[CPEO-BIF] Zeneca site housing proposal moves forward, Richmond, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Controversial Richmond housing project heads to city council
Planning commission signs off on development at contaminated site

By ANNIE SCIACCA
Bay Area News Group
November 24, 2020 

RICHMOND — The City Council will face a decision soon on whether to allow a controversial plan to build a mixed-used project atop a contaminated site.

The city’s Planning Commission unanimously agreed last week to recommend the council approve the project’s needed permits, development agreement and environmental mitigation measures.

The site near the bay, once owned by the Zeneca (now AstraZeneca) pharmaceutical company, lies east of Marina Bay and west of Interstate 580 in southeastern Richmond. The developer, Shopoff Realty Investments, wants to construct 2,000 to 4,000 housing units and up to 50,000 square feet of retail space.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/11/23/controversial-richmond-housing-project-heads-to-city-council

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org





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