Meant to evoke a European style public market, the 40,000 square-foot Oxbow Public market readies itself for a December 15 opening.

The market will feature regional and seasonal foods, including meats, poultry, seafood, artisan cheese, produce, bread and baked goods, wine and flowers. Also included will be cafes, “farmstands” or a daily farmers market, and outdoor deck with dining space.

Two older office buildings, a house and the Napa Valley Tire Shop once occupied the market space. The land is leased from Copia.

Location

Oxbow District

610 and 644 First Street, Napa.

Total square feet

40,000.

Project cost

$10 million.

Owners

Oxbow Management, LLC, made up of 25 private investors, specializes in master planning, building and managing public market spaces. Projects are in the early development stages at Railroad Square in Santa Rosa and San Jose, Carlin said.

Steve Carlin is founder and CEO of Oxbow Management LLC. His background includes 20 years with Oakville Grocery, 10 as president/CEO. Carlin worked as project manager of the San Francisco Ferry Building Marketplace.

Bart Rhoades is COO of Oxbow Management LLC. Rhoades is formerly CEO of PCW Communications, the publisher of PC World and Macworld magazines. He served for 15 years on the board of Robert Mondavi Corporation of Oakville.

Rob Mann is development manager of Oxbow Management, LLC. Mann is responsible for the redevelopment of the Talbots and Back Room Wines building in Napa.

 

Construction began

Demolition and site work started August 2006.

Planned completion

Dec. 15, 2007.

Engineers

Riechers, Spence & Associates, Inc., Napa.

MBA Structural Engineers, Walnut Creek.

Acies Engineering, Sunnyvale.

Architect

Baldauf, Catton, Von Eckartsberg, San Francisco.

Contractor

Terra Nova Industries, Walnut Creek.

Project manager or Developer

Oxbow Management, LLC.

What’s happening?

The last of the brick is going on the building’s exterior and site work, including pouring of the river deck and the Oxbow Public Market parking lot on First Street, is underway and will likely be completed next week.

“The tenants are all very involved with the build-out of their individual spaces,” writes Carlin in an e-mail.

Style of building design

A modern twist on a traditional Napa Valley barn, the building’s architecture features an open-span public market facility designed by San Francisco architects, Baldauf, Catton, Von Eckartsberg, who also designed the retail space of the renovated San Francisco Ferry Building.

Leasing agent

Steve Carlin, Oxbow Management, LLC, 963-1345, scarlin@oxbowmanagement.com.

Price per square foot

Not provided.

Hours  

9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday and to 8 p.m. Sunday.

Tenants  

The marketplace consists of about 35 merchants in farm stalls and retail spaces, each independently owned and operated.

Of the 25 interior spaces, about eight spaces remain available, although many are reserved by a letter of intent.

Taylor's Automatic Refresher, the Fatted Calf and the Model Bakery will occupy the former tire store.

Ten farmstands line the outside of the market.

Current tenants include:

Vendors will open between Dec. 15 and spring 2008.

•  Five Dot Ranch, a producer of California natural beef.

•  Fete, providing essentials for any host or hostess.

•  Rotisario, grilled meats and poultry.

•  The Fatted Calf, an artisanal charcuterie and butcher.

•  The Oxbow Wine Merchant and Wine Bar.

•  The Oxbow Cheese Merchant.

•  Taylor’s Automatic Refresher.

•  Anette’s Chocolate Factory, truffles, fudges, creams, brittles and other confectionaries.

•  Pica-Pica, native Venezuelan foods.

•  Heritage Culinary, artifacts and antiques.

•  Three Twins Organic Ice Cream, organic ice creams.

•  The Olive Press, olives and olive oil.

•  Model Bakery, specializing in artisan breads.

•  Kitchen Library, culinary collectibles.

•  Tillerman Tea, loose-leafed teas and tea making paraphernalia.

•  Folio Enoteca and Winery, micro-winery, wine shop and artisan café.

•  Whole Spice, spice shop.

/Jennifer Huffman/Register

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