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The new owners of the Oaks Shopping Center will have to change this sign after the Celtic Shoppe closes on April 14.

Oaks Shopping Center is sold

By HUGH BIGGAR

The Oaks Shopping Center is going through some major changes. The center has been sold, and its longtime Celtic Shoppe is leaving.

The shopping center has been sold to a company called Homelandmg. Two large signs in front of the center on De Anza Boulevard advertise vacant space and forthcoming redevelopment.

Shawn Taheri, the name listed on the signs for Homelandmg, did not return calls, and a website for the company is under construction.

Previously, San Mateo-based Sand Hill Property owned the Oaks, an outdoor shopping center. Sand Hill owner Peter Pau also sold the Cupertino Village Shopping Center at the beginning of March. Pau remains owner of the former Anderson Chevrolet site, also on De Anza Boulevard. The former auto dealership has been leveled, and a Whole Foods Market is being built in its place.

Plans for the Oaks, home to 20 businesses, are unknown.

The Taco Del Mar restaurant, which opened a year ago, has shut its doors already.

The popular Celtic Shoppe is packing up its leprechauns and moving its lucky charms to Campbell. The store sells items ranging from Irish jewelry to Scottish scarves to the Irish Herald newspaper.

"We're excited, and we think it's going to be better for us [in Campbell]," said Catherine Cavagnaro, owner of the Celtic Shoppe. The shop has had a presence in Campbell, operating a stand at the city's annual St. Patrick's Day festival.

Cavagnara said that her Cupertino shop will close April 14. The Campbell shop is scheduled to open at 354 E. Campbell Ave. on May 1. An open house at the Campbell location is scheduled for May 13. Cavagnara hopes to keep the same phone number, 408.252.3046.

"Ninety-percent of our customers think our move is really great, but there is a small percentage that is not happy to see us go" Cavagnara said.