Murphy Development Company (MDC) announced today that it has completed construction of the final building at Siempre Viva Business Park (SVBP), at 8500 Kerns St. in Otay Mesa. The 79,050-square-foot Building 17 features a 28-foot clear height, 2,000 amps of 277/480 volt power, manufacturing sewer and water capacity, ESFR sprinklers, concrete truck courts, wide column spacing, and high dock door ratios designed for distribution users. Mainfreight is occupying approximately 33,000 square feet of the building; 46,000 square feet is available for lease.
MDC’s development team, which has been responsible for the entire Simpre Viva Business Park, included architect Gene Cipparone, K&S Engineering, Teshima Landscape Design, and Lusardi Construction as the general contractor.
The 2.1 million-square-foot business park on 155 acres near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry has become home to prominent global Fortune 500 companies such as Bose, Hitachi, NYK Logistics, General Dynamics, Pioneer, Samwha, Tyson, Mattel, US Joiner, Iron Mountain, United Parcel Service, Mitsui, Ajinomoto and Mainfreight.
“We launched Siempre Viva Business Park in 2000, after pioneering corporate industrial development at San Diego Business Park and Brown Field Business Park in the ‘80s and ‘90s,” said Michael Murphy, president of Murphy Development. “Due to its corporate-quality design and landscaping, best-in-class building features, and notable users and tenants, SVBP continues to be San Diego’s most successful corporate industrial development,” he said.
Murphy also announced that CareFusion has moved into the 121,970-square-foot Building 18 at 2600 Melksee St. in SVBP under a five-year lease. CareFusion, which was acquired by Becton Dickinson (BD) in March 2015, is occupying the entire building for warehousing, distribution, and other processes.
JLL’s Andy Irwin and Joe Anderson represented MDC and JLL’s Steve Holland and Joe Anderson represented CareFusion/BD on the CareFusion lease.
