After the pessimistic, open-ended closing on yesterday's piece on Treasure Island comes John King's write-up in today's Chronicle Datebook section on the current development plan for the Island proposed by Lennar Communities.
The current is indeed quite attractive - and probably represents the most ambitious project Lennar has ever done design-wise (Lennar has 13 projects around California, including base reuse plans at Mare Island and Hunter's Point.
But the question remains as to whether this plan, which was only recently revised from a cookie-cutter housing tract plan similar to some of Lennar's other projects, will survive the usual politics of counterdevelopment. Keep in mind, that TI is part of Supervisorial District 6, where virtually every project has to buy off the extremely expensive and unreliable Chris Daly. The first thing Daly will likely seek to attack is the appearance of the approval process, already marred by the Hall mess, and the overall skittishness toward public review, as reported on by SFWeekly last month.
The upshot: if you thought Mission Bay was an ordeal, wait until you see Fantasy Island!
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