Public Works outlines $275 million Bayview training campus; zoning, CEQA and soil tests remain pending

The San Francisco Fire Commission on May 28 heard a detailed project update from the Department of Public Works on the planned Division of Training facility in Bayview Hunters Point, a consolidation of the department istributed training sites into a single campus.

Public Works project manager Scott Moran told commissioners the site is about eight acres, will contain roughly 150,000 square feet across 12 buildings and include training structures intended to simulate seven- and four-story buildings, residential typologies and an urban search-and-rescue building. The project budget is $275 million, financed principally through the 2020 bond measure; Public Works listed $145 million in anticipated construction costs and about $30.1 million held for contingencies and reserves.

The presentation framed the project as a consolidation of two existing training sites (Treasure Island and the 19th & Folsom facility), with a planned construction timeline that would begin late in 2025 and run about two-and-a-half to three years, targeting completion in late 2028.

Public Works emphasized remaining prerequisites: a CEQA addendum to correct earlier assumptions about training smoke emissions, a near-final memorandum of understanding with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) to protect an 18-by-18-foot combined sewer box that crosses the site, and legislative steps to vacate three paper streets (Bancroft, Hawes and Griffith) and rezone roughly 26 parcels from a 40-foot bulk height to 90 feet to allow the taller training tower. Supervisor Walton has agreed to sponsor the zoning/street-vacation legislation, Moran said.

Why it matters: the campus is a major capital project for…