Brisbane, a city with fewer than 5,000 residents tucked along U.S. 101, is staring down a redevelopment plan that could almost double its housing stock and rewrite its skyline. A long-planned Baylands makeover that would add roughly 2,000 homes and millions of square feet of office and other non-residential space is about to hit its final round of city-level scrutiny. Officials say a Final Environmental Impact Report and a staff-recommended draft specific plan are slated to drop the week of May 11, with Planning Commission hearings in mid-June and a City Council decision likely this fall. If it moves ahead, the proposal would transform miles of shoreline and largely empty industrial land into a dense new extension of town.
What the plan would build
The Baylands Specific Plan covers roughly 684 acres and, according to the City of Brisbane, calls for 1,800 to 2,200 housing units, up to 7 million square feet of non-residential development, and more than 100 acres of parks and open…..