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We need a MIX of truck access, large production space, AND office/R&D in ONE location. Zoning rules and development trends mean it is becoming very hard to operate a small high tech manufacturing and R&D company like ours in the Bay Area which also depends on proximity to retail, transit, restaurants, food markets and other amenities in order to attract and retain highly educated and talented staff.

We need to be by major highway entrances. We need enough warehouse space to store pallets of refrigerated fruits and vegetables.  We need dock space to back 48' trailers into.  This is a challenge in an urban center, especially where PDR spaces are limited. [...] We would love to find a facility that […] could allow us to grow over the next 10-15 years. Unfortunately space is so limited and at such a premium that is not possible for us at this time. San Francisco must preserve its limited PDR space and incentivize food businesses to remain in San Francisco.

We know that even with suburban office parks, these spaces can create community and energy

We value the multi-use, manufacturing and small business industry character of West Berkeley.  It is highly advantageous to have close at hand machine shops for fabrication of our custom parts. It is also highly advantageous to be so close to UC Berkeley, with whom we have several on-going collaborations.  In the past we have also collaborated with LBL. The work we do could not be done in an office building.  Because of our laboratory we require some sort of industrial zoning

We need space to grow but can’t here, so we are thinking about moving perhaps in the next five to ten years. Of course, buildings would be cheaper in Livermore or Modesto, but not as practical given their location…

It is very important to protect industrial land, where existing light manufacturing and other industrial uses can continue to thrive as they have for many decades. Protecting the existing industrial zones needs to be a priority to maintain a successful local and regional economy.

Once an industrial property goes to residential, it will never produce even one good job.  It is like building homes on fertile cropland--- you will never get another harvest

Industries […] they need the locations and infrastructure close to transportation corridors that industrially zoned areas have.  But even clean industries may be incompatible with the intruding condominiums and retail hot spots.

Ports-related waterborne commerce and rail-borne commerce, and related industrial companies, need to be kept in place in order to keep product prices low and minimize truck trips on the freeways.