The San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave final approval Tuesday for a new project which will convert large portions of the above-ground parking lots at the Stonestown Galleria shopping center into approximately 3,500 new homeshectares of open space and other community facilities.
The project could add up to five towers ranging from three to 18 stories to the Stonestown Galleria development, which is just north of San Francisco State University and is surrounded by lower-density housing and single-family homes. In addition to housing, the project would include 15 acres of new open space, retail space, a strip mall on 20th Avenue, and senior and children’s amenities.
“I grew up in the Sunset, Stonestown was a huge part of my life as a kid,” Supervisor Rafael Mandelman said in a statement last week from the mayor’s office with co-sponsors Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Myrna Melgar. “It’s exciting to see it develop in this way and it will be exciting to see that neighborhood develop into a dense, urban center on the west side with amenities that will serve thousands of residents.”
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There are currently 3,300 parking spaces at Stonestown Galleria, according to Parkopedia, a web service that tracks parking. While the project would be built on acres of surface parking, it aims to maintain parking availability and will build a new parking garage for mall visitors, the council’s agenda package said. In total, the project would provide up to 4,861 car parking spaces and 1,277 bicycle parking spaces, the agenda package also noted.
The project will also replace an existing YMCA annex building to build a 7,000-square-foot senior center, which a nonprofit would rent for $1 a year, and a child care center for 100 children that would be offered to a nonprofit for subsidized rent, the mayor’s statement said.
The mayor’s statement also said the project, proposed by real estate manager Brookfield Properties, will help fulfill a city plan to build 82,000 new homes between 2023 and 2031, fulfilling a state mandate.
As of Friday, 3,924 units had been authorized and allocated toward the goal of 82,000 new units, according to the city’s planning department. The department also did not say when the project would begin.
