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<\/a>Photo: <\/span><\/i>1979 Mission<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\nMaximus Real Estate Partners cleared a major hurdle at its\u00a01979 Mission development earlier this month when it settled a lawsuit with the owners of the site. Now, the developer is facing renewed opposition from local activists determined not to let the project move forward.<\/p>\n
The project’s size is part of the problem \u2014 it’s been dubbed the “Monster in the Mission,” and if approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission could become the largest housing development in the city’s Mission neighborhood.\u00a0Maximus has proposed a complex made up of three residential buildings rising as high as 10 stories, plus 163 parking spaces and 64,000 square feet of ground-floor retail.<\/p>\n
Some opponents are thus concerned that the development will cast a shadow on nearby Marshall Elementary School.\u00a0Others have raised concerns about gentrification. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis is an impact, it\u2019s a socioeconomic impact caused by luxury development,\u201d Chirag Bhakta, a member of the Mission SRO Collaborative, <\/span>said earlier this month<\/span><\/a>\u00a0at what is likely to be the first of many public meetings on the project.<\/span>\u00a0“W<\/span>e\u2019ve been saying all along and we\u2019re going to keep saying as we\u2019re moving forward that we want 100 percent affordable housing,” he added. Bhakta has been campaigning against 1979 Mission since 2013.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Not everyone agrees, however. Jonathan Bonato, formerly homeless in San Francisco, remarked at the same meeting, \u201cI didn\u2019t appreciate the crime [in the Mission]. Just this week there was a murder at 16th and Mission.\u201d He continued, \u201cI think we need to not be afraid of change, otherwise we\u2019re going to be left behind as a third world country in San Francisco.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Maximus has responded to\u00a0concerns about affordability by pointing out that 1979 Mission will include\u00a041 affordable for-sale workforce homes, with proceeds from the sale of those\u00a0units providing for 49 additional affordable rental units off site. The developer has\u00a0not specified where those rental units may be located.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis particular project is not displacing any residents,\u201d said Larry Del Carlo, 1979 Mission’s community liaison, as per\u00a0MissionLocal<\/a>. “This project is very much needed in San Francisco, because of the amount of housing it provides in a transit rich area.”<\/p>\n<\/a>Photo: <\/span><\/i>1979 Mission<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Photo: <\/span><\/i>1979 Mission<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n