Schlage Lock - Future Park Sites

In 1999, the Schlage Lock Company closed its factory in the Visitacion Valley area. Since early 2002 the current landowner, Universal Paragon Corporation, has been working with various City agencies and residents of Visitacion Valley to develop a plan for the reuse of this important 20-acre site, which is bounded by Bayshore Boulevard, Blanken Avenue, Tunnel Avenue, and the San Francisco County-San Mateo County border.

Visit the Planning Department webpage.

Redevelopment Plan

Several years of planning work and extensive community involvement resulted in the adoption of a Redevelopment Plan and master plan for the site, which included new housing, retail, community facilities, City services and open space. However, when the Redevelopment Agency was dissolved in early 2012, the subsequent loss of public funding for redevelopment of the site required that the City look for new ways to help make the project financially feasible. Since that time, the City's Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) has been working with Universal Paragon Corporation (developer) to reassess the project's feasibility and to look at potential ways to help move the project forward.

Purchase & Maintaining the Parks

One way the City is able to assist with project feasibility is to purchase and maintain the parks. Recreation and Parks Department staff negotiated with the developer regarding the potential future acquisition of the two parks. The developer will construct the parks as well as fund maintenance for 22 years, and the Recreation and Parks Department will purchase, operate and maintain the completed parks. The developer has agreed to sell the land at a significantly discounted price - a little over 50% of the appraised value - in exchange for Recreation and Parks Department's commitment at the time of the Development Agreement to purchase the sites. A term of the agreement is that the Recreation and Parks Commission shall approve the conceptual park design; the citizen's Design Review Advisory Panel will advise Recreation and Parks Department staff and the Recreation and Parks Commission.

Project Details 

• Schlage Lock - High Needs Buffers for Proposed Schlage Lock Parks, map (PDF)
• Schlage Lock Development Agreement (PDF)
• Schlage Lock Parks Site Informational Sheet Updated May 12, 2014 (PDF)
• Schlage Lock Site Plan (PDF)
• Schlage Lock - Possible Future Property Acquisition of Schlage Lock Parks (PDF)

Commission Materials

• Rec Park Commission staff report, June 19, 2014 (PDF)
  
• Park, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Committee (PROSAC) meeting, presentation, June 2, 2014
• Park, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Committee (PROSAC) meeting, presentation, May 6, 2014
  

Community Meetings - Notes and Presentations

• Community Meeting #2, presentation, May 20, 2017 (PDF)
• Community Meeting #1, presentation, July 16, 2016 (PDF)
• Community Meeting #1, survey (blank), July 16, 2016 (PDF)
• Design Review Advisory Panel meeting #3, Arts Enrichment presentation, October 24, 2015 (PDF)
• Design Review Advisory Panel meeting #3, October 24, design presentation, 2015 (PDF)
• Design Review Advisory Panel meeting #3, guided survey, October 24, 2015 (PDF)
• Design Review Advisory Panel meeting #3, RPD presentation, October 24, 2015 (PDF)
• Design Review Advisory Panel meeting #3, survey results, October 24, 2015 (PDF)
• Design Review Advisory Panel meeting #2, comments summary, September 26, 2015 (PDF)
• Design Review Advisory Panel meeting #2, exercise board, September 26, 2015 (PDF)
• Design Review Advisory Panel meeting #1, presentation, July 25, 2015 (PDF)
• Design Review Advisory Panel meeting #1, Slides 1-11, July 25, 2015 (PDF)
• Design Review Advisory Panel meeting #1, Slides 11-22, July 25, 2015 (PDF)
• Design Review Advisory Panel meeting #1, Slides 23-29, July 25, 2015 (PDF)