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Committee endorses larger Byron Carlyle cultural center concept; housing details to return for review
Summary
Staff recommended ‘option 2’ — a multimode cultural center with a larger theater and classrooms — and the committee asked staff to use that option for pro‑forma modeling while returning later to define workforce-housing terms.
City staff presented three build‑out options for redeveloping the long‑vacant Byron Carlyle site in North Beach and recommended option 2, which includes a larger (350-seat) theater, a dedicated cinema, classrooms, rehearsal studios, exhibition/event space and a warming kitchen. The Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee voted to direct staff to model operations and financing using option 2 and to return to the full commission with RFP terms and recommended housing parameters.
Staff said AMS consulting prepared building programs and…
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