I had heard about some of the work that was happening to highlight B'game's charms to the biotech community from Jerry Deal. And in driving to Chico this past weekend, I saw a good sized Genentech building off of Hwy 505 north of Vacaville so I know the competition is pretty intense over a large area around South City (the nominal biotech base). Today's Mercury Times is highlighting this work
Burlingame officials have been meeting with their existing biotech and pharmaceutical companies — they were surprised to find they already have 30 mostly small firms — and are striving to attract more, particularly in the Bayfront area.
We wrote about one of the potential sites recently
The centerpiece of the Burlingame movement would be a potential life-sciences campus at a vacant former drive-in theater on the Bayfront. Millennium Partners, a San Francisco-based developer, in the spring submitted a proposal for a 700,000-square-foot project at Beach Road and Airport Boulevard.
But this challenge was a new one to me
Burlingame biotech companies told officials their biggest problems with the area were the lack of public transit from the nearby Millbrae BART-Caltrain station and the excess amount of moving-company trucks that park on their streets, Deal said.
"There is one truck down there that has graffiti all over it that has been there for weeks," Deal said, adding that they sometimes block signs or entrances to buildings. "And they're not working in Burlingame."
Good luck landing some of these tenant for the bayfront.
Vehicles parked over 72 hours (3 days) are subject to towing in Burlingame. Just call the Burlingame Police; they'll mark the vehicle and give it 72 hours to move or be ticketed & towed. Before you call it might be a nice gesture to ask your neighbors if it's their vehicle.
Posted by: Jeff | June 23, 2010 at 08:57 PM
These complaints are in the industrial area near Old Bayshore so there are no neighbors to ask.
Posted by: Hillsider | June 24, 2010 at 12:21 AM
I just saw my City of Burlingame-Offical Web Site E-Mail
I was REALLY UPSET THAT THE CITY OF BURLINGAME WEB SITE ENDORSCES HIRING OF NON DOCUMENTED WORKERS.
And refers you to PICK THEM UP IN SAN MATEO..
I AM SURPRISED WE NOT REMINDED TO DROP THEM OFF IN THE CITY OF SAN MATEO!
Posted by: Holyroller | June 24, 2010 at 06:44 PM
Headline of The Post today.
Ax the Mexicans from free medical care.
It explained the loop holes available for the exploytation of the system.
The results as well.
Posted by: Holyroller | June 25, 2010 at 08:06 PM