TYCO General – BLOG

By Richard Deaver

Rowell Building - Fresno

Cities both large and small are reevaluating how they manage growth to not only preserve natural resources, but also keep their downtowns alive. Many have already been successful in bringing about change in the way they plan for inevitable growth and bringing residents and retail stores back to their downtowns and others are still in the planning or implementation stages.

Fresno has been looking at this problem for a number of years and has tried more than once to alter the way we continue to grow away from the urban core. As Fresno’s population increases, so does the need for affordable housing as developers continue to expand the city’s boundaries to keep up with demand – some say at the cost of valuable agricultural land. A recent Wall Street Journal article (August 15, 2009) provides information on a troubling trend that underscores this problem, which states; “Of new housing today, 80% is built in suburbs – the direct legacy of federal policy that favored outlying areas rather than the rehabilitation of city centers”.

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By Eric Tienken

TYCO General is nearing completion of phase one approval of Fresno’s newest industrial park in the Southern part of the city.  After two years of planning, the park  is now in its final approval stages for the Phase One  parcel map.

Phase two is also in the final stages of General Plan Amendment (GPA), which includes a Rezone of the existing use from Ag to M1 in anticipation of the tentative map application.

Tarlton Park, as it is aptly named after its owner (Tom Tarlton), who is the principal at Tarlton & Son, Inc. Tarlton Park  is slated to be a 39 lot industrial subdivision located along Hwy 41 at Central Ave.  The site already boasts an example of the building types to occupy the subdivision in the form of two buildings at the center of the 20 acre site serving as corporate headquarters for Tarlton & Son, Inc. read more »