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From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 07:43:35 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "Rail agency taps Brisbane [California] tract eyed for transit-oriented housing"
 
Rail agency taps Brisbane tract eyed for transit-oriented housing

By J.K. Dinner
San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
June 28, 2016 

The California High-Speed Rail Authority has selected a tract of former industrial land in Brisbane as the preferred site for a train maintenance yard, a decision the property owner says could thwart long-standing plans to build one of the Bay Area’s largest mixed-use projects there.

For 10 years, Universal Paragon, which owns a 684-acre Baylands property straddling San Francisco’s southern border with Brisbane, has been planning a transit-oriented development that would include 4,434 homes, 7.5 million square feet of commercial space and 300 acres of restored habitat.

Universal Paragon General Manager Jonathan Scharfman said the authority’s decision to “exclusively” study the Brisbane Baylands for a maintenance yard was unexpected and was not made clear until a series of community meetings in late May. While the developer has urged the California High-Speed Rail Authority to consider alternative sites, it has little power to influence a decision.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Rail-agency-taps-Brisbane-tract-eyed-for-8330657.php

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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