A high-density transit-oriented development (TOD) is being planned

A high-density transit-oriented development (TOD) is being planned on a brownfield site in Union City, California, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Barry Swenson Builders is spearheading the project that includes three residential towers and a public plaza lined with cafes and shops across from the BART station. The TOD is the centerpiece of a 175-acre redevelopment that includes a former steel plant next to a polluted Pacific Gas & Electric Co. pipe storage yard, the paper reports. “In 2004, (the Union City plan) would have been remarkable. In 2008, it will be commonplace,’’ Stuart Cohen, executive director of the Transportation and Land Use Coalition, told the paper. “They’re popping up everywhere, like mushrooms.”