Business View Magazine | October 2019

291 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2019 DUBL IN, CAL I FORNI A Research, and ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology. “They’re building out their first phase of the project, which is about 208,000 square feet on three floors,” Wetherford continues. “It’s scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2020, and it’s going to bring multiple Zeiss strategic businesses together under one roof. There is a second phase of the project, which will consist of an additional five-story, R&D building, about 224,000 square feet, plus a parking garage for their employees. Once the full project, including both phases is complete, we’re expecting approximately 1,500 employees at full build-out.” Other projects in Dublin include a new 220,000-sq.-ft., medical office building and cancer center, which was opened this past May by Kaiser Permanente, the largest managed care organization in the United States. “That was the first phase of the project,” says Wetherford. “They are scheduled to grow to nearly 1 million square feet when the project is completed. We also have a number of hotel developers that have submitted pre-applications - we have a Westin Hotel that’s looking to open about 200 rooms by our East Dublin transit center; we have two other hotels – the Tru Hotel and the Element Hotel - that have submitted applications to build hotels of about 120 and 129 rooms, respectively. We also have another hotel developer that submitted an application to build a hotel in our downtown. “The City Council also approved an IKEA project at Hacienda Drive and Interstate 580. IKEA received approval to construct a 317,000-square-foot IKEA store with integrated, podium parking and a 93,000-square-foot main street component, which will have a mix of retail and restaurant spaces. We have a new Nissan dealership that was recently approved and should be under construction in 2020. We have a senior care facility under construction in Downtown Dublin – a first for the community – called Elegance at Dublin. It’s comprised of senior apartments, senior assisted living, and a senior memory care unit.”