In a victory for NIMBY activists in the densest warehouse market in the US—the Inland Empire—Fontana's City Council shot down a proposal to build three industrial facilities encompassing 541K SF on a site north of Santa Ana Avenue.
The council voted 3-2 against rezoning for industrial use a 24-acre site which stands adjacent to Jurapa Hills High School and to the west of Citrus High School between Citrus and Oleander avenues, The Sun reported.
The new distribution center was planned by Acacia Real Estate Group, a developer based in Newport Beach. Acadia's proposed site, which is adjacent to the school's baseball and softball fields, is zoned for 507 residential units. The site also is in proximity the Fontana Adult School.
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