i am in full support of the project, and i would like to have mr. safir speak one more time, to the issue which i ask each time we have large projects , explained to the community your thoughts about phasing? i got a number of pages which were handed to me, based on how you want to explain it. i want the rest of the commission, as well as the public to have the benefit of hearing you, including myself, ask you a couple of questions. >> thank you. we do have some slides here that will speak to a couple of issues , around the phasing. one, that i can speak to, is a construction timeframe which has been discussed among some of the members of the public, and then also how the phasing will actually work? i was -- as was discussed earlier, seven-year construction timeframe with overlapping phases. i would like to note that we have every intent to build this project, as quickly as we can, and we appreciate that the community would like to see it built as quickly as possible. the construction phasing itself, when you look at the phases. it ranges from just under

you heard from mr. safir from moment to go, he's had 160 meetings with various neighborhoods and individual groups, from around this project. we think that is really something that should be rewarded and recognized, he had no obligation to do that at all, yet he saw what happened with 3700 california street, and he followed the exact same pattern that we had set up there. secondly, i want to point out to you that my neighborhood is one of the largest, if not the largest neighborhood in the city eligible for inclusion as a historic district on the state list. we know about historic buildings , and we know this about historic buildings. yes, it is nice to keep them, but they have to be adapted to modern living standards. and modern societal goals. it can be done properly. it has been done, in our neighborhood, over, and over, and over again. i think this particular project, 3333 california street has accomplished that goal with the design they have put in front of you. we recommend that you approve it as it is

the question i have on the retail spaces themselves, the developer, mr. safir, we've got a lot of large spaces, in my neighborhood that have been sitting there up to ten years. prime corner locations, 15th on market street. can you go over what your sizes of your retailer going to be, now that you have the flexible designation. what do you envision what are your sizes? >> thank you, commissioner richards, dan safir, project sponsor. we are going to queue up a slide that i think would be helpful to discuss this. the retail along california street, which is where the retail is limited, is approximately 35,000 square feet. it is broken into spaces that are intended to be approximately 1500-2500 square feet and it is designed, the way you would find typical shop space. there is one exception, in that layout, which he was seen on the screen. which is actually the corner of laurel, california. which actually is closer to the square footage, of some of the medium size spaces at laurel village shopping center. so, laurel village, i would say is a general rule, you see