Let's Build a Better Pasadena

Caltech and Trammell Crow—a multi-billion-dollar developer—are planning a 93,500+ sq. ft., four-story commercial building for big pharmaceutical companies in a long-established neighborhood, directly beside a historic church and school, and across the street from a designated landmark.

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Unbeknownst to residents, Caltech purchased the corner lot and had it rezoned to enable this project, despite its proximity to a TK–8 school, a daycare, residential homes, and a landmark library. This building is simply too large for the site and would overwhelm the surrounding community.

 

If built, the massive complex would tower over and permanently overshadow the historic institutions and homes around it, including:

• The cultural landmark of Hill Ave Branch Library

• St. Philip the Apostle Church and School, which have faithfully served Pasadena for nearly 100 years

• Pasadena City College campus

• Holliston Ave residential homes

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We support responsible development and are asking for thoughtful planning and the right location for a project of this scale and purpose—not next door to children, historic institutions, and family neighborhoods.

 

We urge the City to STOP THIS PROJECT until full safety, traffic, environmental, and community impact studies are completed and residents are meaningfully engaged in the planning process.

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This is about more than one historic neighborhood. Allowing this project to proceed unchecked sets a dangerous precedent for oversized commercial developments to encroach on neighborhoods across Pasadena.