Planning Commission hears Phase 2 outline for Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point redevelopment

City officials on Thursday briefed the San Francisco Planning Commission on the Candlestick Point–Hunters Point Shipyard Phase 2 redevelopment, a multi‑decade program that proponents say would deliver housing, parks, jobs and major transit investments to the southeastern part of the city.

Michael Cohen, director of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, told commissioners the plan builds on years of community process and voter approvals and that the Navy has spent “more than $500,000,000” on cleanup to date to ready land for development. He summarized the scope: roughly 10,500 residential units planned across the sites (about one‑third to be offered at below‑market rates, proponents said), about 300 acres of new and improved waterfront parks and trails, roughly 2,500,000 square feet of commercial and research-and‑development space, and long‑term employment impacts proponents estimate at about 10,000 permanent jobs and roughly 2,000 construction jobs per…