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Park Merced developers present a 20‑year 'transit‑first' master plan; tenants and preservationists press for protections
Summary
Park Merced sponsors outlined a multi‑decade plan to add roughly 5,679 net new units, expand transit and create 68 acres of open space with water‑wise infrastructure; tenant groups and preservation advocates urged alternatives to demolition and binding tenant protections in the DA.
Park Merced investors and their design team presented an informational outline of a master redevelopment vision on May 11, proposing a net increase of roughly 5,679 dwellings, a new mixed‑use core, 68 acres of public open space and a package of sustainability measures intended to reduce per‑capita water, energy and greenhouse gas use.
The sponsor, Park Merced Investors’ representative Seth Mallon, described recent repairs and a $125 million renovation program already completed and said the team has pledged resident protections: existing residents displaced by redevelopment would be offered replacement units of equivalent size at the same rental rate during the transition. The project team said 1,683 of the site’s existing higher‑rise units will be retained; roughly 1,538 garden‑apartment units are proposed for replacement as part of the build‑out.
Design and transit concepts: Craig Hartman and Leo Chow of…
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