Does San Francisco Have Room For Industry?

For decades, industrial businesses have struggled against housing advocates for turf in San Francisco’s Eastern Neighborhoods, which include South of Market, Mission, Bayview, Portrero Hill, and Showplace Square. Though the pro-housing camp has been winning the overall war—slowly creeping into, and displacing, industrial uses—a recent turn of events in Showplace Square presents a powerful opportunity for industry advocates to make their case.