, located in the food courtyard across form Gold’s Gym. The museum will feature changing exhibits, gift shop and a reference library. To be open sometime in May.

During the recent openings, Invitation Spot moved to a new location next to Cold Stone Creamery and across from Toys R Us. Invitation Spot offers a variety of boxed and personalized “to order” invitations for event, wedding, parties and much more.

Janss Marketplace is part of a portfolio of over 60 shopping centers that the company owns or manages. NewMark Merrill Companies has the unique ability to draw from over 25 years of experience to provide a higher level of property management, development and asset management services for its clients. NewMark Merrill Companies has ranked among the top 20 Largest Property Management Firms and Top 10 Largest Commercial Real Estate Developers from 2007-2011 by the LA Business Journal. In addition to Woodland Hills, regional offices are located in Orange County, Ventura County, San Francisco, San Diego County, Colorado and Illinois. The company currently owns and/or operates over 60 shopping centers in three different states representing over 8 million square feet and over $1 billion in value. The Company owns LandMark Retail Group, a preferred developer for CVS Pharmacy which is developing new stores throughout California.

Karma is Coming to Janss Marketplace

Yes indeed. Karma Indian Cuisine, that is. The kids and I used to frequent the Rubio's on the east side of the mall that closed awhile back. Karma is set to open in its place. This is great news! While we miss Rubios, there's another, newer, larger one in Newbury Park. Meanwhile, the more ethnic variety we can get in the Conejo Valley, the better! Looking forward to the grand opening, whenever that might be.