COOLIDGE, AZ — A California-based manufacturer of concrete building components could bring 100 to 150 jobs to Coolidge after the City Council unanimously approved the Clark Pacific Coolidge rezoning on July 13, 2026. The proposed Clark Pacific Coolidge plant would sit on a 160-acre site near the northwest corner of South Highway 87 and East Hanna Road. Of that total, Clark Pacific representative Terry Street preliminarily estimated only about eight to ten employees would relocate from California, and said the company hoped to fill the rest locally.
The rezoning changes the property from Agricultural (AG) to General Industrial (I-2).
Local Hiring Plans and Job Applications
Development Services Director James Myers told the Council the company had advertised approximately 140 openings. “They had 600 applications, job applications, from that one Facebook post that they did last week,” Myers said.
Terry Street of Street Consulting described the hiring approach at the June 10, 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. “We are in the business of manufacturing precast concrete, from structural precast to architectural precast,” Street said. He continued, “We look to bring very few people out of California, and would employ anywhere from 100 to 150 people here with maybe eight or ten max coming from us. So it would be all local hires.”
Street later called those figures preliminary estimates. Furthermore, he described the skilled trades the plant will need. “We’re gonna need guys that can bend rebar well, run batch plants, place finished concrete,” he said. Additionally, he said recruitment may reach beyond city limits. “Our hope is to find them all locally in here, but it may have to go to Casa Grande, to Eloy, or wherever to fill the needs of the job.”
Clark Pacific also plans to source materials locally. “Intend to put a brand-new batch plant on the property, etc., buy aggregates, rock and cement locally,” Street said.
What Clark Pacific Will Produce
Clark Pacific manufactures prefabricated precast concrete building systems. According to company materials, the product lines include structural systems for data centers, prefabricated power infrastructure, insulated wall panels, structural systems for laboratory facilities, and parking structures.
The AccelCore™ line delivers full structural systems for data centers. Meanwhile, AccelGen™ provides prefabricated buildings and platforms for onsite power generation. AccelGen configurations can support backup diesel generators, fuel cells, batteries, switchgear, and transformers.
Clark Pacific’s published materials list 32 data centers totaling more than 13 million square feet of structural and enclosure work and more than 2,216 megawatts of capacity.
At the June meeting, Street said the Coolidge plant would serve regional demand. “We have projects in New Mexico, Texas, and even south of here in Tucson that we’d rather manufacture here and deliver in a shorter distance,” he said.
Apple Headquarters Cited as Speed Example
Street cited what he described as Clark Pacific’s work on Apple’s Cupertino headquarters to illustrate the company’s manufacturing speed. “I invite people to look up Clark Pacific on the internet. Their two main plants are in West Sacramento, but they completed an entire Apple headquarter building in Cupertino, if you’ve seen that crazy spaceship,” Street said. He added, “95% of that building was precast concrete. And Clark Pacific managed to put up manufacture, and then at the job site erect, 5.8 million square feet of building in 11 months.”
According to Clark Pacific’s materials, structural components can be manufactured offsite while site and foundation work proceed at the same time.
Street said in June that the company hoped to begin manufacturing by the end of summer 2026. “We would love to be manufacturing literally end of summer. So we are serious about rocking and rolling,” he said.
Company Background
The privately held company remains family-owned across multiple generations. Street said at the June meeting that the company did not, at that point, intend to move its headquarters from California.
Water Supply and Canal Access
The Clark Pacific Coolidge plant would rely on two registered wells on the site, according to Street. Furthermore, he said Weber Water Resources had inspected them with cameras. “They were originally 600-foot wells back in the ’80s, with water at about 480, and they say the water’s currently much higher than that,” Street said. He also said the wells had what he called about 200 acre-feet of “paper water,” more than he expected the plant to need.
At the July 8 meeting, discussion indicated Clark Pacific was going through the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) permitting process to convert the wells from agricultural to industrial use, and that the company was currently relying on the two well sites while any future access to water from the canal remained uncertain. Street separately said the company was discussing potentially using another party’s water during construction only, and that the water would not be permitted for plant operations.
A canal also runs through the property. During the June 10 hearing, resident Wendell Iring raised a concern about continued irrigation access. “I irrigate at least once every year, sometimes more,” Iring said. He asked, “My only concern here, my question is, are you gonna take out that canal so I can’t irrigate?”
Street said Clark Pacific would need to build a crossing over the canal. “We don’t intend to cut off your water,” he said. When Iring asked for confirmation, Street answered, “Yes.”
In addition, Clark Pacific is coordinating with design firms that work with the Bureau of Reclamation on canal crossings.
Soil and Fire Safety
At the June 10 rezoning hearing, Commissioner Tom Scott raised questions about the local soil, comparing it to “cake flour.” Later, at the July 8 hearing on the Minor General Plan Amendment, Scott called the ground “real bad flour dirt” and noted the property hasn’t been farmed in more than 20 years.
Street addressed the soil during the June meeting. “We’re expecting a substantial investment in compaction, and then we’re gonna put rock and gravel over the vast majority of what we do not pave for parking lots to keep the dust at a minimum,” he said.
Street said fire-protection requirements, potentially including water tanks, would be addressed later in the design process with the fire department. “We have a concern for life safety for proper access and circulation,” he said.
Clark Pacific Coolidge Plant Advances to Site Plan Review
The Clark Pacific Coolidge rezoning passed unanimously on July 13, 2026. Earlier that same evening, the Council approved a Minor General Plan Amendment changing the land use designation from Business & Commerce (B&C) to Industrial & Manufacturing (I&M). The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the rezoning on June 10 and the Minor General Plan Amendment on July 8.
Among the remaining requirements, Clark Pacific must complete a Major Site Plan review with the Development Services Department for compliance with city development standards.
