Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Economic Development Site Permit topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Planning commission approves Goodman Innovation Center redevelopment of former Analog Devices campus
Summary
The commission unanimously approved a site development permit and sign program for a three‑building, roughly 330,000‑square‑foot business park research and development campus on a 16.79‑acre former Analog Devices site, including removal of 148 protected trees to be replaced with 302 new trees and conditions addressing circulation, landscaping and CEQA consistency.
The Milpitas Planning Commission unanimously approved a site development permit and master sign program on Thursday for the Goodman Innovation Center, a three‑building business park and research campus on the former Analog Devices property.
Associate Planner Sean Manalo presented the application for Site Development Permit SD25‑0007 and Master Sign Program SD25‑0009, describing three two‑story speculative industrial buildings totaling about 330,000 square feet on roughly 16.79 acres. Manalo said the project would remove 148 ordinance‑sized protected trees and replace them with 302 trees, provide approximately 432 surface parking spaces and include 91 EV charging stalls. Staff recommended adoption of Resolution No. 26‑012 approving the site development permit, an environmental assessment (EA26‑0002) and the sign program, subject to roughly 110 conditions of approval.
Will Parker, senior vice president at Goodman North America, told commissioners the project is aimed at advanced manufacturing and R&D tenants and targets LEED Gold and CalGreen standards, including solar readiness and EV charging. "Once delivered, the project could support an estimated 600 jobs in Milpitas," Parker said; staff and the city’s economic development letter cited similar economic figures and estimated a $62 million one‑time construction impact.
Commissioners sought detail on tenant types, recurring city revenue and construction staging. Staff noted that the project is consistent with the Business Park Research & Development (BPRD) zoning district and that permitted uses include research, advanced manufacturing and, in the zoning code, data centers; applicant and staff said the design is not optimized for data‑center‑scale power. The commission discussed construction‑period traffic controls and conditions requiring off‑site improvements, stormwater upgrades and ADA‑compliant pedestrian facilities.
Public comment included six speakers who supported the project, including Albert Alcorn of the Milpitas Chamber of Commerce and Leticia Samame, who emphasized job creation and reuse of a long‑vacant site. Supporters pointed to low vacancy rates for modern industrial space in the region and to the potential to bring more employers and higher‑wage jobs to Milpitas.
Commissioner Waseke moved to adopt Resolution No. 26‑012 approving SD25‑0007, EA26‑0002 and SD25‑0009 subject to the staff conditions; Commissioner Brown seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Conditions of approval include standard design and engineering requirements, tree replacement, demolition and construction controls, and coordination of public improvements with city engineering and fire review. The applicant team said demolition would be conducted during permitted daytime hours and that some on‑site concrete and asphalt would be ground and reused during site work.
Next steps: the project will move forward to building‑permit submittal and construction once permits are obtained and conditions addressed. Staff will administer the conditions of approval during plan check and construction inspection.
