Amazon’s self-driving car division Zoox has leased two more industrial buildings in Hayward, expanding its footprint in the East Bay city by more than 350,000 square feet as it races to scale up production of its steering-wheel-free robotaxis. The new space sits at 25500 Clawiter Road in western Hayward, just north of Highway 92, and lands right next to the company’s existing 220,000-square-foot factory.
The deal, reported by San Francisco Chronicle, involves two adjacent warehouses owned by PGIM. JLL announced the completed lease and represented the landlord in the transaction, while CBRE represented Zoox. Hayward city records show the company has already been issued a business license to operate at the warehouses, according to the Chronicle’s review of public filings.
A Zoox spokesperson told the paper the facility will provide space to scale the company’s purpose-built robotaxi fleet and continue developing the vehicles in California, though the spokesperson declined to share specifics on exactly how the new buildings will be used. Zoox did not immediately provide further comment about the broader expansion when asked.
A Growing Manufacturing Footprint Near the Old Gillig Site
The new lease builds directly on Zoox’s existing production base in the neighborhood. The company’s main 220,000-square-foot assembly facility sits at 25810 Clawiter Road, part of Hines’s Exchange @ 92 industrial campus, which was built on the former Gillig bus factory site. Zoox opened that plant last June, and the facility carries annual assembly capacity of up to 10,000 robotaxis…