From CurbedSF
Rendering of the project (from 1979mission.com)
1979 Mission Street (often referred to as 16th and Mission) is a controversial building project by the 16th and Mission BART station. As of May 2015, the project is in the entitlement process, with a San Francisco community group dedicated to stopping it and an astroturf group dedicated to keeping it going.
The project is slated to occupy the entire northeast corner of 16th and Mission. According to SF Business Times, "The project would replace a Walgreens, the Hwa Lei Market, the City Club bar, two restaurants and a defunct dollar store. It also includes the redevelopment of a 24,000-square-foot surface parking lot behind the Walgreen's. The plans is in keeping with the Eastern Neighborhoods rezoning, which called for a 105-foot building along Mission and 16th streets."
Planned features
- 10 stories
- 400,000 sq ft total
- 351 market-rate units
- 32,000 sq ft of retail
- interior courtyard
- glass walls around the BART plaza
Key players
- Maximus Real Estate Partners - the developer
- Skidmore Owings & Merrill - architect
- Plaza 16 Coalition - community group opposing the project
- Clean up the Plaza - astroturf group supporting the project
News & Links
- 2013-10-24: "Big housing project proposed for 16th Street BART" SF Business Times
- 2013-10-25: "Housing Project Planned for BART Corner at 16th and Mission" CurbedSF
- 2013-10-30: "Bring on 16th Street BART development, says Mission police captain" SF Business Times
- 2014-02-19: "Controversial housing proposal at 16th and Mission follows calls to "Clean up the Plaza"" SF Bay Guardian
- 2014-02-24: "Last Street Standing" SF Magazine (a longread with background on the history of Mission Street & discusion of what's at stake with this project)
- 2014-05-16: "Project at 16th Street BART Plaza Has Enemies" Mission Local
- 2014-05-22: "Looming development project at 16th & Mission sparks controversy" El Tecolote
- 2014-06-24: "16th Street Project Faces Tough Crowd at Ed Board" Mission Local
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2014-07-29: "Developer faces massive battle over 16th Street BART housing project" SF Business Times
- 2014-07-30: "Battle Rages Over Proposed Housing at 16th Street BART" CurbedSF
