A developer no longer plans to build a giant warehouse on the site of an aging quarry on San Bruno Mountain — but the revised proposal includes a data center and advanced manufacturing facility instead.
Orchard Partners LLC unveiled the downsized plan at a community meeting in Brisbane this week in an effort to appease environmentalists who raised concerns about noise, traffic and adverse impacts on the mountain’s endangered butterfly species.
Instead of the 1.3-million-square-foot, three-story warehouse proposed last October, the developer is now proposing a pair of two-story industrial buildings totaling about 900,000 square feet. One building would house the data center, and the other would host a combination of warehouse space and advanced manufacturing…