Booming and bustling Marketplace at 5th Street

While new construction is underway, Conroy is also remodeling his existing buildings. "All the old facades are coming off and being replaced with new," he said.

Marketplace consists of nine acres. Of the nine acres, a two-acre site rises in elevation above and just east of the original seven-acre site.

When the two-acre site - currently under development - is finished, it will have two retail buildings totaling 20,000 square feet, Conroy said.

the site of a 9,400 square foot building will house shops
including a New York Style Chinese Buffet.

But he's got even more plans. "We will have all new paving with parking stripes, all new landscaping with a mountain theme, and a patio area with seating and water works," he said.

Marketplace currently has such tenants as a 99-Cent Only Store, Big Cheese Pizza, Washington Mutual Bank, and about 20 small merchants including a tropical fish store, beauty and barbershops, insurance office, and shoe store.

Conroy said what makes Marketplace unique is its location. It's located right on the corner of Yucaipa Boulevard and Fifth Street with five access points. "Traffic is busy along here," he said, adding that the modernization and improvements under way goes to support his tenants, and to keep up with the competition.

"It's important that we all support our local merchants," Conroy said. "They all live here, and we are all so big box store (consumers) that it's hard for the little guy. There's a lot of new development coming in, a lot of competition, but we've got a great location."

To learn more about Marketplace at 5th Street, or for space available information call Conroy Development Company at (310) 541-1295.