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Board denies then rescinds on Corovan developer EIR appeal; full rehearing scheduled for Aug. 2
Summary
After a lengthy contested hearing on the environmental impact report for the Corovan/901 Sixteenth Street project, the board initially denied an appeal and upheld the Planning Commission's certification but later rescinded that vote and continued the item to Aug. 2 to allow additional public participation and review.
The Board of Supervisors held a marathon hearing July 26 on an appeal of the EIR prepared for a proposed 395‑unit mixed‑use project at 901 Sixteenth Street and 1200 Seventeenth Street in Potrero Hill. The project would demolish metal-clad warehouses and build two new mixed-use buildings while restoring an on-site brick office building.
Appellants — neighborhood advocates and preservationists grouped under Save the Hill and Grow Potrero Responsibly — urged the board to overturn the Planning Commission’s certification, arguing the EIR did not adequately assess cumulative development in the Eastern Neighborhoods, underestimated traffic and transit impacts, and unfairly dismissed an arts- and maker-focused “metal‑shed reuse”…
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