City of San Francisco Projects

The Warriors chose a large site in Mission Bay for their new privately financed 18,000 seat basketball arena and event center. Project approvals included an unprecedented traffic mitigation plan to protect the adjacent UCSF Hospital and an innovative dedicated funding source for enhanced transit and other public services.

approved 2015, opened 2019

The San Francisco Giants partnered with the Port of San Francisco to transform the stadium’s 28-acre parking lot into a new mixed use neighborhood, comprising 1,500 residential units, 40% affordable, 1.5 million square feet of office space and eight acres of open space. The Disposition and Development Agreement creates a partnership between the Giants and the Port, with an ongoing revenue stream for the Port as underlying landowner. The project’s public benefit package includes a new five-acre waterfront park, an innovative workforce development program related to the office and retail spaces, $40 million in transportation funding and dedicated funding source for future sea-level rise adaptation in the vicinity.

approved 2018, first phase complete 2024

The Port of San Francisco selected developer Forest City to redevelop this 28-acre former maritime industrial site. The project creates 1,500 residential units, 30% affordable, 1.5 million square feet of office space and nine acres of open space.  The Disposition and Development Agreement creates a partnership between the developer and the Port, with an ongoing revenue stream for the Port as underlying landowner. It also includes restoration of three historic buildings, a local hire program, new arts facility, $40 million in transportation funding and dedicated funding source for future sea-level rise adaptation in the vicinity.

approved 2017, under construction 2019

This complex negotiation protected the future of St. Luke’s Hospital in the Mission District and cleared the way for two new seismically safe hospitals in San Francisco, at Van Ness-Geary and Mission-Bernal (former St. Luke’s). The Development Agreement assured $70 million in payments for affordable housing and transportation improvements, as well as significant ongoing commitments around charity care and local hiring.

approved 2013, opened 2019

When the elevated Central Freeway was removed in 2003 Caltrans agreed to convey for development to the City 22 parcels of land formerly underneath the freeway. The Octavia Boulevard project has transformed the former Central Freeway right-of-way and these parcels into a beautiful boulevard and park, with 1,000 residential units, 50% affordable. 

approved 2010, open 2010 - 2017

The Hearst Corporation partnered with developer Forest City to bring life to four acres of mainly parking lots at 5th and Mission Streets, adjacent to the historic Chronicle Building and across the street from the Old Mint. The project creates 700 residential units, 40% affordable, 600,000 square feet of office space and one acre of open space. The Development Agreement includes restoration of a historic building to house arts organizations, a workforce development program and financial contributions to recreational facilities in the SoMa neighborhood.

approved 2015, opened 2021

Brookfield Properties, owner of Stonestown Mall, plans to modernize the retail center while infilling housing on some of the facility’s parking lots. The project will include over 3,000 new housing units and 160,000 square feet of new retail space.

approved 2024

In 2011 this fossil fuel-burning power plant in the southeastern part of the City was finally decommissioned. Developer Associate Capital is redeveloping this waterfront site as a new mixed-use neighborhood directly adjacent to Pier 70, including 2,600 units, 30% affordable, 1.5 million square feet of office or life science space and eight acres of open space. The Development Agreement will assure preservation and reuse of three significant historic industrial structures, as well as a new soccer field and YMCA, and more than $75 million for transportation improvements and workforce development.

approved 2020, under construction 2022

The Visitacion Valley neighborhood of San Francisco was a company town around the Schlage Lock factory until it closed in 1999. This Development Agreement enables a transformation of this 20-acre former industrial site into 1,700 residential units, 15% affordable, as well as a grocery store and 2 acres of open space. Despite the closure of California’s Redevelopment Agencies, the agreement was able nevertheless to bring a significant amount of public investment into the project to offset remediation costs.

approved 2014

San Francisco Plumbers’ Local 38 partnered with developer Strada Investments to redevelop its two-acre site at 12th and Market Streets in the Hayes Valley / Mid Market neighborhood. The project includes 600 residential units, 27% affordable.  The Development Agreement includes restoration of the historic Civic Center Hotel and a dedicated 100-unit supportive housing facility for formerly homeless individuals.

approved 2018, under construction 2020

The 17 acre Balboa Reservoir has never held water and has been used for many years as a parking lot for adjacent City College of San Francisco. Developers Bridge Housing and Avalon Bay will acquire the property from the Public Utilities Commission to create 1,100 units of housing, 50% affordable, as well as four acres of open space. The Development Agreement will assure 150 units of affordable housing prioritized for City College and public school educators as well as 200 replacement parking spaces for college students, faculty and staff. The City will participate by providing some of the subsidy for the very ambitious 50% affordable rate.

approved 2020

This former gravel yard on the City’s southern bayfront will be transformed into a waterfront urban village in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood, including 1,575 units, 25% affordable, as well as a public marketplace with local business incubator and dedicated funding source for future sea-level rise adaptation in the vicinity. The project includes a collaboration with the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department and the Trust for Public Land to create a new 15-acre waterfront park along the Bay.

approved 2018

The 100-year-old San Francisco Flower Mart is one of the few remaining wholesale flower markets in the US. The City worked with developer Kilroy Realty to relocate the Flower Mart to a new location on 16th Street in order to build a 2 million square foot office project on the current Central SoMa site. The Development Agreement for this project includes a fully-funded relocation of the Flower Mart to a permanent new facility in San Francisco, including ongoing operating support for the market. The agreement also provides a parcel dedicated to the City for affordable housing and more than $200 million in funding for affordable housing, transportation improvements and workforce development.

approved 2020

Developer Prado acquired this property after the University of California, San Francisco decided to consolidate its Laurel Heights facilities into its new Mission Bay campus. The project will create 744 residential units, 25% affordable and 30,000 square feet of retail space, by converting the notable existing midcentury office building into residential space and infilling more housing around it, while maintaining existing significant trees and green spaces on the campus.  The Development Agreement includes a new standalone 100% affordable senior housing complex with childcare on the ground floor.

approved 2019

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music saw the need to provide housing for its students and acquired this site to expand its Civic Center campus. The project includes 113 residential suites for 420 students, as well as two new performance spaces. The Development Agreement requires provision of 27 new rent-controlled apartments in the facility, to replace those previously on the site, along with right of return for all previous tenants and temporary housing during construction.

approved 2018, opened 2021

Industrial developer Prologis is proposing a first of its kind in California multi-story light industrial facility in the Bayview neighborhood. The project will include 1 million square feet of versatile manufacturing, distribution and fleet management space over four stories with large truck access to upper stories, adding much needed new light industrial space to the City’s constrained supply.

approval expected 2025