San Francisco approves first phase of Bay View, Hunters Point redevelopment

The red dots represent redevelopment areas.
Approved:  the left side patch above.
The olive patch is the Alice Griffith housing rebuild.

To enlarge, click on graphic.

San Francisco Chronicle/City Insider/John Wildermuth, 1/8/14. "Big rebuild at Alice Griffith housing project gets OK."

"The dilapidated Alice Griffith housing project, across the way from the soon-to-be-demolished Candlestick Park, is ready for its makeover.   ....  "The effort is part of a 30-year plan to development the area around the stadium and the long-closed Hunters Point Shipyard into a new city neighborhood with over 12,000 new homes, retail and office space and parks and entertainment areas.

Lennar selected McCormack Baron Salazar, a company with national experience building affordable and mixed income housing, to do the Alice Griffith replacement work, although Lennar will be involved in the market rate construction on the site.

Plans now call for Lennar to take over the Candlestick Park site from the city later this year and then demolish the stadium to clear the site for development."  San Francisco Chronicle/City Insider/John Wildermuth, 1/8/14. "Big rebuild at Alice Griffith housing project gets OK."  Read article.

....  "The redevelopment of the neighborhood comes with the assistance of a $30.5 million grant San Francisco received in 2011 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

....   Along with the public housing complex, the commission approved Lennar's plans for a 1.1 million-square-foot development at the site of Candlestick Park, the 49ers' stadium that is being demolished later this year or in early 2015 after the team moves to a new home in Santa Clara. 

....  "This milestone in the important revitalization effort in the Bayview community will bring housing, jobs, parks, open space and economic growth through a public-private partnership with Lennar and helps us lay the groundwork for more middle class, affordable homes in the future," Mayor Lee said in a statement."  Inside Bay Area News/Bay City News Serice, 1/9/13.  "Construction plans approved for Candlestick Point redevelopment."   Read article.

Reference - San Francisco Mayor News Release, 1/8/14. "Mayor Lee Announces Approval For New Alice Griffith Public Housing Community & Candlestick Point Plans.  In Addition to New Housing & Jobs, Lennar Contributes Additional $1.35 Million for Community Benefits for Bayview Hunters Point."  "The Major Phase application covers Alice Griffith and 38 acres at Candlestick Point, including the site that now contains Candlestick Park. The first phase of development around Candlestick encompasses the creation of 16 blocks of new development that includes 1,529 new homes, of which more than 800 will be permanently affordable, including the one-for-one replacement of dilapidated Alice Griffith public housing units."

1.1 million-square foot redevelopment
by "outside developer" approved by San Francisco

Related -  The Press Democrat (Sonoma County)/Michael Coit, 12/22/13.  "Bordering the stadium site will be the remainder of the Candlestick Point area. Half of the project's total housing — condominiums, townhomes and apartments — will go up there in addition to office space.  .... Between the buildings and San Francisco Bay is the Candlestick Point State Recreation Area, an urban park developed on 170 acres of landfill.  Development is planned in phases, with a balance among housing, commercial buildings and parklands.  “There will be urban life along with a very sustainable program,” Bonner said. “We want to make sure this feels like a part of San Francisco since day one.”   

Related counter view - San Francisco Public Press/Christopher D. Cook, 7/6/10, includes embedded Vimo video.  The eco-NIMBY view, similar outside developer rap that twice defeated the ballot vote to development our city quarry.    

Note graphic and photograph:  The graphic is from All things retail development blog,  The Lennar/BVHP sign photograph is from the San Francisco Public Press article. 

In 2006, things were looking good for Lennar, America's second-biggest homebuilder. - See more at: http://sfpublicpress.org/news/2010-06/homebuilder-lennar-uses-federal-taxpayer-funds-to-balance-its-books#sthash.AxXiC0YF.dpuf

 

n 2006, things were looking good for Lennar, America's second-biggest homebuilder. That year, before the U.S. housing market's epic collapse, the Miami-based giant pulled down $15.6 billion in revenues and closed sales on 29,568 homes. The ink was just drying on a massive and potentially lucrative deal to transform Treasure Island with new housing complexes, and the well-connected Lennar already had secured a deal to develop the Hunters Point Shipyard that the Navy was turning over to San Francisco. - See more at: http://sfpublicpress.org/news/2010-06/homebuilder-lennar-uses-federal-taxpayer-funds-to-balance-its-books#sthash.AxXiC0YF.dpuf

n 2006, things were looking good for Lennar, America's second-biggest homebuilder. That year, before the U.S. housing market's epic collapse, the Miami-based giant pulled down $15.6 billion in revenues and closed sales on 29,568 homes. The ink was just drying on a massive and potentially lucrative deal to transform Treasure Island with new housing complexes, and the well-connected Lennar already had secured a deal to develop the Hunters Point Shipyard that the Navy was turning over to San Francisco.
Business was booming and Lennar's books looked good — but the financial page was about to turn to a depressingly long chapter that Lennar and other homebuilding corporations helped write.
- See more at: http://sfpublicpress.org/news/2010-06/homebuilder-lennar-uses-federal-taxpayer-funds-to-balance-its-books#sthash.AxXiC0YF.dpuf

n 2006, things were looking good for Lennar, America's second-biggest homebuilder. That year, before the U.S. housing market's epic collapse, the Miami-based giant pulled down $15.6 billion in revenues and closed sales on 29,568 homes. The ink was just drying on a massive and potentially lucrative deal to transform Treasure Island with new housing complexes, and the well-connected Lennar already had secured a deal to develop the Hunters Point Shipyard that the Navy was turning over to San Francisco.
Business was booming and Lennar's books looked good — but the financial page was about to turn to a depressingly long chapter that Lennar and other homebuilding corporations helped write.
- See more at: http://sfpublicpress.org/news/2010-06/homebuilder-lennar-uses-federal-taxpayer-funds-to-balance-its-books#sthash.AxXiC0YF.dpuf

In 2006, things were looking good for Lennar, America's second-biggest homebuilder. That year, before the U.S. housing market's epic collapse, the Miami-based giant pulled down $15.6 billion in revenues and closed sales on 29,568 homes. The ink was just drying on a massive and potentially lucrative deal to transform Treasure Island with new housing complexes, and the well-connected Lennar already had secured a deal to develop the Hunters Point Shipyard that the Navy was turning over to San Francisco.
Business was booming and Lennar's books looked good — but the financial page was about to turn to a depressingly long chapter that Lennar and other homebuilding corporations helped write.
Before the deluge, Lennar parlayed its profits — and considerable political capital — into securing the trust of San Francisco leaders, who have bestowed two major military base redevelopments on the corporation. But substantial evidence suggests that Lennar's finances, much like Treasure Island itself, are not exactly resting on bedrock.
- See more at: http://sfpublicpress.org/news/2010-06/homebuilder-lennar-uses-federal-taxpayer-funds-to-balance-its-books#sthash.AxXiC0YF.dpuf

Posted by Kathy Meeh