In a region where land scarcity defines strategy, a new off-market listing is making waves across Silicon Valley’s real-estate and development circles. One of the largest RS-zoned parcels in the entire region is now available for acquisition, offering something Silicon Valley rarely sees: the chance to build a full-scale roadside service hub with every high-demand use on the table—fuel, EV charging, auto services, food, hospitality, and more.

This property is the largest piece of land zoned RS on market today in California per Costar. Buyer is to verify. 

For developers and operators who’ve been waiting for a multi-use commercial site with both size and zoning flexibility, this is the opportunity that usually never reaches the public.

And it’s priced at $6 million.

Why This Parcel Matters: Silicon Valley Needs More Roadside Services—Badly

Silicon Valley’s explosive growth created a strange imbalance: the region built offices, homes, and tech campuses faster than it built the service infrastructure needed to support them. That’s why fuel stations, tire centers, car washes, and food stops are consistently overloaded—and why electric-vehicle drivers often wait for charging stalls even on weekdays.

Meanwhile, commuters, corporate fleets, and rideshare drivers depend on a service network that hasn’t kept up with demand.

This site changes the equation.

With a large RS-zoned footprint, easy ingress/egress, and high visibility on a major corridor, the parcel can support the full spectrum of modern roadside services—exactly what Silicon Valley has been missing.

A New Vision for Roadside Development in the Tech Capital

What sets this site apart isn’t just its size. It’s the range of revenue-generating uses the land can accommodate. Picture a next-generation roadside destination designed for today’s mix of drivers, commuters, EV owners, and travelers.

This parcel can support:

Fuel & Mobility

• Gas station

• Diesel and fleet fueling

• EV fast-charging hub with high-capacity stalls

• Rideshare driver staging

• Bike/e-bike repair or micro-mobility center

Automotive Services

• Tire shop

• Express or tunnel car wash

• Auto repair facility

• Premium detailing center

• ADAS/smart-car calibration

• Roadside assistance/towing operator pads

Food & Retail

• Drive-thru coffee (Starbucks, Dutch Bros, Peet’s—take your pick)

• Quick-serve restaurant

• Modern convenience store with grab-and-go meals

• Food-truck court or pop-up pads

• Specialty kiosks: mobile phone repair, pet wash, micro-pharmacy

Hospitality & Workspace

• Limited-service hotel

• Micro-suites or sleep pods

• Tech-friendly workspace pods

• Parcel locker hub (Amazon, UPS, FedEx)

In a region crowded with offices and data centers, a true roadside services center has become a missing link. This parcel fills that gap.

 

What Buyers Will Want to Know

This site’s size allows for efficient planning—ample parking, wide pump layouts, stacked retail pads, and flexibility for a standalone hotel to service the motorist community. The RS zoning provides a more straightforward approval path compared to most Silicon Valley commercial parcels.

Demand drivers include:

• Daily commuter flows into corporate campuses

• A high-income population with strong appetite for quality food, coffee, and auto care

• Persistent shortages of fuel, charging, and tire/repair facilities

• Growing EV ownership without matching infrastructure

For investors, the opportunity extends beyond traditional fuel and food stops. The future of roadside services is multi-platform, blending mobility, technology, and hospitality. This parcel is one of the few in the region that can support that kind of vision.

There is a huge need for modern roadside services as today’s drivers, vehicles, and technologies demand far more support than the current existing infrastructure provides.

As the tech economy continues to evolve, so does the need for travel, mobility, and commuter services. This parcel is poised to become an anchor for a rapidly growing corridor—if the right developer seizes the moment.

RS Roadside Services. The purpose of the Roadside Services district, also known as the RS district, is to allow specific and necessary highway uses and services within clusters at appropriate locations necessary to serve the motoring public. Such uses shall be located a sufficient distance from other RS districts to prevent strip commercial development and protect the existing scenic features, landscape and open space character along certain scenic roads. Scenic amenities shall be enhanced by choice of construction materials, landscaping, site planning and development in such a manner that the scenic value at the location of the development and the scenic view from said highways shall not be compromised. This district is meant to apply to all parcels designated Roadside Services in the general plan.  

 

This site changes the equation. Its strategic positioning, high visibility along a major traffic artery, and strong zoning alignment mean it can immediately address this pervasive undersupply.

 

 

A Multi-Use Vision: Building a Next-Generation Roadside Destination

What makes this parcel truly game-changing is its size and RS zoning flexibility. It allows a developer to create a multi-platform destination blending mobility, technology, and hospitality—a true missing link in the region.

 

The land can accommodate a full spectrum of high-value, revenue-generating uses:

Auto-oriented Services

• Gas stations

• EV charging stations fast-charging hub with high-capacity stalls

• Car repair, tire shops, smog stations

• Car wash facilities

• Tow-yard or service yard (sometimes requires a conditional permit)

• Rideshare driver staging
• Bike/e-bike repair station
• Automotive Services & Car Care:
• Tire shop
• Express/tunnel car wash
• Auto repair and diagnostics
• Detailing 
• ADAS/smart-car calibration

Travel-Oriented Retail

• Fast-food restaurants with drive-thru

• Coffee shops

• Convenience stores

• Small general retail (mini-marts, phone stores, vape shops, etc.)

• Food Truck Court 
• Tech-friendly workspace pods for commuters
• Parcel locker hub (Amazon, UPS, FedEx)

Buyer will have to confirm all uses with city and county

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Uses Sometimes Allowed with a Conditional Use Permit (CUP)

These require city approval and sometimes neighborhood review:

• Hotels / motels

• Larger automotive dealerships or heavy repair

• Storage facilities (self-storage is common along highways)

• Light industrial / warehouse

• Commercial parking lots

• EV supercharging stations with battery storage infrastructure

• Sleeper pods or micro-lodging

Buyer will have to go thru the conditional use application with the city and county.

 

In a market defined by land scarcity, a parcel of this scale, flexibility, and utility is incredibly rare. Large RS-zoned properties almost never hit the public market in Silicon Valley.

 

This is a narrow-window opportunity because:

This is more than a land listing; it's a chance to define a portfolio and set the standard for modern roadside development in a market that desperately needs it.

 

 

1- What does "RS-zoned" mean, and why is it important?

 

2- What is a conditional use?

 

What are the primary demand drivers for a service center at this location? A: The site benefits from three main demand drivers: