Slice House Pizzeria Expanding to Fremont
The popular pizzeria chain Slice House is opening a new location in Fremont's Pacific Commons shopping center. The expansion was announced by Mayor Raj Salwan and reflects the ongoing commercial growth and development in the city.
Slice House founder Tony Gemignani is a 13-time World Pizza Champion who is originally from Fremont. The fast-casual chain, which started in San Francisco's North Beach, is undergoing a national expansion, with its Fremont location being one of several new outposts planned for the Bay Area. The new pizzeria will join a 1.1 million-square-foot super-regional power center that includes anchors like Target, Costco, and Lowe's. Pacific Commons is also slated to get a 100,000-square-foot flagship H Mart supermarket, with construction expected to begin in late 2026, signaling continued major investment in the area's commercial real estate. Fremont's economy has a strong advanced manufacturing base, which accounts for 25% of the city's employment across 40 million square feet of industrial space. The city's real estate market remains competitive, with a median home price of $1.6 million, driven by high demand from professionals working in nearby tech hubs. Apple has a significant manufacturing history in the city, having opened a highly automated factory on Warm Springs Blvd in 1984 to produce the first Macintosh computers. Co-founder Steve Jobs was personally involved in the design of the plant, which was capable of producing a new Macintosh every 27 seconds before its operations were moved in the early 1990s. The Bay Area continues to be a critical hub for the U.S. semiconductor industry, bolstered by the CHIPS and Science Act, which is funding a new National Semiconductor Technology Center headquartered in Sunnyvale. The region is home to industry leaders like Nvidia and major manufacturing operations for companies like TSMC. The development of high-quality amenities is a component of talent retention in Silicon Valley's competitive engineering market. While a recent report indicates Apple engineers often stay beyond five years, the battle for top talent is intensifying, particularly for AI-focused roles where firms are increasingly competing on culture, growth opportunities, and work-life balance to retain employees.
