From left, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer, Councilmember Luis Esparza and Tracy Kashian hold stuffed animals representing Target's "Bullseye" mascot. Photo by Dylan Gonzales

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer, Councilmember Luis Chavez and Tracy Kashian of Lance-Kashian & Company held a new conference Tuesday morning in front of the soon-to-be Target to provide updates on the new Fancher Creek development.

The shopping center, located on the southeast corner of the Tulare and Clovis intersection, will feature Target, Sprouts Farmers Market, PetSmart, Michaels, In-N-Out Burger and more.

Kashian said that Target and Sprouts Farmers Market will be the first two stores to open, with an expected opening in October 2025.

The path to get to this point where the construction of  Target has “gone vertical” has been anything but smooth.

Dyer confirmed that the initial planning for the shopping center took place in the early 2000s, but had to be pushed back multiple times due to the recession and then coronavirus. 

Chavez, who represents District 5, the area where the shopping center will be, touched on the importance of having a shopping center in Southeast Fresno. 

“This is going to generate millions of dollars of revenue for city services, but more importantly for jobs,” Chavez, a former Target employee, said. “This visual [of people working on the construction of Target] is symbolic of what ‘Rebuild Fresno’ really means and stands for. We see these types of amenities, but we see them in north Fresno. We don’t necessarily see them in south Fresno.”

Dyer believes that this shopping center will be looked at the same way that River Park is, with the potential to be even greater.

“I know at the end of the day that the Fancher Creek development is going to be every bit as good, or better than what we see up at River Park,” Dyer said.