A 50-acre site that once housed a mall is being transformed into a mixed-use development that will, among other things, feature the largest green roof in the world.
Sand Hill Property is redeveloping the site, located in Cupertino, California, and formerly home to Vallco Town Center, into The Rise, a seven million square feet project that will combine housing, office spaces and retail/restaurant venues. It will be crowned by a 29-acre, energy-efficient green roof – the largest in the world – and feature more than six miles of trails and bike paths.
The development will also include four miles of trails and paths, recreational lawns, family picnic areas, playgrounds, seating areas, an informal amphitheatre, and an open-air, netted playfield over Wolfe Road that also serves as a bridge, providing connectivity between all buildings of the 50-acre site at the green roof level.
“The Rise is born from the global capital of innovation – Silicon Valley has changed the way the world lives, and The Rise aspires to fundamentally change how Silicon Valley lives,” said Reed Moulds, Managing Director for Sand Hill Property Company. “This once-in-a-generation development will be a new and spectacular source of pride for a city that already has a celebrated global renown.”
