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Commission hears plan to reserve core Transbay sites for jobs while accommodating new housing on periphery
Summary
Staff proposed reserving most prime sites in the Transit Center District for office (jobs) development, applying minimum commercial requirements for large sites, and relying on inclusionary and redevelopment-area rules to deliver affordable housing; commissioners pressed staff on market timing, TDR supply and the need for a physical downtown plan update.
The San Francisco Planning Commission reviewed staff recommendations to prioritize office space on the best remaining development sites in the Transit Center District while still accommodating new housing nearby.
Joshua Switsky, planning department staff, told the commission the proposal would reserve the bulk of prime core sites for commercial office uses and impose minimum commercial-to-noncommercial ratios on large sites (for example, sites larger than 15,000 square feet and over about 7:1 FAR). "We want to ensure that we don't give over large remaining development sites in the core of the transit district to not have any commercial…
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