WatchCandlestick demolition set for early 2014: 49ers stadium facing implosion -- February 6, 2013
It seems that the Candlestick demolition schedule was debated for quite some time, and there was talk of letting the stadium sit empty for a while as development plans were put together. Instead, the city is moving ahead with the stadium demolition. The San Francisco 49ers will play the 2013 season at Candlestick Park, and the stadium will be imploded after the last home game of the season.
mile high shot... several 100s SFH or maybe 1000 condos/ths very possible. just like the developments near SF Giants Ball Park.
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Are they ever going to develop Treasure Island or the old Oakland Army Base?
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There were rumors once of Alcatraz being turned into a mixed-use development.
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It took almost 20 years to break ground on the new Wilder subdivision in Orinda, CA.
I'm not holding my breath. "Soon" might mean 2023.
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1000 homes rounds to zero in the bay area... And, they aint' going to give them away!
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No way would they build sfh on that property. They'll build buildings as tall as code allows full of million dollar apartments.
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San Francisco needs 5000 a year. While no doubt Candlestick point will be home of future 5 story condos, this by itelf does nothing. Pointing this out is irrelevant.
Kevin - It's the poorest zip code in the city. It will basically end up as semi-public housing. The city offered incentives for anyone willing to step up and build a mall there in the past, developer said hell no.
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robertoaribas says
I agree. This is a wishful thinker's article.
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iwog says
you mean like the homes along side the giants ball park ? take a drive off 280.. construction is going full time on other new developments.
http://www.newconstructionsf.com/san_francisco/
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step up... you SFBA LIBS were asking for Infrastructure spending.. so now you have it..well maybe not the kind you expected ..which will compete with your RE landlord - business.
What's Behind San Francisco's Sudden Building Boom? (Dec 20, 2012)
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2012/12/san-franciscos-surprising-building-boom/4213/
that’s when the tower cranes started to appear, now about two-dozen of them around town hovering above both public and private new developments. By SPUR’s count, construction has begun this year on more than 4,220 new housing units. An old furniture store is being rehabbed into a million square feet of commercial space. An old data warehouse is converting into a 250,000 square-foot office for the financial services tech company Square.
Clearly .. we saw a large boom in construction since 1995..
San Francisco Housing Permit and Construction Trends 1960–2012
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jvolstad says
or even down south with Moffet Field.. pretty large even compared to Foster City.
frankly, you can make a whole new city out the runway and land.
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thomaswong.1986 says
It's 1800 unit's a year. Which is laughably low. That's not a construction boom, that's construction restriction in a city of 800K in a metro area of 8M.
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SFace says
8M doing what ? after a while you realize.. nice place to visit, not a place to live in.
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thomaswong.1986 says
Innovating. DUH.
Landlord'ing and web advertising are totally new phenomena that will revolutionize the world if you invest all of your money in them. You can only find these innovative occupations in the SFBA, where all children are born special.
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yes.. very special.. spoken and worshiped about by the monks of Tibet for the next several millennium to come and then some.
if only someone could make an air freshener large enough to kill off that stench..
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thomaswong.1986 says
Based on what? 244 Sfh for sale? You are once again stating facts completely departed from reality.
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SFace says
Why only 5 stories high?
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Candlestick park is on the west side of the mountains
The south side of the mountain (already developed) is basically townhouse and 4 (128 unit condos) five story condo's known as Candlestick cove. The plans for higher unit never materialized. The south side is the much better side.
Adjacent (north) from the parking lot is the most dangerous project in the bay area, aka "double rock". Bascally, if there is one place to avoid in the city, this is it. Taking a bus through there is a deal breaker, driving to candlestick without a ball game is a deal breaker.
It's never been a destination spot except for football games 10 times a year. No restaurant, sandwich stores or even Mcdonalds. People come and leave. There is a reason for that. There's no way retail other than grocery and Walmart will work there.
Over the next decade, thousands of homes will be added there which is not material in the overall scheme of things. Like I said, based on the project committee and location, it would end up as semi housing project.