Archer Aviation Leases 501K SF Tech Campus Near San Jose
Air taxi developer Archer Aviation leased a 501K SF technology campus in Morgan Hill, California, south of San Jose.
Santa Clara-based Archer Aviation leased the newly built five-building Cochrane Technology Center at 18105-18265 De Paul Drive, The Mercury News reported.
The company is working to connect Miami, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale with 12 vertiports, which serve flying taxis.
The 30-acre Cochrane Technology Center in Morgan Hill was built as a spec project by Trammell Crow Co. and JV partner CBRE Investment Management.
General contractor Millie & Severson completed the campus in May 2024, but it sat vacant until Archer leased all five buildings. Buildings range from 74K SF to 138K SF, and each has 4,000 amps of power, a requirement for power-hungry industrial manufacturing.
Archer is expecting to see growth as electric vertical takeoff and landing, or eVTOL, operations grow. Major developers are dipping their toes into the flying taxi space, and the federal government rolled out a pilot program earlier this year.
The deal is one of several leases Archer Aviation inked over the past year. In August 2025, the company took 105K SF at 10 W. Tasmin Drive in San Jose to expand its corporate headquarters. Archer also leases 96K SF at 190 W. Tasmin Drive and 68K SF at 77 Rio Robles.
In November, Archer took over the master ground lease at the 80-acre Hawthorne Municipal Airport, 10 miles southwest of Downtown Los Angeles, the first step in creating its first regional air taxi hub that will serve the Los Angeles area. Archer said it plans to acquire the Hawthorne Airport’s fixed-base operations and passenger terminal later this year.
Archer plans to build as many as 50 of its flagship Midnight eVTOL aircraft annually at its high-volume manufacturing site in Covington, Georgia, and at its “golden manufacturing line” in Silicon Valley, the company said.
It expects to begin commercial flights later this year after being one of eight companies selected in March by the U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration to participate in the White House’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program, which is designed to spur innovation and commercialization of advanced air mobility vehicles.
