The City of San Carlos has approved plans for 642 Quarry Road in San Carlos, San Mateo County. The application would be the second life sciences project by the project developer, Presidio Bay Ventures, including two office buildings and a garage. Presidio purchased the property in 2022 for $34 million.
The proposal includes three structures with 643,890 square feet, including 410,070 square feet of leasable space and 233,820 square feet for the ten-story garage. The complex will have a capacity for 933 cars and 141 bicycles. Once complete, the complex could host 1,400 employees. Amenities will include a community childcare facility, outdoor public space, a fitness center, a yoga studio, and a golf simulator in the entertainment room.
642 Quarry Road, rendering by DES Architects and Engineers
DES Architects and Engineers is the project architect. The proposal is clad with a reflective curtainwall skin contained by an irregular articulation and fenestration pattern of horizontal and vertical louvers. In contrast, the garage will have a thin skin of perforated metal sheets and horizontal fins, allowing employees to admire the view from the top of the building.
JETT is responsible for the landscape architecture, which touches upon roughly half of the 4.7-acre property. Each building includes a rooftop deck with outdoor TV setups, a bar, and seating. The ground level will be landscaped with a publicly accessible park. The program currently includes a pickleball court, a bocce court, a community events space, a multipurpose stage, a dog run, and a botanical garden. An area will also be designed to host food truck parking.
642 Quarry Road amenity space, rendering by DES Architects and Engineers
642 Quarry Road site map, illustration by JETT
642 Quarry Road, existing condition courtesy the planning documents
The existing 4.7-acre property site includes 11 low-slung industrial structures with 104,390 square feet. The property is around 15 minutes away from the San Carlos Caltrain Station by foot and twelve minutes from the Belmont Station, passing by the recently developed East Side Innovation District.
Presidio is currently overseeing the rising construction project nearby at 777 Industrial Road. In San Francisco, Presidio recently opened the largest HOME-SF affordable housing project at 99 Ocean Avenue and purchased the 11-story office building at 60 Spear Street.
Construction is expected to last around 27 months from groundbreaking to completion.
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Great pictures and I can not wait for the construction to start. I am an only 4 blocks neighbor want to participate on the neighbors advertising and information updates. We need more outdoors, yoga , walking and restaurants open to the public, special to welcome to seniors that live between Harbor and Sylvan that we can just walk from our homes. we are only 3-4 blocks away!!
Welcome to our neighborhood!!