History Corner: Bohannon Office Park-Menlo Park Business Park

A lack and white negative photo shows an aerial view of the Bohannon Office Park in Menlo Park Business Park, looking southeast, in 1960.

During the 1930s and 1940s, David D. Bohannon developed 25,000 residential properties in Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties. His first commercial endeavors included the Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo (opened in 1954), the San Lorenzo Village Shopping Center in San Lorenzo and Bohannon Industrial Office Park in Menlo Park, according to Bohannon Companies website.

Johnson & Johnson become the first tenant at 200-acre Bohannon Industrial Park in 1953, according to the website.

In the photo, you can see several large buildings in the office park next to Highway 101. The Southern Pacific Railway runs diagonally on right of the image. At the bottom of the photograph is Marsh Road leading to the Dumbarton Bridge.

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