OCII approves schematic designs and CEQA findings for Hunters Point Shipyard Block 48 phases

The Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure voted to adopt environmental findings under the California Environmental Quality Act and conditionally approve the major‑phase application for Hunters Point Shipyard Block 48 (phases 1B, 3A and 3B).

The approval covers schematic designs for 141 units across the two phases — 50 units in phase 1B and 91 in phase 3 — including 20 below‑market‑rate (BMR) homes distributed across buildings. Tamsyn Drew, Hunters Point Shipyard senior project manager for OCII, reviewed the site layout, park network and a parking plan that proposes roughly one parking space per residential unit and 141 private parking stalls for the approved phases. She said prior Commission approvals and a density bonus raised Block 48’s total build‑out from 364 to 404 units and permitted a height increase to allow three‑ to four‑story buildings in assigned areas.

Developer Lennar Urban and its design team presented the schematic set. Brian Zubra of Lennar said the package includes renderings, elevations and sections and that design development and construction documents will follow. Architects from YA Studio and Piatak Architects described massing strategies, concealed ground‑floor parking, native planting palettes and pocket parks designed to connect the hillside to Bayview Hunters Point.

OCII staff summarized how BMR units will be provided: phase 1B proposes seven BMR units (five inclusionary units at 80% AMI plus two density‑bonus units at 120% AMI), phase 3A proposes five BMR units (four at the required 10.5% and one at 120% AMI) and phase 3B proposes eight BMR units. Staff also reported that the developer has met professional small‑business enterprise (SBE) goals on Block 48 (about 52% of professional service dollars) and that workforce targets to date show 42% of construction hours filled by San Francisco residents and 25% by Bayview Hunters Point residents.

Public commenters urged urgency and local outreach. Angela Armstrong, a Bayview Hunters Point community activist, told commissioners she sees few African Americans winning housing lotteries and asked the Commission to help the community “stay stable here in the city.” Dr. Veronica Honeycutt, chair of the Shipyard Community Advisory Committee, said the CAC supports schematic approval and praised the development team’s responsiveness.

Commissioners pressed staff on outreach and the lottery process, including how certificate‑of‑preference (COP) holders are prioritized. Staff explained the preference waterfall: COP holders are selected first from a separate pool, then remaining preferences apply, and invited commissioners to upcoming lotteries and outreach workshops. Lennar representatives described long‑running first‑time‑homebuyer workshops and application support in the district.

Commissioner Singh moved approval; the motion carried in roll call. The Commission recorded the action as adopted and directed staff and the developer to proceed to design development and the next milestones in the major‑phase approval schedule.