San Francisco's Most Valuable Undeveloped Property

San Francisco's Muni is embarking on a study to determine whether to build housing or a hotel on one of the city's most valuable undeveloped properties.

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April 16, 2001, 1:00 PM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"Few residents would say Fisherman's Wharf needs yet another tourist hotel. But that's what Municipal Railway officials are considering as they sketch plans for a bus yard that now is one of the most valuable undeveloped properties in San Francisco. The Municipal Railway's potential gold mine is the Kirkland Division transit yard, 2.6 acres bounded by North Point, Powell, Beach and Stockton streets and home to about 150 diesel buses."

Thanks to Chris Steins

Read the full story: Hotel an Option At Muni Yard Near Pier 39

Sunday, April 15, 2001 in The San Francisco Chronicle

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