SAN JOSE — Ross Dress for Less is eyeing a new store in west San Jose after the merchant struck a deal to take over a shuttered Rite Aid store, adding to a number of recent lease agreements at multiple locations in the Bay Area, property records show.
According to documents filed on Sept. 18 with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office, the discount apparel retailer most recently leased a now-empty 21,100-square-foot building at 1550 Hamilton Ave.
The store site is part of a shopping center at the corner of Hamilton Avenue and Meridian Avenue in San Jose’s Willow Glen district. Safeway, Gold’s Gym, Tomato Thyme, Dry Creek Grill and BMO bank are among the other merchants there.
Ross and the property’s owner, an affiliate controlled by Schottenstein Property Group, reached the leasing agreement in August…