Mission Bay, San Francisco, California

Mission Bay is a convert|303|acre|km2|sing=on neighborhood on the central bayshore of San Francisco, roughly bounded by Townsend Street on the north, Third Street and San Francisco Bay on the east, Mariposa Street on the south, and 7th Street and Interstate 280 on the west. [http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/sfra/Projects/MB%20Land%20Use%20Plan%20Map_11.05.pdf Mission Bay Map] ] It was created in 1998 by the Board of Supervisors as a redevelopment project. [http://www.sfgov.org/site/sfra_page.asp?id=5597 San Francisco Redevelopment Agency: Mission Bay] ] Much of the land was long a railyard of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and transferred to Catellus Development Corporation when it was spun off as part of the aborted merger of Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe Railway.cite news
last =King
first =John
title =Groundbreaking Today for Big Chunk of Mission Bay
publisher =San Francisco Chronicle
date =October 23, 2000
url =http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/10/23/MN101064.DTL
accessdate =2007-11-11] Catellus subsequently sold or sub-contracted several parcels to other developers. It has rapidly evolved in to a wealthy neighborhood of luxury condominiums, high-end restaurants and retail, and biotechnology research and development.

Notable features include:
* The headquarters of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
* The headquarters, at 550 Terry Francois Blvd, of the Old Navy brand of The Gap clothing retailercite news
last =Carroll
first =Melanie
title =Old Navy Heads for the Water
publisher =San Francisco Examiner
date =August 10, 2006
url =http://www.sfnewdevelopments.com/1737/old-navy-heads-for-the-water-2
accessdate =2007-11-11] cite news
last =Dineen
first =J.K.
title =Workers invade Mission Bay
publisher =San Francisco Business Times
date =December 1, 2006
url =http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2006/12/04/story2.html
accessdate =2007-11-11]
* A new research campus of the University of California, San Francisco, [http://pub.ucsf.edu/missionbay/ UCSF Mission Bay]
* The northern terminus of the Third Street Light Rail Project of the San Francisco Municipal Railway
* The northern terminus of Caltrain
* An AT&T Fiber to the premises greenfield project
* The first new branch of the San Francisco Public Library in over 40 years, The Mission Bay Branch Library, opened on July 8, 2006. It is located on the ground floor of a new multi-use facility, which includes an adult day health center, affordable senior housing, retail space and a large community meeting room. The new library is approximately convert|7500|sqft|m2, and is the 27th branch of the San Francisco Public Library. [http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/news/releases/missionbay2.htm Mission Bay Branch Library grand opening announcement] ]
* 455 Mission Bay, the headquarters of Pfizer's Biotherapeutics and Bioinnovation Center (under construction beginning August 5, 2008) [cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/05/MNDK125K10.DTL&tsp=1|title=Viagra maker erecting new biotech building in S.F.|author=Bernadette Tansey|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|date=2008-08-05]

Mission Bay is served by the N Judah and T Third Street lines of San Francisco's Muni Metro. The N Judah links the neighborhood to Downtown, BART, Hayes Valley and the Sunset District, and the T Third Street links to downtown, BART, and the Bayview and Visitacion Valley neighborhoods. Several other Muni bus and trolley bus lines link the area to neighborhoods to the north, west and south. The Caltrain commuter rail system connects Mission Bay with San Jose and Gilroy. The proposed Central Subway project will make the link between Mission Bay, AT&T Park, and Downtown even faster.

Although near to and often associated with AT&T Park, the ballpark is in the adjacent South Beach neighborhood. UCSF has announced plans to build a new 289-bed hospital serving children, women, and cancer patients on a portion of their property in the neighborhood. [http://pub.ucsf.edu/missionbay/building/expand_medcenter.php UCSF to Build World-Class Medical Center at Mission Bay] ] [http://pub.ucsf.edu/missionbay/building/hospital_project.php Facts About UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay] ]

Notable condominium complexes in Mission Bay

Mission Bay also has a large residential component with approximately 6,000 condos planned (1700 of them to be designated affordable)..

*The Beacon is one of the largest condo complexes in San Francisco and anchors much of the activity in North Mission Bay. With 595 condominium units, it sits on a full city block bounded by Townsend to the North, King to the South and 3rd and 4th Streets. A Safeway and Borders bookstore anchor the retail sections of the building. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine also calls the Beacon home. The building's name refers to its being the first large scale mixed-use project planned for the new neighborhood, and thus "The Beacon" of the area's revival.cite news
last =King
first =John
title =The shape of things to come
publisher =San Francisco Chronicle
date =May 16, 2005
url =http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/05/16/BAGKNCPN061.DTL
accessdate =2007-11-11]

*Glassworks is a sleek building at 3rd between King and Berry St right across from AT&T Park and is a mixed-use building as well with approximately 40 modern condos of varying floor plans and sizes.

*Signature Properties has built 2 mid-rise condos on Berry St - 255 Berry St and 235 Berry St.255 Berry St was completed in 2004 while 235 Berry St was finished in 2007. They are very similar buildings in style and quality. Both buildings sit between Berry St and Mission Creek and consist mainly 2BR's of various sizes and floor plans. The 1st floors contain townhome style condos. Units facing South have views of the creek and South Mission Bay.

*At Fifth Street, between Berry and King, is Arterra (300 and 325 Berry st), San Francisco's first LEED-certified market-rate condominium building. The project consists of three connected buildings, each in a different exterior color: "City" (9 stories), "Park" (6 stories) and "Sky" (16 stories). There are a total of 268 condos in the complex.cite news|title=Mission Bay condominium complex stands out|author=John King|date=2008-08-05|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/05/DD2A121IVR.DTL&hw=mission+bay&sn=002&sc=343|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle

*Park Terrace (325 Berry St) is similar in construction to both 235 Berry St and 255 Berry St in style and height (nine-story mid-rise). 110 condos and recently completed.

*Radiance at Mission Bay is in South part of Mission Bay and adjacent to the Bay and will be done in 2 phases: the first phase will be a 99 condo building closer to the water and the second phase will contain 315 condos further North. Bosa Development has bought multiple residential parcels in Mission Bay and Radiance is their first project in the area.

External links

* The [http://www.sfgov.org/site/sfra_page.asp?id=5597 San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, Mission Bay]
* [http://www.sfnewdevelopments.com/category/mission-bay/ SF New Developments - Mission Bay]

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