Questions, concerns persist over Point Molate development plan

Key concerns about a proposed major Point Molate development project linger for Richmond planning commissioners, less than two weeks before a scheduled vote on approving the project’s final environmental report.

The Planning Commission sat for a presentation Thursday night on the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Point Molate Mixed Use Development Project. This, its most updated and adjusted iteration, as proposed by Irvine-based developer SunCal, would include 1,452 new residential units (mostly condominiums), approximately 375,000 square feet of rehabilitated existing structures and 250,000 square feet of new construction for mixed-use development that could include restaurant, retail, commercial and residential uses, all on about 270 acres. Point Molate is about a mile and a half north of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.