In San Francisco, the former site of the Hunters Point shipyard is now being developed with over 10,000 units of housing, 2.6 million square feet of office and R&D space, and about a half million square feet of retail. The project will also include about 75,000 square feet of maker space, or less than 1% of the total building area, most of which will probably go to artisanal firms making food, fashion and furnishing, things like beer, bread and bicycles, sold to the upscale consumers of the region. Meanwhile, in San Leandro, about ten miles almost directly east across the bay, there's something far more significant going on: an under-the-radar renaissance of industrial production, in which companies making state-of-the-art products sold around the world are taking over factories and warehouses.
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