The East Bay city of Oakley is moving ahead with its largest-ever industrial project, albeit without the data center component that ignited local opposition.
The Oakley City Council approved the 164-acre Bridgehead Industrial Project, a 3-million-square-foot logistics campus slated to rise on a former vineyard east of Antioch, the San Francisco Business Times reported.
The development, led by JB2 Partners alongside landowner Oxfoot Oakley, will roll out in phases over six to 10 years and more than double the combined industrial inventory of Oakley and neighboring Antioch.
The green light came only after the developer stripped a potential data center component at the eleventh hour, following an hourslong public hearing that drew dozens of speakers raising environmental concerns. JB2 principal Jason Bennett told city officials the use was never central to the plan and formally amended the application to prohibit it.
“We have heard your concerns as a City Council, and we have certainly heard the concerns of the community,” Bennett told council members on Tuesday, according to the Business Times. With that concession, the council signed off on the project, clearing the way for a development expected to reshape the city’s industrial base.
Plans call for 10 buildings geared toward manufacturing, packaging, warehousing, wholesale distribution and research and development. No tenants have been announced.
The site, formerly home to a Cline Family Cellars vineyard, sits south of the San Joaquin Delta near Highway 160. Oxfoot Oakley, linked to Cline Family Cellars in state records, said the vineyard had reached the end of its productive life.
At roughly 3.1 million square feet, the Bridgehead Industrial Project would surpass the 2 million-square-foot Contra Costa Logistics Center in size, currently the area’s largest industrial complex. City officials are betting the project will deliver a fiscal boost as well, projecting $1.1 million to $1.4 million in annual general fund revenue, alongside 3,500 permanent jobs and 3,700 construction roles.
Oakley’s industrial vacancy hit 10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025, well above the 5.7 percent average across northeastern Contra Costa County, per CBRE data cited by the Business Times. — Chris Malone Méndez
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