Moscone expansion is still on track. According to this SF Business Times article, they've hired a company to oversee the next steps of the project (design, engineering and I think EIR):
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Moscone inks $500 million expansion deal
San Francisco Business Times
Date: Friday, May 4, 2012, 7:21am PDT
A division of the Sares Regis Group has been selected to oversee the expansion of the Moscone Convention Center, an estimated $500 million project intended to allow San Francisco to remain competitive in attracting and retaining large conventions.
The San Francisco Tourism Improvement District has hired SRGNC CRES LLC, a division of Sares Regis Group of Northern California, to oversee the architectural design and engineering of an expansion of the Moscone Convention Center.
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This is fitting with the timeline I saw in
this SF Travel Foundation presentation:
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Timeline
2012-2014
- Pre-construction activities
- MOU, Hire Architect, Environmental Review, Hire General
- Contractor and complete a constructability review
2014/2015
- Finish environmental review
- Start Construction
North and South Expansion Construction
- 2.5 -3 years
East Construction
- 3-4 years
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And here's what's in store:
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Ideal Changes to Moscone
- Add 100,000 to 150,000 s.f. of contiguous exhibit space
- Add additional meeting space in North and South (flexible space)
- Add more natural light in hallways and around meeting space
- Connect existing exhibit halls in North and South
- Increase functionality and flow
- Connect buildings with either a sky bridge or underground passage
- Convention expansion should correspond with additional hotel rooms
Moscone North & South Expansion
- Third Street building
- Howard Street Connection
Moscone East Expansion
- East Expansion under Third Street and in space of Moscone parking garage
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