CAROLINE LAYDEN, a member of the Sobrato Organization, said at a community meeting that the developer proposes an advanced manufacturing building on a roughly 7‑acre site at Central Expressway and Bowers Avenue in Santa Clara. “We are proposing an advanced manufacturing building,” Layden said, describing a project of about 144,000 square feet that includes roughly 16,000 square feet of office space to support the warehouse floor.

Layden said the design includes 180 parking spaces, of which 63 have EV chargers and another 63 are EV‑capable, plus 44 bike parking spaces and two outdoor amenity patios for employees. She told attendees the project team is targeting LEED Gold and plans to incorporate solar, carbon‑cured concrete and other embodied‑carbon reduction measures.

Tanya Sayers, the project’s architect at HPA, presented site‑planning and architectural details. The team said the truck court is sited toward the north of the parcel so truck stacking would occur on site rather than on Oakmead Village Court; landscape buffers and layered planting are intended to screen truck movement from Central Expressway. The architect described a contemporary industrial elevation strategy with larger glazed entry corners, wood‑grain metal panels and accent colors to reduce perceived massing and create clear pedestrian entry points.

Layden described the project schedule and approvals path: the proposal is in the city planning review process, with the team targeting a planning‑approval hearing in Q1 2026 through a development review hearing that requires public notice. She said building permit applications were submitted and review has begun; the team named a targeted construction start in the fall of next year and a 2027 completion.

The presentation closed with an invitation for questions and comments; staff reported no attendees online or in person at the time the team was ready to begin public Q&A and suggested pausing the recording to wait for participants. The project’s next formal step is the city’s development review hearing, when the public can expect official notice and an opportunity to comment.