Over a decade since plans first began being drawn up for the redevelopment of the former Candlestick Park property and its parking lots, and 11 years after the stadium itself was demolished, we’re finally seeing some movement down there.
I first wrote about the redevelopment plans for Candlestick Point in March 2016, with the headline, “Check Out The Huge Retail, Performance, And Residential Project Coming To Candlestick Point.” The original plan, which dated back to 2014, included a 500,000- to 600,ooo-square-foot shopping center, a 4,400-seat performance venue, and around 10,500 housing units, around 3,300 of which were to be designated affordable.
Those plans were later revised as the retail market faltered, and a new plan emerged in 2019, which was then revisited by the SF Board of Supervisors in 2024 — after several years of the site being used as an RV park — and the board on Tuesday voted to approve a final map for the project, dividing the site into 50 lots, 12 of which will be developed…