Site Selection

Site Selection

Glendale is one of Southern California’s leading business centers for serving the Los Angeles market. The City is within minutes of several leading commercial districts, providing face to face opportunities with one of the world’s leading economies. With service from four major freeways, Glendale connects directly to Downtown Los Angeles and both the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys.

Site Selection Assistance

The City of Glendale Development Services Division offers confidential site and facility selection assistance to office, retail and industrial users seeking space for headquarter, operations, manufacturing, sales & administrative functions.

Economic Development staff can provide an initial search using CoStar or LoopNet data. For more detail, we work with an extensive network of commercial, office and industrial real estate brokers with substantial knowledge of Glendale and Southern California.

Economic Development and Planning staff also provide existing and prospective businesses with preliminary consultation on a wide range of permit and entitlement issues. Call (818) 548-3155

Why Choose Glendale?

  • Population 207,157 - Third Largest City in L.A. County
  • Global business community & regional employment center
  • Competitive Low Cost of Doing Business — No business license fee, no gross receipts tax or long distance telephone tax

Regional Employment Center

  • Daytime working population over 80,000
  • Office space – Over 6 million square feet
  • Retail Space – Over 8 million square feet
  • Industrial Space – Over 8 million square feet

Extensive Transportation Network Connecting to Business Centers & Attractions

  • Amtrak and Metrolink provide reliable train service to and from Glendale’s employment base. Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the City’s local Beeline bus service offer easy mobility through the City at affordable rates. Bob Hope Airport, co-owned with the cities of Burbank and Pasadena, is minutes away from Downtown Glendale.
  • Located at the center of the “Golden Triangle” of freeways: Golden State Freeway (I-5), Glendale Freeway (SR-2), Ventura Freeway (SR-134) as well as the 210 Freeway.