Brownfield Revitalization
Mission Bay Park
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Above: After artist rendering • Right: Before street view
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are highlighting $5 million in
federal American Recovery Act (Stimulus) and Brownfield funds awarded
for new Brownfield projects in California. These funds will be used in the Bay Area
to help accelerate cleanup and revitalize former industrial and commercial sites,
turning them from contaminated, problem properties into vital, functioning parts
of the San Francisco community
Sponsored by Seth Hamalian and the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, the
Mission Bay project spans 303 acres between the San Francisco Bay and
Interstate-280 and represents the last remaining swath of San Francisco land where
planners can create a neighborhood from the ground up. A $200,000 Brownfield
grant will be used in the proposed cleanup plan for the Mission Bay P16 park, which
incorporates importing clean fill material to cover the landscaped areas to prevent
contact with those residual contaminants associated with the site. Mission Bay Park
PI6 is part of a 41-acre network of parks planned for Mission Bay, which will
eventually replace 300 acres of former rail yards and surface parking lots with a
completely new transit-oriented urban neighborhood.
The development program for Mission Bay integrates: 6,000 housing units, nearly
one-third of these dedicated for low-income households; 6 million square feet of
office and commercial space; a new UCSF research campus; 500,000 square feet of
city- and neighborhood-serving retail space; a 500-room hotel with up to 50,000
square feet of retail entertainment uses; 41 acres of public open space, including parks
along Mission Creek and San Francisco Bay; and a new public school, public library,
and fire and police stations. Once finished, Mission Bay, is expected to generate more
than 31,000 new permanent jobs and hundreds of jobs during its construction, not
to mention making affordable housing available to those who would otherwise have
to look elsewhere. In keeping with the spirit of reinvestment that is the impetus for
all Brownfield success stories, stores have now opened here and many residents
already call this place home.
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Project Benefits:
• Part of a 41-acre network of parks planned for
Mission Bay
Helps replace 300-acres of former rail yards
and surface parking lots with transit-oriented
urban neighborhood
Provides innovative, critical infrastructure
support as part of park system that Manages
Mission Bay's overland storm water flows
Houses environmentally-friendly, green storm
water management system
Directly serves an adjacent life
science/laboratory building in Mission Bay
Mission Bay projects have employed roughly
1,000 annually over the last decade, and are
estimated to employ more than 10,000
through remaining build-out
California Department of
^ Toxic Substances Control

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United States
Environmental Protection
Agency

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