MOMENT focuses on the activation of new, empty, or underutilized retail storefront spaces to reduce retail vacancies, increase opportunities for creative small businesses, and help create exciting community-minded destinations.

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The Numbers

19 businesses across 4 locations and counting

With three locations across San José, California, and one location in Mountain View, MOMENT looks to continue to expand across the San Francisco Bay Area in the coming months.

$3 million in sales since 2018

Our MOMENT Pop-Up program has garnered over $3 million in sales since its foundation.

$11.6k average in sales per month

Our MOMENT program consistently garners results for tenants, property owners, and our project partners.

Cities & Districts

MOMENT San Pedro Square

San José, CA
Launched on May 18, 2018, MOMENT San Pedro Square is a set of four dynamic micro-retail spaces designed and programmed to advance, grow and celebrate creative retail in downtown San José.
MOMENT Japantown

San José, CA
Launched in October 2022, MOMENT JTOWN is four businesses (including SJMADE) in one space designed and programmed to celebrate the vibrant culture of the Japantown community.
MOMENT Marketplace

October 2023 to August 2024
Previously located inside the Google Visitor Experience in Mountain View, CA
MOMENT Marketplace was a new pop-up shop concept featuring locally made and locally designed goods from over 75 makers and artists with a quarterly-rotating theme.
MOMENT Paseo

May 2024 to April 2026
San José, CA
Launched in May 2024, MOMENT Paseo brought new life to a long vacant corridor in downtown San José by transforming two long-time vacant storefronts into a vibrant retail space featuring five women-of-color owned businesses.
MOMENT Post Street

San José, CA
Launched in August 2024, MOMENT Post Street brings even more life to downtown San José by transforming two additional long-time vacant storefronts into lively retail spaces featuring six women and LGBTQIA+ owned businesses.
MOMENT Mountain View

Mountain View, CA
Launched in December 2025, MOMENT Mountain View features four new creative small businesses within a single collaborative retail storefront footprint on Castro Street. This is the first MOMENT storefront outside of the MOMENT Downtown San José Pop-Up program.