When Strada Investment Group and Trammell Crow Co. were selected in 2020 to redevelop two aging piers and a surface parking lot along San Francisco's Embarcadero, the developers laid out an ambitious design that was met with both excitement and concern.
The office space — the proposed amount of which has not changed — is now imagined as spread across two stories of an L-shaped building on one newly constructed pier. The office structure would contain a marketplace and other retail and recreational uses as well as publicly accessible lobbies . It would be lined on both sides by outdoor artisan promenades.
Whether the developers' recent reconfigurations fully resolve this matter is unclear. BCDC did not respond to a message seeking comment on Thursday., the Port's deputy director for Planning and Environment, said in an email on Thursday that just like other large Port projects, new legislation will likely be necessary to approve the Pier 30-32 and Seawall Lot 330 project's mix of uses.
Moving away from the"twin piers" and consolidating the office space into one building has enabled the team to"cradle" the northern area of the bay by repositioning the swimming pool and aquatic facility, opening up"incredible views of the Bay Bridge," said Byrne.