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Apple Valley 2025: Town to welcome new shopping centers, new park, more sheriff’s deputies
Heading into 2025, the Town of Apple Valley will see several projects, including the construction of two large retail centers, a new park and the hiring of additional sheriff’s deputies.
Apple Valley will kick off the new year by celebrating the grand opening of Daiso in the Jess Ranch Marketplace, the company stated.
New Daiso store opening in Apple Valley
Doors open at 9 a.m. on Jan. 4 and 10 a.m. on Jan. 5, with the store giving away an exclusive goodie bag to the first 100 customers who make a $30 purchase each day.
Store hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday. The store is located at 19105 Bear Valley Road, Suite 3.
For more information, visit Daiso on Facebook.
2025 State of the Town
Town officials will host the 2025 State of the Town on Feb. 19 at the Singh Center for The Arts in Apple Valley.
The event will recap the town’s 2024 accomplishments, including stats from departments and more information about 2025 coming attractions.
Apple Bear Center: Sprouts, Raising Cane’s, more coming
Construction will continue on the 39,000-square-foot Apple Bear Center on the southside of Bear Valley Road just east of Apple Valley Road and across from El Pollo Loco.
The center will include a Sprouts Farmers Market, Raising Cane’s and other businesses, and will occupy 8.25 acres of the nearly 13-acre parcel. The project will also include improvements along Bear Valley Road, Flying Feather Road to the east, and Apple Bear Road to the west.
The free-standing Sprouts in Apple Valley will be the second to be constructed in the High Desert after the company opened a Victorville location in March 2024.
Hobby Lobby comes to town
Across Bear Valley Road from the Sprouts property and north of El Pollo Loco, several retail stores are planned, including a Hobby Lobby, Marshall’s and 5 Below.
Buffalo Trading Post Plaza: Aldi, Dutch Bros, Wendy’s, Chipotle
The Buffalo Trading Post Plaza has been approved on the southeast corner of Rancherias Road and Highway 18, town officials stated.
The 39,000-square-foot center will include an Aldi grocery store, Dutch Bros coffee shop, Wendy’s, Chipotle, and other unannounced tenants.
The property is home to the nearly 70-year-old Buffalo Trading Post building, the Daily Press reported.
“The private developer has indicated his desire to name the center after the former Buffalo Trading Post and to install a replicate buffalo sign as we are all familiar with,” town spokeswoman Sarah Krieg told the Daily Press in 2023. “It is too early to speculate on the names of the tenants as those can change during the pre-development phase of a project.”
The Buffalo Trading Post Plaza will include a Buffalo sculpture to commemorate the original Buffalo Trading Post building that formerly occupied one of the parcels included in the project. The buffalo sculpture will serve to commemorate the original Buffalo Trading Post monument, according to Planning Commission documents.
New park
In October 2024, the town broke ground on the state-funded Captain Joseph McConnell Jr. USAF, Park behind the Apple Valley School District Administrative office campus, located at 12555 Navajo Road.
“We were honored to welcome Trish McConnell, Capt. McConnell’s daughter, along with the Town Council, the Parks and Recreation Commission, and community guests to celebrate this momentous occasion,” town officials stated.
The park is named after the late Capt. McConnell, an America’s top jet ace who lived in Apple Valley with his wife and children, and served at the now-shuttered George Air Force Base in Victorville.
On Feb. 16, 1953, Lt. McConnell attained ace status after shooting down his fifth communist MiG-15 jet during the Korean War, according to the Air Force.
Nearly three months later, McConnell would have 16 confirmed kills to his credit and the title of the highest-scoring jet ace in American history.
The park comes via a 2021 Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program (Proposition 68) grant from the state’s Department of Parks and Recreation.
Located east of the school district’s administrative offices on Navajo Road and north of Pah-Ute Road, the nearly $8.4 million park will include a running track with a synthetic surface, a football field with lighting, a baseball field, and two soccer fields, as well as an all-abilities inclusive playground and walkway.
Other features include a small picnic shelter, large picnic shelter, dog park with big and small areas, restroom, parking lot with lighting, and landscaping and lighting throughout the park.
“We look forward to bringing this incredible park to our community and plan to host a ribbon cutting on Veterans Day 2025,” town officials said.
Industrial projects
In the North Apple Valley Industrial Specific Plan and beyond, the town has approved over 8 million square feet of industrial development.
On track to break ground first, Lecangs, a Loctek company, will soon construct a 1.2-million-square-foot warehouse distribution center.
“These projects not only bring hundreds of jobs for our local workforce but extend critical infrastructure, spurring opportunities for more commercial and residential development,” according to town officials.
Fostering the arts, hiring more deputies
“As we welcome these new businesses to Apple Valley, we’re also making strides to enhance the safety and well-being of our community. Measure P, which was approved in the November election, plays a key role in these efforts,” the town said.
Beginning in April 2025, Apple Valley residents will see a 1% sales tax increase. Although funding won’t reach the town until July, the Town Council plans to allocate these funds to hire eight to 10 additional sheriff’s deputies for the Apple Valley Police Department.
“From fostering the arts, expanding recreational spaces, welcoming new businesses, and increasing public safety, we continue to grow together, keeping Apple Valley a place to live, work, and play,” town officials said.
Daily Press reporter Rene Ray De La Cruz may be reached at RDeLaCruz@VVDailyPress.com. Follow him on X @DP_ReneDeLaCruz
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