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Moss Landing has been a sleepy seaside community for years but that could be changing. The community along Highway 1 between Monterey and Santa Cruz is home to some industry. The Moss Landing Power Plant has been there for years and the community is also home to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and soon a whole lot more could be moving in to the unincorporated area.Properties that have been sitting vacant for years are now construction sites. Including the site at 8425 Moss Landing Road."It just all of a sudden took off and there is a sign up there that says 'restaurant and retail' but nobody can figure out what is going on over there," said Denise Panzich who works across the street.The lot is home to the decagon shaped building and its been empty for decades until now. Developers are adding on an additional building and hope to open a hotel and rent out retail space in a development being called Moss Landing Point.Real estate agent Darryl Kenyon with Mid Coast Realty said the owner is hoping to attract a brewery and bring in the eco-tourism crowd to the hotel. Kenyon said the project is finally moving forward because the developer bought out their old partner and decided now was the time to move on the project."Lease rates are attractive for landlords to move forward with projects like this, and there was disagreement between the former partners as to how and when to move forward, and so this appears to be the best time," he said. The construction is expected to be complete in late spring or early summer. Moss Landing Point is the only new space in town, at the other end of town another new building is going up next to Pacific Grill where more retail and restaurant space will be for lease.In addition new retail and hospitality space Moss Landing is also attracting new industry. Pacific Gas & Electric has teamed up with Vistra and Tesla on a new battery plant project. The California Public Utilities Commission approved the project last year that would provide storage for renewable energy that could be used up and down the coast. If it is built the battery plant would be the largest in the world surpassing the current largest facility located in Australia.New energy players are the only ones coming to Moss Landing the community is also attracting marijuana entrepreneurs. The old Moss Landing Business Park is being used to grow marijuana on Dolan Road just across the street from the power plant and a business called Phat LLC. has an application in with Monterey County to open a dispensary on Moss Landing Road.Local business owner Glen Oneil said all of this is good news for him. "Right now our economy is based on Phil's Fish House, people say when he leaves it will die," said Oneil about the state of the economy. Moss Landing is home to popular restaurants including Phil's Fish House and the Haute Enchilada but Oneil said he thinks new industry will bring even more people to town.