Cleantech Now in Downtown LA
The People, The Place, The Possibilities www.crala.org
Community Redevelopment Agency of the CITY OF LOS ANGELES Downtown Region
Cleantech Manufacturing Center Request for Interest (RFI)
The Vision One-Time Opportunity for Exceptional Industrial and
New Development Manufacturing Site
The City of Los Angeles is committed To showcase the City’s efforts to lead The 20-acre Center site at Santa Fe
the nation in cleantech business Avenue and 15th Street is located within
to being the national center for
development, the City is making an the greater Los Angeles Downtown area.
cleantech research and development exceptional investment in a new real The site is a prime industrial-zoned parcel
estate development. The CRA/LA seeks uniquely positioned to provide jobs for
and industrial manufacturing to identify national and international those living in nearby loft and residential
businesses devoted to ecologically visionary cleantech companies and developments or for those commuting
sustainable manufacturers that are via local and regional public transit.
sustainable processes and products. interested in locating to a 20-acre, CRA/LA- The new Center will be the southern
The goal is to create a community owned development site – the CleanTech anchor of the Los Angeles Cleantech
Manufacturing Center (Center) – in Corridor extending four miles along the
of businesses that share common Downtown Los Angeles. This site is part Los Angeles River from Chinatown south
values of sustainability, quality of the Los Angeles Cleantech Corridor to the Center. The Center property was
comprising a cluster of clean technology acquired from the State of California and
employment opportunities and and green-focused companies near the is a former Brownfields Revitalization
Los Angeles River. Interested firms will be
innovation in manufacturing for the site. CRA/LA has conducted extensive
poised to leverage generous economic cleanup and remediation and the site has
21st century. Such concentration has incentives and lead Los Angeles’ emergence been cleared by regulatory agencies for
as a model for sustainable industrial development. Site occupants must agree
proven successful in the Los Angeles
development in North America. to CRA/LA development and employment
entertainment, health care and The firms sought for the Center include policies, including prevailing wage and
aerospace industries. Concentration both established firms and emerging living wage requirements. For more
companies engaged in the assembly, information concerning applicable CRA/
of like industries in an area known manufacture or development of products LA policies, please review the following
for innovation and creativity in clean energy generation, sustainable web pages: CRA/LA Policy Related
building materials and furnishings, clean Information and CRA/LA Adopted Policies
creates an unparalleled opportunity water technology, reduced emissions and Procedures at www.crala.org/ct
for success. The Community vehicle technology, manufactured products The Center site enjoys excellent freeway
using recycled or organic materials and and roadway access. It is located 18
Redevelopment Agency of the City similar cleantech initiatives. miles from the Ports of Los Angeles and
of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) espouses Firms may participate as owners/users in Long Beach, 12 miles from Los Angeles
a build-to-suit development or as tenants International Airport and 35 miles
the principle of triple bottom-line in developer-owned buildings. Firms with from Ontario International Airport. The
investment that will benefit private space requirements of 40,000 to 400,000 Alameda Corridor, a direct rail line from
square feet or more are the primary focus the Ports to the rail terminals, is adjacent
enterprise, the community and of this initial outreach. However, future to the site. Union Station, the regional rail
the environment. opportunities for smaller users, including passenger transportation hub, is only 2.5
incubator space for start-ups, may also miles away. Additional site information
be available. All Center buildings are can be obtained at the Center website at
envisioned to be LEED certified at the www.crala.org/ct
highest level practicable. Parcels within
the Center site are planned to be made
available under long term ground lease(s)
with the owner, the CRA/LA. Occupancy
may occur as early as 2011.
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Community Redevelopment Agency of the CITY OF LOS ANGELES www.crala.org
Cleantech Manufacturing Center RFI Incentives
Development Incentives Now Available
Firms locating in the Center will enjoy The City of Los Angeles has made engaged in like industries with
support and advantages not otherwise unprecedented and coordinated efforts a common regard for environmental
available at other development sites. to foster cleantech development. The sustainability
Tenants will have access to a wide Los Angeles Cleantech Corridor and
variety of city, state and federal financial CRA/LA’s development of the CleanTech
• Have space requirements of 40,000
to 400,000 square feet or more and
incentives. The site is located within Manufacturing Center represent just an occupancy time horizon of
the Central Industrial Redevelopment some of CRA/LA’s contributions to the 2011-2014
Project Area, the Eastside State City’s commitment toward cleantech
Enterprise Zone and the Los Angeles innovation and manufacturing. The Center Interested firms are asked to send a
Federal Empowerment Zone. Incentives also enjoys support from the business maximum two-page cover letter of
include City Department of Water and community, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa interest along with the response form
Power energy programs and rebates, and City Councilmember Jose Huizar. The online. Paper copies can also be sent to
significant employment and investment City’s commitment to cleantech business the address below:
tax credits, permit expediting development is further evidenced in such
The Community Redevelopment Agency
assistance, workforce recruitment investments as:
of the City of Los Angeles
and training and other programs. In
addition, occupants may qualify for
• The Los Angeles Department of
CleanTech Manufacturing Center
Water and Power’s $5 billion
favorable ground-lease terms, New projected investment in achieving 354 S. Spring Street,
Market Tax credits, infrastructure grants 20 percent of customers’ power from Los Angeles, CA 90013
and low interest CRA/LA loans. renewable sources by 2010 and 35% Questions should be directed to this
by 2030 email address:
Los Angeles and Cleantech
• The Port of Los Angeles’ $15 million cleantechcenter@cra.lacity.org
Companies located in the Center will also Technology Advancement Program
have access to the region’s significant as part of the 2006 Clean Air Action Reponses should be received by
and advantageous high-tech business Plan targeted at investing in clean December 1, 2008.
resources. Los Angeles is known as the technology related to improving air
capital of the worldwide entertainment Please Note
quality and meeting clean energy goals
industry, and is also an historical and The CRA/LA’s primary interest is to
innovative center for industrial growth • $46 million set aside by The identify occupants for the Center
and emerging technologies. Los Angeles City Employees’ site who meet CRA/LA’s vision for
Retirement System (LACERS) funds sustainable industrial development.
Los Angeles offers: in 2005 for cleantech investments Extensive additional information such
• A growing pool of high-tech, skilled over a ten-year period as illustrative site plans, annual reports
workers engaged in technology and other details are not necessary at
jobs within Los Angeles County - Respond Now to Help Shape the Future
this time. Based upon the responses
numbering nearly 226,000 - Interested firms are asked to complete an received, the CRA/LA plans to issue a
the fourth largest source of jobs online Response Form (www.crala.org/ct) Request for Proposals (RFP) in early
in the County by December 1, 2008. Ideal tenants will be 2009, soliciting specific development
firms with the following characteristics:
• The largest manufacturing or occupancy proposals for all or a
employment base in the country • Engaged in the manufacture, portion of the site. This RFI process
with 470,000 jobs fabrication or development of is not a solicitation or procurement,
sustainable products using and respondents to this RFI who
• The largest number of Ph.Ds granted
sustainable processes submit proposals to any future formal
in any region of the country
procurement will not be limited in any
• World-class research facilities at • Compensate all employees at a
way by the content of their responses to
UCLA, USC and the California salary level at or above the living
this RFI. Development companies who
Institute of Technology, with a wage standards established by
represent specific qualified industrial
combined 42 Nobel Laureates and the City of Los Angeles and offer
tenants may respond jointly with the
opportunities for collaboration in opportunities for career advancement
interested tenant. CRA/LA will not
technology development • Desire to be located in the review responses proposing speculative
Los Angeles region among firms
• Four of the nation’s top ten development without an identified
engineering firms cleantech tenant partner.
Cleantech Manufacturing Center An Ideal Location
Community Redevelopment Agency of the CITY OF LOS ANGELES www.crala.org