Industrial Development

Creating Jobs and Strengthening San Jose's Economy

The San Jose Redevelopment Agency (SJRA) administers redevelopment projects and programs in five Industrial Redevelopment Project Areas located throughout the City of San Jose. These areas collectively encompass 7,843 acres of developed and undeveloped land, predominately under private property ownership. The Redevelopment Agency's investment of nearly $600 million in infrastructure over a 31-year period beginning in 1977 has stimulated significant private investment, including the creation of 70 million square feet of R&D, office, manufacturing, and warehouse spaces and over 80,000 jobs.

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North San Jose - The Innovation Triangle

North San Jose, the Innovation Triangle, a 4,795-acre area bounded by Highways 101, 880 and 237 is considered to be the world's most prestigious high-tech address, and has 42 million square feet of office/industrial space. The area is home to more than 1,400 of the world's best known international and multinational technology companies, employing over 56,000 people. Major employers include: Cisco, Texas Instruments, Novellus, KLA Tencor, Altera, Atmel, Brocade Communications, Cadence Design Systems, Seimens, Sony, Acer America, Hynix, Canon, Philips, Samsung, Lockheed Martin, Agilent, Rockwell Collins, eBay, Boston Scientific, Cypress Semiconductor, and Pivot Interiors. view map, facts

An update to the North San Jose Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Area Development Policy is currently in development with a vision to increase densities of allowable industrial square footage and to providing housing and retail amenities for area workers.

Edenvale Technology Park – South San Jose

This 2,045 acre technology park is the center of the rapidly growing lifescience and clean technologies industry in Silicon Valley. Edenvale has approximately 12 million square feet of built space. An Agency investment of over $90 million has attracted over 300 companies to expand and located in Edenvale and employ over 13,400 people. Companies including Stryker Endoscopy, Nanosolar, VNUS Medical TechnologiesPower Integrations, Clinimetrics, IBM, Symbol Technologies, Celestica, Lynux Works, GE Infrastructure Water & Process Technologies, Hitachi , Nextest Systems, Nortel, M/A-Com Tyco Electronics, and Jabil Circuits are located in Edenvale. The technology park is also home to the San Jose BioCenter, a world-class, state-of-the-art life sciences research facility and business incubator sponsored by the Redevelopment Agency. view map, facts

Edenvale Technology Park - Solar and Manufacturing Cluster facts

Julian-Stockton

Julian-Stockton Redevelopment Project Area is a 330-acre industrial project area that houses traditional heavy industrial users. There are over 330 businesses with 3,500 employees working in the project area. Julian-Stockton has over 4 million square feet of built space. Businesses located in the project area can be described as business support and people serving industry clusters involved in recycling, tile and cement manufacturing, sheet metal contractors, automobile parts and suppliers, and general contracting service providers. PG&E, San Jose Water Company, Silicon Valley Solutions, Tramslatel, Consenys Software, OSF International, and San Jose Warehousing are some of the companies located in the industrial area located north of Downtown San Jose. view map

Monterey Corridor

Monterey Corridor is the third largest industrial area by employment and project area size. This 515-acre project area has one of the largest concentration of employers in San Jose , with more than 280 businesses and 6,728 employees.* Monterey Corridor has 11 million square feet of built space. Businesses located in the Monterey Corridor include both heavy industrial and light industrial uses. Business support and people serving industries such as garment manufacturing, recycling, roofing, auto services, cement manufacturing, tile manufacturing, sheet metal fabrication, transportation services, and other general contractor firms that are suppliers to the residential and industrial construction companies operate in the Monterey Corridor. Businesses located in the Monterey Corridor area include: Comcast, Lucero Electric Manufacturing, AMC Glass, JRC Corp, ATC Paratransit, U.S. Health Works, Southern Lumber, A&T Precision Machining, Gold's Gym, Sun Sheetmetal, Seafood Express, San Jose Mailing, Off-Site Records Management, and Dung Vinh Inc., Restaurant Equipment. view map

Olinder

There are 83 establishments operating traditional heavy industrial business in the Olinder Redevelopment Project Area. Olinder has 158 acres and a built space of approximately 2 million square feet. 1,425 people are employed in the project area. Businesses located in the Olinder area include: Air Systems, Inc., Acosta Manufacturing, California Wine Transport, Feista Food Products, A-1 Rents, and AMFAC Distribution Company. view map

*Source: June 2004 EDD Data by OED
Employment number supplied by San Jose Business Tax license, Spring 2008**, Built square feet numbers by Colliers International - San Jose

For more information about the Industrial Development Program, please contact Leslie Parks at 408.795.1843, or e-mail leslie.parks@sanjoseca.gov.

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