Last week, civic leaders, including Mayor London Breed, State Senator Scott Wiener, and District 9 Supervisor Hillary Ronen, joined local developers to break ground on the 3300 Mission Street affordable housing project in San Francisco's Bernal Heights. The project, which will bring 35 studio apartments to the Mission Bernal corridor, marks a significant step forward in city efforts to tackle the housing crisis, providing homes for low-income households. According to SF YIMBY, the development is particularly notable for its adaptive reuse of a burnt-out structure while expanding the site's capacity for housing.
As per SF YIMBY, Mayor Breed emphasized the importance of the development in supporting residents, "The Mission Bernal corridor is home to a diverse and vibrant community, and the development of 3300 Mission Street is a big step forward in our work to deliver housing for low-income residents, allowing them to stay in the neighborhood they call home." Meanwhile, Senator Wiener lauded the addition of affordable housing to areas that have seen a dearth for decades, thrown by the state and local level housing production efforts, and said the promise of more affordable homes is on the horizon for the Bernal community.
The 3300 Mission project represents the first such development for the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center in nearly 20 years and is a joint effort by Bernal Heights Housing Corporation, Tabernacle Community Development Corporation, and Mitchelville Real Estate Group. Originally, the site included the 3300 Club and the Graywood Hotel, which were destroyed in a 2016 fire. Despite initial plans from BAR Architects to retain the façade, financial constraints ultimately led to a wholly contemporary design, as revealed during a community outreach effort at the end of 2023.
According to the City and County of San Francisco, the six-story building will offer homes to individuals and small households earning between 30-80% of the area median income (AMI). The construction of 3300 Mission was fast-tracked by Mayor Breed’s Housing for All strategy and is anticipated to be complete by the summer of 2026. The neighborhood, which includes several small businesses and community amenities, will soon benefit from the addition of these affordable units, bringing new life to a space once marked by loss.
