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OCII updates commission on Mission Bay development, affordable housing and upcoming entitlements
Summary
OCII staff presented a Dec. 17 workshop updating the commission on Mission Bay North and South, reporting thousands of completed housing units, sizable OCII subsidies for affordable housing, upcoming entitlement requests for a Warriors hotel/residential project and a life-sciences building by Alexandria, and public requests for local preference and homeless units.
OCII staff updated the commission Dec. 17 on the status of development in Mission Bay North and South, summarizing completed construction, affordable-housing subsidies, and projects that will require new entitlements.
Project manager Mark Slutskin said Mission Bay was planned in 1998 as a 303-acre transit-oriented mixed-use community with 41 acres of open space. "There will be 6,514 units of housing when all is said and done, of which 29% will be affordable housing," he said, and he described 5 million square feet planned for office, lab and clinical use and a UCSF campus footprint. Slutskin reported Mission Bay North is nearly complete and Mission Bay South is mostly built out, and he listed completed totals: "All 15 projects totaling 2,964 units have been built and included in that is 698 units of affordable housing."
OCII also reported direct subsidies for affordable housing: staff said OCII provided about $66,800,000 for Mission Bay North and $130,600,000 for Mission Bay South. Slutskin highlighted small-business participation in professional services and construction and said about 2,100,000 construction hours were performed, with San Francisco residents doing a significant share.
Looking ahead, staff described two large projects expected to return for entitlements: the Warriors’ proposal on Blocks 29–32 for a hotel and a residential tower (the hotel would include 129 rooms and a small number of residential units, and staff said the tower would require a height amendment from the existing 90-foot limit to about 160 feet) and an Alexandria Real Estate life-sciences building on a freeway-adjacent parcel that would require entitlements to exceed current commercial limits. Staff said those projects will need redevelopment-plan amendments, owner participation agreement amendments, design approvals, and environmental-review addendums.
Public commenters urged the commission to prioritize longtime local residents and people experiencing homelessness. Oscar James, a native Bayview-Hunters Point resident, asked that "housing to go to certificate of preference persons from that area" and urged that some units be set aside as below-market or homeless housing. Jim Donnelly asked staff to clarify entitlements remaining at Block 12 West, and Sarah Bertram asked for attention to shaded spaces in athletic fields and coordination with school planning.
Commissioners pressed staff on details including the size of the proposed hotel and timing for the Mission Bay school. Staff said the school’s goal is to come online in 2025 and that they expect an environmental report by the following summer; on parks, staff described a 90–150 day legislative acceptance process before the city can open completed parks.
Because the item was a workshop, commissioners did not vote; staff will return with formal items, RFPs and amendment requests in the coming fiscal year.
