so with that, i'd like to yield to john nicolai who's our partner in this project. >> good afternoon, members of the commission, director rahaim, and members of the community in attendance. my name is john nicolai, and i represent a fourth generation san francisco family that has pro proudly owned this property on de haro for 80 years. my father started san francisco gravel on this site since 1925, and it's been managed by my family for three generations. we decided to close the building materials building four years ago, and we began to work on considering different options for this site. we started a conversation with s.k.s. partners at that time and immediately realized that we shared the same values and wanted to build something that could benefit long-term san francisco. throughout the process, s-k-s has been an extraordinary advocate on our behalf, helping to fulfill a family's desire to develop a site that means so much to us with a new and innovative project that we will be proud of. this was the most important factor in deciding what we wanted to do with this property. our fa

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so with that, i'd like to yield to john nicolai who's our partner in this project. >> good afternoon, members of