Nathan Donato-Weinstein, writing for the Silicon Valley Business Journal:

Apple Inc. and the city of San Jose are working toward a development agreement that would allow the Cupertino-based juggernaut to build a north San Jose campus of up to 4.15 million square feet, according to city records — an amount larger than Apple’s “spaceship” campus under construction in Cupertino.

The draft agreement, which is not yet completed, will come before the city’s Planning Commission later this month, officials said. It would lock in development rights — and expectations for both sides — for the next 15 years in an area that sprawls across 86 acres north of Highway 101 across from the Mineta San Jose International Airport.

That is some prime real estate, in terms of airport access. Wouldn’t there be a lot of noise from aircraft traffic?

4.15 million square feet is about 90 acres, a tremendous parcel of land. Apple’s Infinite Loop campus is about 20 acres, and the new spaceship campus is about 175 acres. So this new tract is somewhere in between the two.

Given the potential noise issue, could this be an industrial use facility? Something tied to distribution, where airport access would be critical? Interesting.