An Alternative Future for the North East Mission Industrial Zone

LITERATURE REVIEW & CASE STUDIES
ON INDUSTRIAL PROTECTION ZONING
This literature review has been conducted to
answer the following questions.
1) What policies and programs are other cities considering
in reaction to changing business practices
and other conditions that are resulting in the
decline or haphazard transformation of their
industrial areas?
2) Of the few cities that have undertaken industrial
protective zoning (IPZ), how have they implemented
such policies and zoning, and have they
been successful?
3) What are the general trends in the development
community concerning industrial properties and
development?
This chapter draws from planning
literature and from case studies of
policies and programs being undertaken
by cities around the United
States, and from data specifically
related to industrial conditions in
San Francisco and the NEMIZ. This
chapter will summarize the information
gathered related to the major
trends in industrial planning, policy,
and development, and particularly
how these trends should be considered
in the City’s public policy revisions
for the Mission District and the
NEMIZ.
4) What are the current market conditions for
industrial development in San Francisco and in the
NEMIZ?
5) Why have many PDR businesses left San
Francisco? What factors contributed to decisions
to leave the City or to shut down a PDR business?
To accomplish the above we conducted an extensive
literature review, performed five case studies of
other cities with IPZs, and conducted a series of
exit interviews with PDR businesses that have
recently left or are considering leaving San
Francisco. We also interviewed a prominent San
Francisco industrial real estate brokerage firm
(HC&M Commercial) that works predominantly
in the five Eastern Neighborhoods listed above and