Sorrento Mesa is a neighborhood in northwestern

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. It lies on a mesa with many ridges, north of Carrol Canyon Road, east of

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, west of Camino Santa Fe, and south of a canyon locally known as Lopez Canyon. The San Diego Police Department's neighborhood map shows Sorrento Mesa as part of the

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neighborhood. Sorrento Mesa is included in the Mira Mesa Community Planning Area.

Economy

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(also over 9 million sq. ft.), Torrey Pines (over 2.6 million sq. ft.), and Del Mar Heights/ Carmel Valley (over 4.4 million sq. ft.), together form San Diego's "North City

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" as it is a major center of employment outside of downtown San Diego. The area is primarily zoned for light industrial use. At its center is the San Diego Tech Center. There is a particular concentration of businesses in the fields of telecommunications, wireless applications, and biotechnology research.Sorrento Mesa, at San Diego North Chamber of Commerce, via Wayback Machine
/ref> There are also hotels, restaurants, and small retail areas which cater primarily to employees and visitors of the businesses. Major businesses operating in Sorrento Mesa include

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, Novatel Wireless,

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, and the Active Network. In 2011 the

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announced plans to move into a $100 million, six-story building on Vista Sorrento Parkway in Sorrento Mesa. The building houses 400 special agents and support staff; the FBI occupied the building in May 2013.

History

Prior to European contact, the

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village of Ystagua (''istawa'' in Kumeyaay) sat at the foot of the mesa in Sorrento Valley, which was a major tool manufacturing, food processing, and trade hub in the region which had a population of about 200. Development of the area began in the 1980s with a series of industrial parks. Support services such as restaurants and shopping began to be added later in the decade.

Community groups

The Business Alliance of Sorrento Mesa is a sub-group of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce.San Diego Chamber of Commerce

References

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