[CPEO-IRF] Lennar in San Francisco

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lennar Corp. dominates redevelopment in S.F.
Hunters Point deal gives firm City Hall clout

Robert Selna
San Francisco Chronicle
April 10, 2007


Lennar Corp., the company Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to lead an ambitious 
redevelopment of Hunters Point shipyard and Candlestick Point, has woven 
itself deeply into the future of the Bay Area.

The company, which has supplanted Catellus Development Corp. over the 
past decade as the major player in Bay Area redevelopment projects, 
controls Vallejo's decommissioned Mare Island Naval Station, San 
Francisco's Treasure Island, Hunters Point shipyard and now -- for all 
intents and purposes -- Candlestick Point. The company expects to reap 
hundreds of millions of dollars from each project once it is completed.

It was selected, along with Catellus, by the Alameda City Council on 
Wednesday night to redevelop the former Alameda Naval Air Station, and 
it has set its sights on Concord Naval Weapons Station in Contra Costa 
County.

But Lennar's enterprising relationship with San Francisco City Hall -- 
in which it has come to control much of the city's remaining undeveloped 
land -- gives the company unparalleled sway over how San Francisco will 
evolve, arguably rivaling the clout of the city's elected leadership and 
the voters themselves.

...

For the entire article, see
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/04/10/MNGMEP5Q1V1.DTL

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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