Coast Aluminum will break ground this week on its $42 million, 163,000 square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility near Fresno Yosemite International Airport. Photo by Ben Hensley
Coast Aluminum, Inc, a Hayward-based aluminum supplier, will break ground on a 163,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility in Fresno, marking a major expansion for the longtime metals supplier and helping secure its future workforce in the region.
The ceremony is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 5255 E. Home Ave, near the Fresno-Yosemite International Airport (FAT). The project represents a $42 million investment, including land, development, construction and equipment, according to Coast Aluminum.
It’s slated to open in 2026.
Coast Aluminum has 16 locations across the Western U.S. and Northern Mexico, according to its website.
Coast Aluminum, Inc has a current location at 1360 E North Ave in South Fresno, which has sentimental value to Tom Clark, founder and owner of Coast Aluminum, Inc.
“This project is especially meaningful to me,” Clark said Tom Clark, founder and owner of Coast Aluminum, Inc. “We started our company in Hayward, California, in 1982, and Fresno became our very first branch in 1993. It was also the first building I ever owned and developed back in 1996 — the same one we’ll soon be moving from into this brand-new facility. This expansion represents not only growth, but a continued investment in our people, our customers, and the Fresno community that’s been part of our story from the beginning.”
Clark said the expansion reflects “a continued investment in our people, our customers, and the Fresno community that’s been part of our story from the beginning.”
Boise, Idaho-based Adler Industrial, LLC will be developing the project. They specialize in Class “A” Industrial properties across the Western United States.
Michael Adler, CEO of development firm Adler Industrial, said the company is “honored to be trusted with bringing their Fresno project to life.” After developing Coast Aluminum’s Boise facility in 2024, Adler said the renewed partnership “reflects the strength of our relationship and our shared commitment to quality, innovation, and community investment.”
Builder JB Steel Construction is based out of Oregon and specializes in commercial and industrial construction.
Russ Batzer, president of JB Steel Construction, said the design balances “efficiency, quality, and flexibility — everything we strive for in modern industrial design.”
He added that partnering with local subcontractors helps strengthen the local workforce.
Ethan Smith, a commercial real estate broker with Newmark Pearson, represented the seller of the land and said the project represents a breakthrough in bringing shovel-ready industrial space to Fresno.
Smith said the project began three and a half years ago, with the landowner taking on the upfront entitlement risk. That preparation allowed Adler to start construction within weeks of closing escrow — a first-of-its-kind scenario in the Fresno industrial market, he said.
Smith added that without the site, Coast Aluminum potentially could have had to relocate out of the city, but the property gives the company future growth potential and operational flexibility.
He said the approach of having developers and landowners complete the entitlement process for construction before selling the land is a step in the right direction.
“I think it’s a path forward in the city to get more projects out of the ground with developers being willing to go through this process,” Smith said.
The groundbreaking comes less than four months after Scannell Properties, a national developer broke ground in Southwest Fresno on the $100 million and 833,000 square foot Westgate Industrial Center, where Mayor Jerry Dyer proclaimed, “Fresno is open for business.”