Parcel K is a quarter-acre site that’s large enough for approximately 50 units of affordable housing plus retail space. Currently, it’s occupied by for-profit retail project Proxy, which uses it as an open-air mall, outdoor gym and movie screening area.
By Natalie Mead Special to The Examiner • February 22, 2022 1:30 am - Updated February 22, 2022 5:04 pm
Parcel K is a quarter-acre site that’s large enough for approximately 50 units of affordable housing plus retail space, according to the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development . Currently, it’s occupied by a for-profit retail project called Proxy owned by architect Douglas Burnham with seven commercial tenants.
in January so that affordable housing for teachers can be built on the SFUSD-owned land. The park, which launched in May 2016, will have used the land for only five years. So Proxy’s rent doesn’t support Parcel K’s intended use. And even if The City did reroute Proxy’s lease payments to an affordable housing project on this land, it would take about 400 years for Proxy’s current monthly payments to fund the construction of 50 below-market-rate units.
Ben Zotto, a Hayes Valley resident who was on the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association board at the time, published ain support of making Proxy a permanent fixture. He also circulated a survey about Proxy around the neighborhood under the auspices of the HVNA. Zotto said the responses to the survey indicated an “overwhelmingly negative” response to getting rid of Proxy.
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