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Plan for San Francisco housing development could center around Stonestown Galleria
San Francisco appears headed for its first mega-project housing development since the pandemic.
The Stonestown Galleria may soon be home for thousands of new residents as officials look to turn shopping malls into living spaces.
While a lot of shopping malls are struggling, Stonestown Galleria in San Francisco is doing well. But there are those who think it could do even better.
“There’s a number of malls and shopping centers and shopping centers in the Bay Area that are currently contemplated to be transformed into new neighborhoods,” said Daniel Saver, a regional government planning director. “There’s a national trend right now to re-imagine old shopping malls, many of which often have a lot of surface parking.”
It’s the parking lots surrounding Stonestown that have officials so interested. The city has been in talks with the owner to turn many of the spaces to park into places to live.
Brookfield Properties has a plan to develop 3,500 housing units surrounding the existing mall, including six acres of parks, outdoor dining, recreation space and a plaza for a local farmer’s market. Much of the car traffic would be sent to underground parking garages.
The idea is to turn the shopping mall into a small, walkable, town center, with residents giving the area more life at night.
“We can create really vibrant spaces that have different feelings during the daytime and the evening,” said Saver. “But during the course of the whole day, they’re actually widely used by a variety of different people.”
Ironically, Stonestown was ahead of its time. When it opened in 1952, it actually offered high-density housing.
And old newspaper ad lists a three-bedroom, two-bath apartment going for $159 a month. Later, indoor malls became regional shopping destinations with customers arriving in cars.
And even though much of the rear parking lot now sits empty, some current customers don’t want to see the surface parking go away.
“Please don’t take the parking away. It’s silly,” said shopper Angela Fonda, who lives near Stonestown. “It’s just, you know, one more way to get revenue for the city. All sorts of crazy ideas going on right now. I just think it’s fine the way it is.”
But a man named Yoram didn’t think so. He rode his bike to the mall, and while he agreed convenient parking was nice, he supports the plan.
“But housing is more important,” he said, “because homelessness is a terrific problem. And housing is unaffordable.”
College student Michael Brown doesn’t think it will help with that. Though 20 percent of the units would be affordable, Brown thought all that new “vibrancy” would simply make the pre-existing housing in the area more expensive.
“It would drive up pricing around apartments, for sure, much more than it is already costing,” he said. “We still see that low-income people can’t afford to stay in the SF Bay Area. I don’t think adding more is going to solve our current issue.”
San Francisco has been closely involved with the plan for Stonestown, and officials even requested that 600 more units be added to the original project.
Final approval rests with the Board of Supervisors. There are no easy answers to what ails the housing market. But with cities desperately looking for spaces to build more homes, those parking lots are looking more and more like an opportunity.
Division-leading Dodgers aim to snap home losing trend as they open series against the Giants in a matchup of NL West foes
After dropping their second straight home series over the weekend, the Los Angeles Dodgers head into Monday night’s series opener against the San Francisco Giants sitting atop the National League West Division standings, aiming to avenge a series loss to the Giants from two weeks ago. San Francisco has lost nine of its last 12 games overall and have dropped seven in a row on the road as they begin a 10-game road trip that will keep them away from home until Memorial Day Weekend. The Giants will start Trevor McDonald (1-0, 1.29 ERA) in his fourth start in the Majors while the Dodgers will counter with second-year Japanese import Roki Sasaki (1-3, 5.97 ERA) who has given up a home run in five consecutive outings.
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Date: May 11, 2026
Time: 10:00 p.m. ET
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Dodger center fielder Andy Pages, who has helped Los Angeles claim World Series titles in each of his first two years in the Majors, leads the team this season hitting .333, ranking the 25-year-old Cuban third among all hitters in MLB. Pages is hitting .371 so far in May with five extra base hits and 10 RBIs and has successfully reached base in 13 of his last 14 games.
With nine hits in seven games so far this month, Giants second baseman Luis Arraez is hitting a team-leading .310 at the plate in 2026 and is on pace for his eighth career 100-hit campaign. Arraez is one of only two active players with a career batting average above .300, hitting .316 for his career and leads Houston’s Jose Altuve by 15 points.
What time is Giants vs Dodgers?
Coverage of the San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers starts Monday, May 11, at 10:00 p.m ET. Tune in to see if the Dodgers can beat the Giants for the fifth time in the last six games at Dodger Stadium or if San Francisco can beat LA for the fourth time in the last five head-to-head matchups.
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the McCoven who hopefully have better things to do than watch this dreadful baseball team. But if this is your chosen way of spending the day, then welcome, and may the Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the series for you.
Right-hander Tyler Mahle takes the mound for the Giants, as the veteran makes his eighth start of the year. He’s 1-4 on the season, with a 5.00 ERA, a 4.91 FIP, and 34 strikeouts to 18 walks in 36 innings. He was very strong his last time out, pitching 5.1 shutout innings against the Tampa Bay Rays.
For the Pirates, it’s right-hander Bubba Chandler, a 23-year old in his second season. In seven starts this year, Chandler is 1-4 with a 4.76 ERA, a 5.60 FIP, and 31 strikeouts to 26 walks in 34 innings. Chandler gave up two runs in five innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks in his last game. He has issued the most walks in the Major Leagues, so he’s probably foaming at the mouth to face the Giants, who apparently believe that drawing walks is a sin on par with murder.
Enjoy the game, everyone. Go Giants! Go moms!
Who: San Francisco Giants (15-24) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (22-18)
Where: Oracle Park, San Francisco, California
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First pitch between the San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates is scheduled for 4:05 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, May 10.
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