About Skyway Center

When Sydney Levin, a pioneer San Carlos businessman, purchased 655 Skyway in the 1940’s it was just a swath of tideland between the San Carlos Municipal Airport and Bayshore Freeway. His friends scoffed at the purchase, telling him the land was only good for grazing cows and growing corn. His response: “Well then I guess I’ll raise cows and grow corn.” Sydney and his wife Zelda owned a bar in downtown San Carlos — the Carlos Club — that they transformed into a fashionable nightclub. Sydney tended bar and Zelda made snacks for Happy Hour.

These are the humble beginnings and pioneering spirit that underlie 655 Skyway Road.  

By 2005, the small office building and several T-hangars that had been built on the site were rusting and required rehabilitation. Sydney learned that private property abutting an airport is very unusual. He set about getting the property entitled for use as an FBO for private aircraft based in Silicon Valley. The Skyway Center that stands today  —  a groundbreaking multi-use, state-of- the-art aviation-centered facility —  had its beginnings way back in 2010. It took more than 12 years, until 2022, for the current Skyway’s new vision to be realized.

Now, a gleaming 48,500 sq. ft. modern aviation facility, it has extensive natural light, electrically operated hangar doors and bone-dry interiors. Plus 22,000 square feet of Class A office space, a board meeting room and donor event space for use by community nonprofits and for rental to the public for meetings and celebrations of every kind.

— Marty Eisenberg
Manager, Skyway Center LLC