Board approves amendments to Candlestick Point and Hunters Point Shipyard redevelopment plans

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on June 26 to adopt amendments to the Candlestick Point and Hunters Point Shipyard Phase 2 redevelopment plans that reconfigure land uses, update the street grid and parks plan, and preserve the project’s overall housing commitments.

Office and research-and-development entitlements were reduced and reallocated into a broader mix of uses, including hotels, neighborhood and regional retail, and institutional uses, under the revised plan. Official totals for housing under the redevelopment plans remain unchanged at approximately 12,100 total units across the combined project; the developer and city officials emphasize that the project will deliver a mix of market-rate and deeply affordable units. OCII staff and the developer described the changes as a response to market conditions after the 49ers stadium plan was not built on the site and said the new street grid and urban design would allow adaptive reuse of historic buildings and better public connections.

OCII Executive Director Nadia Sissay presented the changes and said the amendments would allow a potential “eco‑grid” infrastructure (recycled-water treatment, geothermal, district heating/cooling) to be studied and included where feasible. The Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure and the developer 5Point have also proposed updated transit, pedestrian and bicycle connections, and parks and open-space configurations to match the revised street patterns.

Multiple supervisors and speakers stressed continued oversight of the site cleanup. Supervisor Malia Cohen’s remarks and public testimony noted community concerns about past contractor sampling failures and the need for additional testing. Supervisor Cohen said state agencies had agreed to test certain parcels and that the city would not move forward with residential construction until soil-safety questions are resolved. Members of the public, including long-time Bayview residents, urged both timely redevelopment and rigorous environmental testing; the board’s vote explicitly affirmed CEQA determinations and required the remaining oversight and approvals listed in staff recommendations.

The board adopted related zoning and general-plan changes and approved updates to the Bayview Hunters Point below-market-rate housing plan (actions recorded as items 50–52 and 57–59 on the agenda). OCII and the developer said construction phasing on the Candlestick side (Alice Griffith replacement housing) is already underway; the amendments primarily affect the shipyard Phase 2 area where land transfers from the U.S. Navy and additional environmental review remain ongoing.

Ending: The redevelopment amendments passed unanimously. Supervisors and advocates said they will continue to press for thorough environmental testing and community engagement as the project proceeds through entitlement and construction phases.