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As Due Diligence Begins, Mare Island Gradually Comes to Life

In the near term, the development team will come up with a sustainable, viable program for Mare Island that is tailored to Vallejo’s location, culture and character, and updated for the 21st Century.

Mare Island The long-term development will be made up of residential, retail, hospitality and civic projects.

VALLEJO, CA—Mare Island has a rich history as the US Navy’s first shipyard on the West Coast. The shipyard operated from 1854 until it closed in 1996. At that time, the Navy worked with regulatory agencies to transfer property to the city of Vallejo and private developers.

From 1999 to 2019, Lennar Mare Island LLC worked with the city to redevelop a 650-acre portion of the former shipyard, adding more than 350 single-family homes to the site, and entitling another 1,050 single-family and multifamily units, along with about 7 million square feet of commercial space.

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Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.

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