A dated Department of Motor Vehicles building is getting new life in San Francisco — including the creation of hundreds of new housing units.
The state-owned property that currently serves as a field office will be redeveloped into a “multi-use transit-friendly complex” including affordable housing and a new DMV facility, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced Thursday. Built in 1960, the building as it is no longer complies with “healthy and safety code specifications, nor does it meet DMV requirements.”
Once completed, the redevelopment will include about 372 homes, the governor’s office said in a statement. The site is “centrally located” between several neighborhoods in San Francisco, and it offers proximity to “a mixture of residential, entertainment and visitor-serving amenities.”
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Housing units will be priced for residents making between 30% and 80% of the area’s median income, according to a California Department of General Services spokesperson. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau showed that as of 2022, the median household income in San Francisco County was nearly $137,000.
The project is part of the governor’s larger plan to address California’s affordable housing problem. It follows an executive order issued in July supporting efforts to redevelop underutilized state-owned sites into housing. The DMV project will serve as a model for future conversions in the state, according to the governor’s office.
“This first-of-its-kind project, combining housing with a new DMV Field Office, represents a significant step forward in the state’s efforts to reimagine spaces for affordable housing,” Ana M. Lasso, director of the Department of General Services, said in the statement.
The Related Cos. of California and Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp. will lead the redevelopment.