It was the dominant and most extensive hacienda of the Urcuquí canton, occupying approximately 872 hectares.
It belonged initially to the Jesuits and later General Juan José Flores, first Constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuador.
Later, the hacienda was obtained by Don Jacinto Jijón and Caamaño y Flores, historian, leader of the extinct Conservative Party and entrepreneur of the sugar industry in the twenties.
The last owner of the legendary San Jose hacienda was Mr. Francisco Salvador.
Today, the San Jose hacienda is the main administrative area or Yachay Tech, within the Yachay City project, an urban area of life where research and technological applications are necessary to achieve the Good Living in an ecosystem of innovation that generates and enhances technology-based enterprises.