Learn About the Project
Brisbane has a proud industrial heritage. With the Quarry Innovation Center, formerly known as the Guadalupe Quarry Redevelopment Project, developer Orchard Partners plans to honor this legacy and the region’s environmental and climate leadership by closing the 144-acre quarry and building a new sustainable development for advanced manufacturing on an approximately 61-acre portion of the quarry property that would be annexed into the City of Brisbane. The remaining approximately 82 acres — about 57% of the quarry property — will be permanently set aside and maintained as protected open space.
Our team is committed to completing a full Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for this project and will not pursue a CEQA Exemption for advanced manufacturing under SB 131.
In the Fall 2025, Orchard Partners submitted an updated Project Description and Design Permit Application to the City of Brisbane. You can view copies of our Project Description, Design Permit Application and Project Renderings by clicking on the buttons below.
Project Overview
The Quarry Innovation Center plans are the culmination of more than a decade of various technical studies, community outreach and evaluation of project alternatives for the future of the Guadalupe Quarry. The Quarry Innovation Center reflects feedback from the Brisbane community, with a total project size that has been reduced by 33% from original designs. The evolution from warehousing and data center uses previously considered to a focus on advanced manufacturing has the potential to bring more than 1,000 high quality jobs to the region while reducing truck traffic and noise.
The Quarry Innovation Center will:
- Construct 1 new two-level building, totaling 892,000 square feet for advanced manufacturing, a use that combines light industrial, assembly and manufacturing, modern warehousing and other ancillary uses
- Increases protected open space and habitat for threatened and endangered species
- Increases continuous funding for implementation of the San Bruno Mountain Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)
- Increases funding for vital local services like law enforcement and public safety
- Creates high quality jobs for the future
- Improves local infrastructure
What will the Quarry Innovation Center include?
To learn more, you can view our Project Description, Design Permit Application and Project Renderings by clicking on the buttons below.
What is Advanced Manufacturing?
Advanced manufacturing represents the next evolution of industrial production, where innovative technologies transform how companies make and assemble things. It combines robotics, automation, AI, and clean energy systems to create products more efficiently, sustainably, and with greater precision than traditional manufacturing. These operations require modern facilities with robust power infrastructure, skilled workers and strong connections to logistics networks. In the Bay Area, advanced manufacturing is driving significant growth across clean energy, life sciences, food technology and next-generation mobility, generating high-quality jobs while strengthening our regional supply chains.
Innovation Smart technologies, robotics, AI and automation
Advanced manufacturing leverages sophisticated systems to boost productivity, quality, and responsiveness. Think of collaborative robots working alongside skilled technicians, machine learning that optimizes production in real-time and digital tools that streamline everything from design to delivery.
JobsHigh-quality employment across sectors
Advanced manufacturing creates meaningful, well-paying careers across a wide range of diverse industries. From clean energy systems and electric vehicle components to life sciences breakthroughs and innovative food production, these jobs offer strong wages and career growth while supporting inclusive economic development in Brisbane.
InfrastructureModern facilities, sustainable design, and power access
These operations require facilities designed for the future-spaces that can support high energy demands, incorporate sustainable features and adapt as manufacturing technologies continue to evolve.
Advanced Manufacturing 101 Webinar
To help educate the Brisbane community and other project stakeholders, we hosted an Advanced Manufacturing 101 webinar in October 2025, with presentations from subject matter experts from the Bay Area Council, JLL and the City of Fremont. You can view a recording of the webinar and download the presentation by clicking on the button below.
A Unique Industrial Infill Opportunity
The San Francisco Peninsula industrial real estate market is the second most supply-constrained and underserved market in the United States and has the oldest industrial building base on the West Coast.
The Quarry Innovation Center provides an unmatched opportunity to address this challenge while strengthening environmental conservation on San Bruno Mountain.
Historic Guadalupe Quarry
Since 1895, the Guadalupe Quarry has supplied rock and aggregate materials for construction projects that have enabled growth and development across the Bay Area, including the construction of SFO and Highway 101.
The current owner and operator of the Guadalupe Quarry has permits in place to continue operating through at least 2055.
Without the Quarry Innovation Center, mining activity on San Bruno Mountain will continue and could increase for at least another 30 years.