Long after the 49ers left for Santa Clara, and more than a decade after plans for a grand redevelopment, there is a new plan for Candlestick Point in San Francisco.
Developers and city planners now say ground could be broken relatively soon, and neighbors in the area say it’s a long time coming.
“It’s a great view,” said Allen Mort. “I think, when I look out here, it’s one of the biggest chances in America, in an urban environment like this.”
When Mort steps outside his San Francisco home, he gets this remarkable view of a corner of the city in waiting.
“Something needs to happen here,” he said. “Because it’s a great space. And if they can have some vision.”
Back in 2010, as the 49ers were about to make their way south, the 280 acre site was set for 7,000 new homes and a million square feet of retail space, part of the broader redevelopment of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.