Ninety days after submitting plans for a 375,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing campus in Vacaville, Transwestern has approvals in hand. closed on the 22 acres of land at the interchange of Interstates 80 and 505 in Vacaville this summer
in an effort to lure more biotech jobs to the city, which has a population of 103,000. As part of that initiative, the city offers a fast-track entitlement program for biotech projects, Economic Development Director Don Burrus said in July. The city is able to turn around entitlements for projects like Transwestern’s in around 90 days, Burrus said.
When South San Francisco based-biotech Genentech, which has perhaps the most significant biotech to have a footprint in Vacaville, set out to expand its campus there, it was able to do so “over the counter,” Burrus said. ts purchase of more than 120 acres in July of 2021