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Port lease for longtime Pier 40 cafe gets broad public support; committee sends 15-year deal to full board

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Finance Committee · October 10, 2007
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The Finance Committee considered a 15-year Port lease with Java House LLC at Pier 40. Port staff said tenant investments would include accessibility and sewer improvements; dozens of public commenters called Java House a neighborhood institution and urged the Port to preserve the family-owned business. The committee recommended the lease to the full board.

San Francisco The committee reviewed a proposed 15-year Port lease (commission lease no. 14100) with Java House LLC for retail space at Pier 40 1/2. Port representative Jonathan Stern described market-rate terms that include a percentage rent metric (7.5% of gross revenue) and a phased base-rent schedule. Stern also said the leaseholder would invest roughly $350,000 in port assets including new…

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