Right on the corner of El Camino Real and Page Mill Road, this huge grass and recreation area is just fantastic. Someone must have done a huge tax/trade deal in order to turn this property over to the city. It is worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Anyway, it has 2 fantastic soccer fields, parking and lighting. Not too much more to say except if you live in the area and love soccer, this is THE place for you.
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Here is some more information that I have found on the history of this property:
Under the agreement, Stanford will lease 6 acres at the corner of El Camino Real and Page Mill Road to the city for $1 per year for 51 years. The university also will build two soccer fields and 250 units of housing in the area.
Existing commercial buildings must be torn down to make way for the housing, so Stanford will receive vested development rights to rebuild 300,000 square feet of business space elsewhere in the park.
Plans for the Mayfield site began four years ago, when Palo Alto approached the university for help in finding a site for the relocation of the Jewish Community Center. Stanford responded by offering to lease the property to the city in exchange for 100,000 square feet of development rights.
We are very pleased to have this as the gateway to the research park,