This will be the real MONSTER in the Mission. Saddling the neighborhood with even more parasites than the Mission is already saddled with. Thank Zeus I am a successful capitalist and can leave this dump for Marin!

In reply to Michael Ottum.

MEDA’s portfolio had been to defend the interests of the Mission District small business community. Having utterly failed at that, the nonprofit rearticulated itself as an affordable housing nonprofit a decade ago. MEDA’s major housing “success” has been at stealing small sites funding from the Community Land Trust.

Mission Housing used to be a hotbed of progressive political juice. Newsom and Brown were not having that, so they got the Board replaced, fired ED Carlos Romero and Eric Quezada, and rearticulated themselves to be in sync with the “moderate” i.e. conservative SF Democrats.

MEDA ED Granados is not a registered SF voter, I think he lives in the East Bay.

Mission Housing ED Moss lives in a SFH in the Castro.

So it was worth waiting at least 8 years for this? Assuming the statement “could break ground as early as 2026, and residents could move in by 2028” turns out to be accurate?

The previous developer may have been a bit tricky (those BART ads were a stupid but entertaining response to the “Monster in the Mission” hit campaign), but you know they would have built the apartments quickly if not opposed by these groups. Meaning 330 market rate and 49 affordable units would have been completed a couple of years ago for people to move into. It takes all kinds of housing to avert a housing crisis, and how expensive could market rate apartments at 16th and Mission be (especially in the long term?). Frustrating.

In reply to Mitch.

I assume they meant to cast doubt on the timelines above given the 18th St delay

In reply to Mitch.

No, you’re not. Perhaps it will. But the static previous six years don’t inspire confidence, and not a shovel has been lifted to initiate this purported development. I live around the corner and have been looking at that stagnant space for over a decade (interrupted by the brief period when a brewery, tanks and all, was moving in . . . then moved out without opening).

In reply to Stephen.

I’m confused, Stephen. Your comment, as well as Michael’s below, suggests they’re not doing anything with the 18th and Mission property, but the article you share is all about how it’s gonna be teacher housing by early next year. Am I missing something?

Hopeful to see construction start soon, but let’s not forget there should already be 350 units of housing in this location, the Mission extortion groups blocked the original proposal for a market rate building here. Affordable housing is great if it gets built, but up to now all these groups have done is make gentrification worse.

I would appreciate some critical reporting from Mission Local on MEDA itself. Is it in fact good that they won this bid? What is their track record like?

As Stephen notes above (https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/meda-mission-housing-16th-street-bart-marvel-mission/#comment-957616) they haven’t done anything with the 18th and Mission property that they’ve owned for six years. What gives us confidence that this will be different?

Not sure about it being a “triumph”. The developer basically got to build a 966 unit “luxury” building downtown (plus a tax break) in return for donating this lot. And if you are trying to sell $2 million condos then downtown makes a lot more sense than the cesspit that is 16th and Mission. The developer got an upgrade in terms of location, floors and number of units.

Extortion works, keep extorting!

This is a perfect site for housing for low income folks, not those who can afford a market rate condo. I am glad to see this in the works.

MEDA has been sitting on its 18th and Mission property for six years, so I won’t hold my breath.

https://missionlocal.org/2023/07/derelict-18th-st-building-finally-funded-to-be-teacher-homes/#:~:text=MEDA%20is%20one%20of%20two,one%20award%20specifically%20for%20educators.