The future of a Santa Clara shopping center that’s a mainstay of the city’s Asian American community may be in jeopardy as a national developer pushes for housing to replace it.

Georgia-based PulteGroup wants to transform the Homestead Shopping Center into a 147-townhome development, complete with about 20 affordable homes and 341 parking spaces. The three- and four-story project, located at 3521 and 3591 Homestead Road, also includes nearly 5,000 square feet of commercial space. More than 10 storefronts in the existing shopping center would be demolished, including one of the city’s only Korean supermarkets and Chinese herbal medicine shops — and small business owners aren’t leaving without a fight.

Businesses that could be forced to move include Super Kyo-Po Plaza, Fuheng Herbs, Han Ta

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