Santana Row
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Santana Row is an upscale shopping center in San Jose, California. Westfield Valley Fair is located just to its north, on the other side of Stevens Creek Boulevard, and the Winchester Mystery House just to the west, across Winchester Boulevard. Santana Row is home to many luxury restaurants, outlets, and muti-million dollar condominiums. Several retailers including Gucci, Burberry, Tod's, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Brooks Brothers are also located in Santana Row.
Santana Row was intended to be Northern California's answer to Rodeo Drive, which features one of the highest concentration of luxury retailers in the Western United States. The shopping center is now the fourth highest ranking mall in California and the highest ranking in the Bay Area by sales per square feet.
[edit] Construction issues
On August 19, 2002, during construction, the largest building at Santana Row (Building 7) caught fire. The fire eventually caused $120,000,000 in damages, and spread to at least 13 apartment buildings downwind of the shopping center on Moorpark Avenue, across Interstate 280. The main fire spread to five alarms, while the secondary fires required six alarms. It was the largest structure fire in San Jose's history.