Research and Development

Cisco Systems Inc. is in the process of obtaining zoning for a planned 2.3 million-sf office and R&D facility on 153 acres in the Alviso community of North San Jose. About 10 buildings are planned, with construction occuring in two phases: 1.6 million sf in phase one, and 600,000 sf in phase two.

Groundbreaking, contingent upon approval by the San Jose City Council, could begin in late spring or early summer 2000, with occupancy 16 months later. Construction costs are estimated at $575 million.

Cisco Systems Inc. is planning a $1 billion R&D complex at the Coyote Valley Research Park. Construction is scheduled to begin in summer 2000 on the 6.6 million-sf project, with completion anticipated in 2002. DivcoWest Properties Inc. of San Jose and Gibson Speno Co. are joint developers of the 365-acre campus.

Cisco is currently building a $100 million, 1.1 million-sf project--Site 5--in nearby Milpitas. September 2000 is the scheduled completion date for the project, which was designed and built by San Jose's DevCon Construction Inc.