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Developers outline Sewell Lot 337 / Pier 48 vision; port and public to revisit design in September
Summary
Development team for Sewell Lot 337 (also called Giants Parking Lot A) described a flexible mixed‑use plan under an exclusive negotiation agreement: roughly 1,000,000 square feet of office, about 875 residences, 250,000 square feet of retail, event space on Pier 48, and about 2,600 parking spaces; the team plans a September public submittal and continued stakeholder outreach.
Port staff and the development team updated the commission and the public on the Sewell Lot 337 / Pier 48 entitlement process and design work under an exclusive negotiation agreement (ENA). Phil Williamson, port project manager, summarized staff work to date. The development team, represented by Jack Baer (general counsel and senior vice president for the San Francisco Giants) and a Cordish Companies development director (named in the transcript as Port Tellis), described the project's scale, program and next steps.
The presenters described an initial land‑use program drawn from the RFQ/RFP submittal that included roughly 1,000,000 square feet of office; about 875 residential units; approximately 250,000 square feet of retail; about 180,000 square feet of event and exhibition space on Pier 48; over eight acres of open space; and roughly 2,600 parking spaces. The team said this mix is subject to change to respond to market conditions, with an emphasis on flexibility to make individual components bankable. The team also described strategies to create a finer street grid, pedestrian‑oriented retail clusters and linkage to transit (including a proposed historic streetcar loop). The developers said Giants and Cordish are funding the project LLC and plan significant consultant and due‑diligence spending this summer, with a planned public submittal and public process re‑engagement on or about September 15 as the next major milestone.
Commissioners and public commenters raised issues including parking supply (transcript figures compared current ballpark parking as roughly 3,500–5,500 spaces), retail viability in Mission Bay, child‑friendly open‑space and programming, rezoning needs (site currently zoned open space under an earlier Mission Bay plan), and the need for a flexible master plan and entitlement approach. Staff confirmed that rezoning and comprehensive master planning will be required and that a range of zoning methodologies is under consideration.
No formal action was taken; staff and the development team will continue stakeholder outreach and return with further materials and a formal submittal in September.
