The Bayview Waterfront: Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point

OVERVIEW

Together, these sites comprise over 700 acres of waterfront land along San Francisco’s southeastern shores. The development project is designed to provide over 10,500 residential units—a significant portion of which will be offered at below-market rates—over 300 acres of new waterfront parks, including a new “Crissy Field of the South”, approximately 700,000 square feet of destination retail and entertainment space and over 2.5 million square feet of commercial space oriented around a “green” science and technology campus, targeting emerging technologies. The project is also being designed to accommodate a world-class football stadium for the San Francisco 49ers.

PROJECT UPDATE

The first phase of the Shipyard’s development is already underway (Shipyard Phase 1). Up to 1,600 homes and 25 acres of open space will be built on Shipyard “Parcel A.” Lennar/BVHP, the City’s development partner for Shipyard Phase 1, will begin construction on the first homes in early 2009. The balance of the Shipyard development (Parcels A-3 through E) will be built in association with Candlestick Point as one development project. In May 2007, the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor approved a resolution endorsing a “Conceptual Framework” for the two sites. Building upon the Conceptual Framework, in June 2008 San Francisco voters overwhelmingly approved the “Bayview Jobs, Parks and Housing Initiative” (Proposition G), which outlined the goals and principles upon which the City may move forward with redevelopment of the integrated area. Next steps include the completion of the following documents:

• Draft Environmental Impact Report
• Bayview Hunters Point and Hunters Point Shipyard Redevelopment Plan Amendments & City General Plan Amendments
• Disposition and Development Agreement between the City and Lennar Communities, the master developer for the integrated site

PARTNERS

The integrated development of the Shipyard and Candlestick Point is one of the largest redevelopment projects in the history of San Francisco. Therefore the need for partnership among public and private agencies and community groups is virtually unprecedented. Key partners include:

• Lennar Communities
• San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
• San Francisco Planning Department
• San Francisco Recreation and Parks
• California State Parks
• Bayview Hunters Point Project Area Committee
• Mayor’s Hunters Point Shipyard Citizens Advisory Committee