Published in the April 27 – May 10, 2016 issue of Morgan Hill Life
By Robert Airoldi
Photo by Marty Cheek
The old South Valley Bike Shop at the corner of Second Street and Monterey Road was demolished the week of April 18. Kathy Sullivan shows a photo of the original store that stood there.
The transformation of downtown Morgan Hill continues as the vacant former South Valley Bike building at the corner of Second Street and Monterey Road was demolished the week of April 18. Property owner Dan McCranie is working on plans for a mixed-use development at the site, but in the meantime the city will move the pop-up park located at the corner of Third Street and Monterey Road to the former bike store site.
The demolition is just one of many changes taking place in downtown. Frank Leal is renovating the former Granada Theater site that will include a live venue, boutique hotel and marketplace. The parking garage is scheduled to open in May and that same month demolition on the former Simple Beverages building will begin before construction of four new restaurants takes place. It is somewhat sad to see the old building with the mural painted on the north wall disappear — McCranie did save the image of the mural for future reproduction — but exciting to imagine what downtown Morgan Hill will look like in the next 12 to 18 months.
