The City’s Redevelopment Agency has analyzed the potential impact of the governor’s proposal to abolish such agencies, and the results are not pretty.Elimination of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency would jeopardize major projects such as the Transbay Transit Center and the transformation of Treasure Island, and it would threaten to cancel construction of tens of thousands of new homes across The City.
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Seven years after The City’s Redevelopment Agency approved the first phase of the Hunters Point shipyard’s planned transformation, building might finally begin.The regional president of Lennar Corp., the Miami-based developer of the site, said the company hopes to soon start building the first 88 homes in one of The City’s largest redevelopment projects.
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A renowned environmental scientist will join residents of the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood at a news conference in San Francisco Monday to ask the Board of Supervisors to reject the environmental impact report for the Lennar Corp.'s shipyard redevelopment project. The 500-acre project would turn the abandoned, contaminated Hunters Point Shipyard into a vibrant, modern community with residences, retail and commercial space, according to Lennar Corp.
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San Francisco could benefit financially if the 49ers relocate to Santa Clara.
City supervisors and economic development staff on Monday discussed the financial implications of holding a spot open in a shipyard redevelopment project for a 49ers stadium.
A football stadium was long heralded by city and private industry officials as an anchor in redevelopment plans centered at the shuttered Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.
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An epic hearing scheduled Thursday could help shape the future of the shuttered Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, which is planned to be redeveloped.
Commissioners that oversee San Francisco’s planning department and redevelopment agency could vote Thursday to certify an environmental impact report and approve specific plans for a 702-acre redevelopment project centered at the shipyard.
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The shuttered Hunters Point Naval Shipyard is not expected to be fully cleaned up before its ownership is transferred to San Francisco for redevelopment.
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