Sierra Point (Brisbane)

History and characteristics

Sierra Point encompasses an area of 132 acre, reclaimed from San Francisco Bay by landfill behind dikes. It is one of two large commercial districts in Brisbane; the older Crocker Industrial Park north of the residential area of Brisbane was developed during the 1960s.

The Sunset Scavenger Company let a contract to the Easley and Brassy Company, who constructed an earthen dike from 1965 to 1967 around the existing site perimeter, on the existing mud flat east of San Bruno Mountain. The area, then named the Sierra Point Solid Waste Disposal Site, was used as an unlined Class III landfill between 1965 and 1972, covered daily with soil taken from Candlestick Point. In total, 80 acre were used for the disposal of an estimated 1900000 to of solid waste.

The entire site was purchased by Sierra Point Development Company (SPDC) from Sunset Scavenger in 1975. SPDC subsequently sold the site to Sierra Point Associates Two (SPA2) in November 1983.

By 1996, 70 acre of the landfill site had been capped with a minimum of 3 ft of clean soil and 1 ft of compacted clay.

Development

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|fullscreen-option=1 |auto-caption=1 , Sierra Point has not been completely built out. Existing buildings include two office buildings north of the Marina loop (7000 Marina and 5000 Marina ), the oldest building at Sierra Point, an office building covered in dark glass just east of 101 and west of Marina (1000 Marina Blvd ), two office buildings in the loop enclosed by Marina and Sierra Point (2000 Sierra Point Pkwy and 8000 Marina Blvd ), and two hotels in the southwest corner (near the western intersection of Marina and Sierra Point, and ). The parcel north of the oldest building is known as Parcel 3 [to become 3000–3500 Marina Blvd (under construction )], the area northeast of the eastern intersection of Marina and Sierra Point is zoned for another hotel , the parcel south of Sierra Point Pkwy has been approved for the Sierra Point Biotech Project , and the area east of the terminus of Sierra Point Pkwy is zoned for retail use and the planned Sierra Point Plaza .

There are buildings at 4000, 5000, 6000, and 7000 Shoreline Court (–) in the southern portion of Sierra Point which lies within the City of South San Francisco.

Brisbane Marina

The Brisbane Marina was completed in 1983 along the eastern shore of Sierra Point and has slips for up to 580 boats. The Marina was built by a private developer at the city's expense in exchange for a long-term lease for the entire Sierra Point site; in addition, the developer would subsidize the loan payments for the money the city had borrowed to build the Marina.

The Sierra Point Yacht Club was established in 1984 to support boaters and boating activities at Brisbane Marina; initial meetings were held at local restaurants, and the first Club building was a maintenance building rented from the City of Brisbane starting from 1988. The Club moved into its present site at 500 Sierra Point Parkway, near the southeast corner of Sierra Point, in 2000.

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This area, north of Marina Boulevard, was originally designated Parcel 4 and is 8.00 acre. The Dakin Building was the first building to be developed at this site, at 7000 Marina.

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The northwest corner of Sierra Point is also known as Parcel 3, which occupies approximately 8.867 acre. An addendum was adopted in 2017 to further extend the development rights to 2027 in exchange for reverting control of Parcel R to the City of Brisbane.

In 2018, the site was transferred to Phase 3 Real Estate Partners, who have proposed a biotech campus tentatively named Genesis Marina with approximately the same area in three buildings. The Planning Commission approved Design Permit DP-1-18 to modify the site plans in accordance with the Phase 3 design in November 2018.

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The 1000 Marina site consists of a parcel that is 4.516 acre.

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This site, enclosed by the loop formed by Marina Boulevard and Sierra Point Parkway, consists of two parcels: Parcel 8 (western half), 10.199 acre and Parcel 9 (eastern half), 5.662 acre. Parcel 8 was the first to be developed with Hitachi America's west coast headquarters.

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Two hotels occupy Parcel 1, which is 6.849 acre in the southwest corner of Sierra Point. The undeveloped parcel in the northeast corner of Sierra Point is designated for a luxury/convention hotel and occupies 6.126 acre.

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The Sierra Point Biotech Project consists of five buildings and one parking garage south of Sierra Point Parkway and east of Shoreline Court. The Biotech Project encompasses three separate parcels on the Sierra Point site, consisting of (from west to east) Parcel 7, 7.975 acre; Parcel 6, 9.088 acre; and Parcel 5, 5.793 acre.

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It is anticipated there would be space for 1,800 employees at the Biotech Project campus. The project would also provide 2500 ft2 of retail space on the first floor of the parking garage.

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Parcel R is a 3.4 acre lot at the eastern terminus of Sierra Point Parkway, with an address of 400 Sierra Point Pkwy. It is owned by the City of Brisbane, but was leased in 1984 to a private developer to build up to 50000 ft2 of commercial space. After the lease was signed, 12500 ft2 were re-allocated to the Biotech Project site, reducing the developable area to 37500 ft2. , the site has not been developed beyond partial paving for a surface parking lot and a public park.

Under the 2016 Development Agreement DA-1-16, the lease for Parcel R was terminated and control of the site was returned to Brisbane; further development of Parcel R was frozen until the city decides what to do with the site.

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Parcel 10 lies south of the hotels in Parcel 1, entirely in the City of South San Francisco, and occupies 26.78 acre.

Transportation

Exits along the San Francisco Peninsula's principal highway, U.S. Highway 101 (the Bayshore Freeway), lead to Sierra Point Parkway. Sierra Point Parkway runs approximately east-west for its length east of 101, and crosses under the freeway and runs north-south along the west side of 101 and east of Brisbane Lagoon. The southbound exit from 101 leads to the northernmost end of Sierra Point Parkway, where it intersects with Lagoon Road. The northbound exit from 101 is near where Sierra Point Parkway crosses under the freeway. Sierra Point is connected to the rest of Brisbane via the northern end of Sierra Point Parkway.

Marina Boulevard is the other primary road in Sierra Point; it forms a loop north of Sierra Point Parkway. South of the Parkway from its western intersection, it becomes Shoreline Court.

Although the Caltrain Bayshore Cutoff line runs along the west side of Sierra Point, there are no stops. The nearest stops are to the north and to the south; the former stop at Oyster Point just to the south of Sierra Point was removed in 1983.

Businesses

• Aimmune Therapeutics
• Ideaya Biosciences
• Myovant Sciences
• Sangamo Therapeutics
• Ultragenyx
• Kezar Life Sciences
• Tizona Therapeutics
• Nkarta

Former

• Hitachi America
• Sing Tao Daily
• Walmart eCommerce

References

References

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2. (July 11, 2013). "Revealing the Hidden Gem: Local Economic Development in Brisbane, An Action Plan". City of Brisbane.
3. LSA Associates. (November 2008). "Opus Office Center initial study/mitigated negative declaration". City of Brisbane.
4. (1996). "Order No. 96-058: Updated waste discharge requirements for Sierra Point Development Company, the City of Brisbane, Sierra Point Associates One, Sierra Point Associates Two, Hitachi America Ltd., Tuntex Properties Inc., and Argentum International, Inc.". California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region.
5. (August 28, 2008). "Combined Site and Architectural Design Guidelines". City of Brisbane.
6. "About Brisbane Marina". City of Brisbane.
7. McDaniel, Jerry. (December 2000). "History of the Club House". Sierra Point Yacht Club.
8. Torres, Blanca. (February 26, 2018). "As South San Francisco sizzles, developer pickes up huge biotech site in neighboring city". San Francisco Business Times.
9. Ayres, Julia. (November 29, 2018). "Planning Commission Agenda Report, 3000-3500 Marina Boulevard; Design Permit Modification DP-1-18, Variance V-1-18, Use Permit UP-1-18 and Environmental Review ER-1-18". City of Brisbane, Planning Commission.
10. (November 2, 2018). "California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Addendum for the 3000-3500 Marina Boulevard Project, Brisbane, California". City of Brisbane.
11. (January 15, 2008). "Sierra Point Project drawings". DES Architects Engineers.
12. (November 2006). "Sierra Point Biotech Project Environmental Impact Report". LSA.
13. [https://www.ideayabio.com/contact/], Ideaya Biosciences - Contact Us Page