South Mare Island – Choose Vallejo

First permanent U.S. naval installation

Film production facilities

Highest quality brewery & distillery

And so much more!

Discover South Mare Island

City Contacts

Ron Gerber, Economic Development Manager
ron.gerber@cityofvallejo.net or (707) 553-7283

Jose McNeill, Real Property & Asset Manager
jose.mcneill@cityofvallejo.net or (707) 648-4343

Basic info

Mare Island is a premier waterfront location with approximately 1,500 acres of land located in the City of Vallejo. Approximately 150 acres on North Mare Island (NMI) are controlled by the City and is the largest single development opportunity on the island and in Vallejo as a whole, offering the prospect of significant job-generating development. The project would be the first new automobile manufacturing facility to be built from the ground up in California in decades and would bring substantial financial investment and employment opportunities to Vallejo.

Project Overview

Why North Mare Island

The Mare Island Specific Plan provides for the future development of light industrial, warehouse, and office uses on NMI. The Vallejo City Council identified NMI as a priority economic development project in 2014 and, in January 2015, reconfirmed the Mare Island Specific Plan vision for the site.

After evaluating 187 sites nationwide, Faraday Future chose Vallejo in large part due to its proximity to Silicon Valley, an employee base that has received (or has access to) automotive training, and a strong regional market for electric vehicles, new technology and transportation innovation. The project represents an opportunity to establish Mare Island and the City of Vallejo as a hub of clean-tech, consumer-oriented, climate-protective ingenuity in the Bay Area.