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Following are the major commercial development, maritime and open space projects currently being managed by Planning & Development Division staff, each project is linked to a Project Summary.
Piers 27 Cruise Terminal Project
Piers 1 ½ -3-5 Historic Rehabilitation Project
The Exploratorium at Piers 15-17
Rincon Park Restaurants Project
Brannan Street Wharf
Pier 70 Area
China Basin SWL 337
Ferry Building Area Seawall Lot 351
Project Summary and Contact Information (PDF)
Project Map (PDF)
The Planning & Development Division’s lead staff member for each project is indicated on each Project Summary. A Project Location map shows the location of each project referenced in the Project Summary Sheets, as well as the projects that have been completed since 1995.
Commercial development, maritime and open space / public access projects are of two fundamental types: (1) public-private partnership development projects, and (2) Port Projects.
Public-Private Partnership Development Projects
The Port’s Waterfront Land Use Plan identified several Waterfront Mixed Use Opportunity Areas where commercial development is encouraged as a part of mixed use developments that also include maritime, open space and public access uses. Such projects are undertaken as public-private partnerships, in which the Port enters into a development agreement and long-term lease with a private developer who is typically selected through a request for proposals process. The Planning & Development Division is responsible for the administration of these public-private partnership development projects (“public-private projects”) from establishing the development concept for these projects through the completion of the development by the private developer partner.
Public-private projects make substantial private capital investments into Port properties, creating maritime facilities (such as excursion landings and the new cruise terminal), commercial attractions (such as SBC Ballpark and the Ferry Building Marketplace) and public access and open space improvements that enable the public to enjoy their waterfront. Three public-private projects have been completed since the adoption of the Waterfront Plan in 1997: AT&T Ballpark, Pier 1, and the Ferry Building. These completed public-private projects have invested over $511 Million of private funds into Port properties.
Financial benefits realized by the Port through public-private projects include: infrastructure repairs and improvements, public access and maritime capital improvements, payment of guaranteed and participation rents to the Port, and relief from facility operating and maintenance expenses. In addition to direct financial benefits to the Port, public-private projects produce the following tangible and intangible public benefits:
Save Historic Resources. Most of the Port's facilities constitute significant historic resources, which are deteriorating. Public-private projects enable the Port to save these precious historic resources, rehabilitating them consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.
Add to City Revenues. Public-private projects generate tax revenue to the City, including possessory interest, sales and parking taxes.
Achieve Waterfront Plan Goals. Public-private projects enable the Port to achieve the goals of the Waterfront Plan including its fundamental goal of reconnecting the City with its Waterfront. The resulting revitalization of the waterfront through public-private projects enhances the appeal and enjoyment of San Francisco as a place to live, work and visit.
Port Projects
In addition to public-private projects in Waterfront Mixed Use Opportunity Areas, the Port undertakes public projects throughout the San Francisco Waterfront. These Port projects include maritime, open space and public access uses without commercial uses.
Typically, the Planning & Development Division administers the predevelopment of Port projects. It is responsible for the initial planning of these projects, including community involvement, through the program development and schematic design phase. The Planning & Development Division also obtains grant funding for many of these projects.
For large Port projects (such as ferry terminals, the Hyde Street Harbor, and the Illinois Street Bridge), after this predevelopment is completed, administration for these Port projects is typically transitioned to the Port's Engineering Division, which then administers the construction drawings and actual construction. Depending upon the scope of small Port projects, they may be administered by either the Planning & Development Division or the Engineering Division. See also the status report of Engineering projects.
The Planning & Development Division has managed the approvals to carry out the following projects:
Maritime
- Pier 45 Fish Processing Facilities in Sheds B and D (completed 1995)
- Passenger Vessel Landing at AT&T Ballpark (completed 2000)
- Hyde Street Harbor for commercial fishing vessels (completed 2001)
- Downtown Ferry Terminal - Phase 1 (completed 2003)
- Illinois Street Bridge (currently under construction)
Public parks and open space
- Plazas and sidewalk improvements at Fisherman's Wharf (completed 1995)
- Pier 43 Ferry Arch restoration (completed 2002)
- Rincon Park (2-acre park completed 2003)
- China Basin Shoreline Park (2-acre park completed 2003)
- Mission Creek Park (completed 2003)
- Bicycle racks throughout the waterfront (completed 2003)
- Fisherman's Wharf interpretive signs program (currently underway)
- Embarcadero pedestrian signage and map program (currently underway)
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