Huge indoor Vietnamese market could move into former Sears location in

San Jose is expected to get a massive new Vietnamese market that is unlike anything the Bay Area has ever seen. The idea is being proposed for the former Sears department store building at the Eastridge Mall in East San Jose. The complex is expected to include a series of food courts and booths, a banquet area, a play area for kids, common areas for adults, and a performing arts area that would feature entertainment and concerts.

The former Sears location at Eastridge Mall | Photo Credit: Google Maps

Development company Intelli is behind the project and is using Ho Chi Minh City’s Ben Thanh Market, which is more than a century old, as an example of what the Sears property would become. “It would be like the indoor markets in Vietnam. Vietnamese people have good memories of these markets from our country,” the head of Intelli Do Van Tron told the Mercury News. It will be…