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Exclusive: Delays at three S.F. megaprojects stall over 15,000 housing units
By Roland Li – Reporter, San Francisco Business Times

Three of San Francisco’s largest residential projects have been stalled by months of infrastructure approval delays, another obstacle in the push to alleviate the city’s housing shortage.

The projects, Parkmerced, Schlage Lock and Treasure Island, are at three different corners of the city and collectively contain more than 15,000 housing units, including thousands of affordable units.

Despite winning Board of Supervisors approvals years ago, each project has grappled with various technical approvals required by the city, according to developers, city officials and building permit documents. None have started construction on their housing phases, despite previous schedules calling for work to start by this year.

Amid the delays, Mayor Ed Lee plans to issue an executive directive this week to speed up approvals, said a source. Details weren’t available. The mayor’s office declined to comment. The mayor’s goal is to build and renovate 13,500 new housing units between May 2017 and 2020 . . . .

A source, who works on one of the three projects, said there are “fundamental disagreements” between city agencies about project details, such as the shape of a driveway or the design of a building façade. That’s led to numerous delays . . . .

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...587&j=78899421

But, as I posted in the project thread, they are about to begin evicting people from Treasure Island in order to start the first phase of housing there.