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SPOTLIGHT ON OTAY MESA
 
Otay Mesa Chamber of Commerce     
Otay Mesa established in 1985 is located in the southeast corner of the city of San Diego. The area is a mix of residential and industrial development. Otay’s proximity to the international border with Mexico makes it a thriving and rapidly growing business area. The area has gone from land covered with brush and jack rabbits with less than a 1,000 residents in 1957 to the largest commercial crossing on the California-Mexico border. The Otay Mesa Port of Entry handles the second highest volume of trucks and the third highest dollar value in trade among all U.S.-Mexico land border crossings. More than 1.4 million trucks use the Port of Entry each year, carrying over $19.2 billion in products.

More than 2,000 loaded trucks and 1,000 empty trucks use this busy area. There are two major freeways under development to serve the bustling port state Route 125, scheduled for completion in 2007, and State Route-905, set to open in early 2006. State Route 11, which will link to a third border crossing point, is in the planning stages and is fast-tracked for completion in seven years. Otay Mesa has 11,000 homes under development and houses more than 1,200 companies with 17,000 employees.

The area has the first dedicated commuter lane, easy access to Brown Field and the Tijuana International Airport and large parcels of value-priced land. The city of San Diego and state of California also provide a number of development incentives to companies that locate in this area. The State Enterprise Zone and the Foreign Trade Zone offer tax and importing advantages to businesses that want to conduct international trade.

Otay Mesa benefits from the Twin Plant System, which allows firms to operate manufacturing plants on both sides of the border. This program allows companies to place labor-intensive manufacturing processes in Tijuana and capital-intensive or research operations in Otay Mesa. Companies participating in this program include Honeywell, Howard Leight, Casio, Matsushita/Panasonic and Sanyo.

Top Home Sales in Otay Mesa
Dwelling Street Address Zip Record Date Tax Value
house 2871 Donax Ave 92154 10/12/09 $739,000
house 1038 Sea Reef Dr 92154 04/30/08 $700,000
house 1232 Sea Bird Way 92154 03/14/08 $653,000
house 4759 Sea Water Ln 92154 05/20/08 $600,000
house 5276 Sandbar Cove Way 92154 03/04/08 $580,000
house 5222 Bay Crest Ln 92154 01/15/08 $570,000
house 1177 Surf Crest Dr 92154 04/28/08 $560,000
house 5288 Sandbar Cove Way 92154 02/20/08 $560,000
house 5089 Surfside Dr 92154 01/31/08 $555,000
house 5294 Sandbar Cove Way 92154 04/22/08 $550,000
house 5162 Bay Crest Ln 92154 09/09/08 $539,500
house 5210 Bay Crest Ln 92154 07/16/08 $539,000
house 5156 Bay Crest Ln 92154 03/12/09 $535,000
house 5076 Surf Shoal Pt 92154 04/22/08 $530,000
house 1273 Riviera Pt. St 92154 01/14/08 $530,000
house 5144 Bay Crest Ln 92154 12/30/08 $519,000
house 1188 Surf Crest Dr 92154 04/28/08 $516,000
house 5228 Bay Crest Ln 92154 07/29/08 $515,000
house 821 Belle Crest Way 92154 02/12/08 $515,000
house 5132 Bay Crest Ln 92154 12/29/08 $504,000
house 1885 Crystal Bluff Ct 92154 05/30/08 $500,000
house 1310 Surfwood Ln 92154 04/25/08 $500,000
house 1266 Sea Reef Dr 92154 04/18/08 $500,000
house 5261 Quarterdeck Ln 92154 02/29/08 $500,000
house 1135 Surf Crest Dr 92154 04/10/08 $499,000
house 5143 Bay Crest Ln 92154 11/21/08 $485,000
house 1342 Sea Reef Dr 92154 11/06/08 $485,000
house 4830 Sea Water Ln 92154 02/27/09 $480,000
house 5192 Bay Crest Ln 92154 04/09/08 $480,000
house 1111 Surf Crest Dr 92154 06/19/09 $475,000


Ranked by number of employees
Company Industry Employees
Border Assembly Inc. N/A 1,000
DeliMex Corporation N/A 700
Autoliv N/A 500
Baroque Designs Inc. N/A 500
Martin Furmiture N/A 500
Tyco Health Care N/A 500
Energy Labs Inc. N/A 400
Hawker Energy Products N/A 300
Crower Cams and Equipment Co., Inc. N/A 225
Howard Leight Industries N/A 200
Axsys Technologies Motion Products N/A 190
Honeywell Inc. N/A 175
Adesa San Diego N/A 150
Home Depot N/A 150
Casas-Pacific-Hastings-Livingston N/A 125
Hitachi Transport System (America) N/A 75
AM-MEX International N/A 50
Circle International Inc. N/A 50
C. C. Service Inc. N/A 40
Greitzer Brokers Inc. N/A 40
International Automated Brokers Inc. N/A 33
Romero and McNally Co. Inc. N/A 32
Anthony Villanueva & Co. Inc. (AVCO) N/A 25
I. E. Pacific, Inc. N/A 25
R. L. Jones Customhouse Brokers N/A 24
Leather Mart, LLC N/A 15
Mar International Brokerage Corp. N/A 15
Guillermo Lizarraga International Customs Broker Inc. N/A 12
Hutchinson Broker Co., Inc. N/A 7
Murphy Development Company N/A 5

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