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City Wants Cisco Systems To Build Up, Not Out

FREMONT, CA-The networking giant is proposing three- to six-story buildings but some council members are asking for taller buildings to help define the skyline and establish a more urban setting for people to walk, shop and dine.

By Becky Bergman | Updated on December 26, 2000

FREMONT, CA-City Council members here are lobbying Cisco Systems to build taller, skinnier buildings in the new Pacific Commons Business Park development. Cisco Systems’ plan only calls for three- to six-story buildings for the project, but the city’s design guidelines call for the buildings to be a variety of heights, going up to 12 stories in the center of Pacific Commons Boulevard, which is being billed as a “showcase street” – an urban setting for people to walk, shop and dine.

While the design guidelines include no minimum height requirement, Councilmen Steve Cho and Bill Pease have expressed disappointment that the tallest buildings Cisco has proposed are two six-story offices along the central commons of Pacific Commons’ main boulevard. They had expected landmark buildings of six to 12 stories that could be easily seen from the freeway. Currently, there are no high-rise buildings creating a skyline, says Pease, who wants to see taller buildings.

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