43800 Osgood Road rezone
Case PLN2025-00100
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Fremont Meetings
Planning Commission, April 23, 2026
Approves Sterling-Osgood Road General Plan Amendment and rezoning at 43800 Osgood Road, 6-0
1h 11m9,479 words
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What happened
The Fremont Planning Commission recommended City Council approval of the Sterling-Osgood Road General Plan Amendment and rezoning at 43800 Osgood Road, converting an ~11-acre former Fry's Electronics site from Regional Commercial to Tech Industrial for adaptive reuse of a ~144,00…
Meeting key facts
- Jurisdiction
- Fremont, CA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- April 23, 2026
- Decisions
- 4 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 6-0
Free sample: decision 1 of 4
Sterling-Osgood Road General Plan Amendment and rezoning at 43800 Osgood Road
General plan amendment from Regional Commercial to Tech Industrial and corresponding rezoning from Regional Commercial to Tech Industrial for an approximately 11-acre site with an existing ~144,000 sq ft building (former Fry's Electronics) in the Irvington community plan area. Includes discretionary design review permit, adoption of a negative declaration under CEQA, and removal of 47 city-protected trees. Developer is the Sterling Organization. Improvements include facade upgrades, 365 vehicle parking spots, 62 trailer spots, 18 truck docks, a new signalized traffic light on the northern Osgood driveway, sidewalk and crosswalk improvements. Recommendation to City Council, 6 ayes, 1 commissioner absent.
- Adoption of negative declaration under CEQA
- approval of discretionary design review permit
- approval of removal of 47 city-protected trees
- traffic signal on northern Osgood driveway
- ADA crosswalk and vehicular barrier improvements at Auto Mall and Osgood
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Meeting Summary
The Fremont Planning Commission recommended City Council approval of the Sterling-Osgood Road General Plan Amendment and rezoning at 43800 Osgood Road, converting an ~11-acre former Fry's Electronics site from Regional Commercial to Tech Industrial for adaptive reuse of a ~144,00…
Key Decisions (4)
Approved
Sterling-Osgood Road General Plan Amendment and rezoning at 43800 Osgood Road
Vote: 6-0Conditions attached
Continued
Pulte Link townhomes at 45846 Warm Springs Boulevard
Vote: 6-0
Approved
Singular Wireless conditional use permit extension at 6400 Stevenson Boulevard
Vote: 6-0
Approved
AT&T monopine conditional use permit extension at 47499 Fremont Boulevard
Vote: 6-0Conditions attached
Zoning Changes (1)
approximately 11 acres
Development Activity (4)
Sterling-Osgood Road (former Fry's Electronics adaptive reuse)
Industrial
Pulte Link townhomes
Residential
Singular Wireless monopine facility
Infrastructure
AT&T monopine facility
Infrastructure
Market Signals (5)
Commercial Demand
Fremont has a historically low industrial vacancy rate of roughly…
Infrastructure
Power capacity is a gating constraint: PG&E is reticent to…
Commercial Demand
Advanced manufacturing tenants will not consider sites zoned for retail/commercial,…
Who Spoke (16)
ChairCommissioner · 5Staff · 5ClerkApplicantApplicant's Rep · 2Public
On the record: the chair, 5 commissioners, 5 staff members, the clerk, the applicant, 2 applicant's representatives, and a member of the public.
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