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Milpitas council denies appeal, affirms approval for 1000 Gibraltar Drive warehouse project

Milpitas City Council and Housing Authority · December 3, 2025
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Summary

The Milpitas City Council unanimously denied an appeal and affirmed the Planning Commission’s approval for a 487,564-square-foot industrial/warehouse building at 1000 Gibraltar Drive. Appellants cited insufficient flood and drainage analysis; staff and the applicant said required drainage design and mitigation will be reviewed during building permits and post-entitlement engineering.

The Milpitas City Council unanimously denied an appeal on Dec. 2 and affirmed the Planning Commission’s approval of entitlements for a new industrial and distribution building at 1000 Gibraltar Drive.

City staff described the proposed project as a single-story, 487,564-square-foot warehouse and office facility on about 28.96 acres with 781 vehicle parking stalls, 50 oversized truck stalls and 27 loading doors. The applicant, Panatoni Development Group, is seeking entitlements on behalf of the property owner, Amazon, for warehousing and distribution uses allowed in the Heavy Industrial zoning district.

Grace Holbrook, representing Carpenters Local Union 405, filed the appeal and told the council the CEQA addendum accompanying the project “does not include adequate…

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