UCSF's campus at Mission Bay is located at the heart of San Francisco's new Mission Bay development, which covers 303 acres of land between San Francisco Bay and Interstate 280.

After the Board of Supervisors established the Mission Bay North and South Redevelopment Project Areas in November 1998, UCSF broke ground for its first research building, Genentech Hall, in October 1999. At the corner of 16th and Owens streets, the six-story building nears completion in an area that was once relegated to dilapidated warehouses, abandoned railyards and other industrial buildings.

Development of the entire Mission Bay site over the next two decades is expected to create more than 31,000 new permanent jobs, in addition to hundreds of ongoing construction jobs. The total development cost for Mission Bay is expected to exceed $4 billion.

Construction of the entire site is controlled through the redevelopment plans and designs for development, owner participation agreements between the Redevelopment Agency and master developer/land owner Catellus Development Corporation, and interagency cooperation agreements, which commit all City departments to the Mission Bay Infrastructure Plans.

The maximum development program for Mission Bay includes:

6,000 housing units, with 1,700 (28 percent) affordable to moderate-, low-, and very low-income households. Redevelopment Agency-sponsored nonprofit developers will build 1,445 of the affordable units on 16 acres of land contributed to the Agency by Catellus. The remaining 255 affordable units will be included in privately developed projects.
6 million square feet of office/life science/technology commercial space.
A new UCSF teaching and research campus containing 2.65 million square feet of building space on 43 acres of land donated by Catellus and the City.
800,000 square feet of city and neighborhood-serving retail space.
A 500-room hotel with up to 50,000 square feet of retail entertainment uses.
43 acres of public open space, including parks along Mission Creek and along the Bay, plus eight acres of open space within the UCSF campus.
A new 500-student public school.
A new fire and police station.

In addition, Catellus will construct more than $200 million in public infrastructure in Mission Bay, to be financed through special assessments and increased property taxes generated by the development. Upon completion, the right-of-way and utility improvements will be operated and maintained by the City. The Redevelopment Agency will operate the park system, funded by annual assessments against private property in the redevelopment areas.

Mission Bay will be served by transit by Muni's new 3rd Street Light Rail system as well as two bus lines. This new neighborhood will include a new public branch library, child care centers, a senior service complex, and other community facilities.

Source: Lisa Cisneros

Link to Catellus: Catellus Development Corp.

Last updated January 28, 2005

An aerial graphic of the entire 303-acre Mission Bay neighborhood when fully built out.