Influx of Valley Tech Firms

The city of Dublin is feeling the boom.

Several major high-tech players are locking up deals to relocate to the city, which is located near major arteries I-580 and I-680. This week, Alameda County supervisors will likely enter exclusive negotiations with Cisco Systems. The San Jose-based software titan wants to buy several parcels of county surplus land in Dublin.

Also this week, Emeryville, Calif.-based software company Sybase breaks ground on a new 420,000-corporate headquarters facility in East Dublin. The building, expected to be done in 2001, will house more than 1,000 workers.

Finally, high-tech players such as MacroMedia, EMC Corp., and Simpson Manufacturing have signed leases at the new 34-acre Koll Dublin Corporate Center at the corner of Tassajara Road and Dublin Boulevard, and Pleasanton-based Commerce One has acquired options for a land purchase – slated for a new headquarters – near Sybase’s new campus.