Sierra Point (Brisbane)

Sierra Point encompasses an area of , reclaimed from San Francisco Bay by landfill behind dikes. It is one of two large commercial districts in Brisbane; the older Crocker Industrial Park north of the residential area of Brisbane was developed during the 1960s. The Sunset Scavenger Company let a contract to the Easley and Brassy Company, who constructed an earthen dike from 1965 to 1967 around the existing site perimeter, on the existing mud flat east of San Bruno Mountain. The area, then named the Sierra Point Solid Waste Disposal Site, was used as an unlined Class III landfill between 1965 and 1972, covered daily with soil taken from Candlestick Point. In total, were used for the disposal of an estimated of solid waste. ==Development==

, Sierra Point has not been completely built out. Existing buildings include two office buildings north of the Marina loop (7000 Marina and 5000 Marina ), the oldest building at Sierra Point, an office building covered in dark glass just east of 101 and west of Marina (1000 Marina Blvd ), two office buildings in the loop enclosed by Marina and Sierra Point (2000 Sierra Point Pkwy and 8000 Marina Blvd ), and two hotels in the southwest corner (near the western intersection of Marina and Sierra Point, and ). The parcel north of the oldest building is known as Parcel 3 [to become 3000–3500 Marina Blvd (under construction )], the area northeast of the eastern intersection of Marina and Sierra Point is zoned for another hotel , the parcel south of Sierra Point Pkwy has been approved for the Sierra Point Biotech Project , and the area east of the terminus of Sierra Point Pkwy is zoned for retail use and the planned Sierra Point Plaza . There are buildings at 4000, 5000, 6000, and 7000 Shoreline Court (–) in the southern portion of Sierra Point which lies within the City of South San Francisco. Brisbane Marina The Brisbane Marina was completed in 1983 along the eastern shore of Sierra Point and has slips for up to 580 boats. The Marina was built by a private developer at the city's expense in exchange for a long-term lease for the entire Sierra Point site; in addition, the developer would subsidize the loan payments for the money the city had borrowed to build the Marina. 7000 Marina and 5000 Marina This area, north of Marina Boulevard, was originally designated Parcel 4 and is . An addendum was adopted in 2017 to further extend the development rights to 2027 in exchange for reverting control of Parcel R to the City of Brisbane. The Planning Commission approved Design Permit DP-1-18 to modify the site plans in accordance with the Phase 3 design in November 2018. ;Notes 1000 Marina The 1000 Marina site consists of a parcel that is . 2000 Sierra Point & 8000 Marina This site, enclosed by the loop formed by Marina Boulevard and Sierra Point Parkway, consists of two parcels: Parcel 8 (western half), and Parcel 9 (eastern half), . The Biotech Project encompasses three separate parcels on the Sierra Point site, consisting of (from west to east) Parcel 7, ; Parcel 6, ; and Parcel 5, . The project would also provide of retail space on the first floor of the parking garage. Sierra Point Plaza Parcel R is a lot at the eastern terminus of Sierra Point Parkway, with an address of 400 Sierra Point Pkwy. It is owned by the City of Brisbane, but was leased in 1984 to a private developer to build up to of commercial space. After the lease was signed, were re-allocated to the Biotech Project site, reducing the developable area to . , the site has not been developed beyond partial paving for a surface parking lot and a public park. Under the 2016 Development Agreement DA-1-16, the lease for Parcel R was terminated and control of the site was returned to Brisbane; further development of Parcel R was frozen until the city decides what to do with the site. 4000–7000 Shoreline Parcel 10 lies south of the hotels in Parcel 1, entirely in the City of South San Francisco, and occupies . ==Transportation==

in 2016. Bayshore Freeway runs north-south through the middle of the photograph. Exits along the San Francisco Peninsula's principal highway, U.S. Highway 101 (the Bayshore Freeway), lead to Sierra Point Parkway. Sierra Point Parkway runs approximately east-west for its length east of 101, and crosses under the freeway and runs north-south along the west side of 101 and east of Brisbane Lagoon. The southbound exit from 101 leads to the northernmost end of Sierra Point Parkway, where it intersects with Lagoon Road. The northbound exit from 101 is near where Sierra Point Parkway crosses under the freeway. Sierra Point is connected to the rest of Brisbane via the northern end of Sierra Point Parkway. Marina Boulevard is the other primary road in Sierra Point; it forms a loop north of Sierra Point Parkway. South of the Parkway from its western intersection, it becomes Shoreline Court. Although the Caltrain Bayshore Cutoff line runs along the west side of Sierra Point, there are no stops. The nearest stops are to the north and to the south; the former stop at Oyster Point just to the south of Sierra Point was removed in 1983. ==Businesses==

• Aimmune Therapeutics • Ideaya Biosciences • Myovant Sciences • Sangamo Therapeutics • Ultragenyx • Kezar Life Sciences • Tizona Therapeutics • Nkarta Former • Hitachi America • Sing Tao Daily • Walmart eCommerce ==References==