A former power plant in San Francisco is being proposed as the site of a 29-acre community that would add 2,600 homes to the city's housing market over the next 16 years.

There would also be public parks, a 250-room hotel, and retail shops and restaurants.

The project just received approval from the San Francisco Planning Commission and now must pass through the city's Board of Supervisors.

The Potrero Power Station sits on the city's southern bayfront, a part of San Francisco that has seen a string of development projects in recent years.

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A developer is proposing to transform a former San Francisco power station — that's been said to be one of California's dirtiest — into a sprawling 29-acre waterfront metropolis.

The project, led by developer Associate Capital, includes sprawling public parks, a full-sized grocery store, childcare facilities, a homeless prenatal program, a YMCA, a catering kitchen, a soccer field, playgrounds, a hotel, and 2,600 housing units, all to be anchored by a 300-foot-tall "Stack" that has become a staple sight in the neighborhood.

The development is slated to roll out in six phases over the next 16 years, with "the bones" of what remains of the century-old power station to remain, according to CBS San Francisco. The project just received approval from the San Francisco Planning Commission, and now it must pass through the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

The power plant sits in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood, a district sandwiched between the bayfront and Potrero Hill. This part of town used to be a shipbuilding hub, with industrial buildings filling its streets. It was a working-class neighborhood until developers turned their eyes to it starting in the 1990s.

Now it has been turned into a new, up-and-coming neighborhood. Software startup Gusto and ride-sharing giant Uber occupy separate sections of a cavernous, high-ceilinged former machine shop. Many other offices fill the district's buildings. The industrial warehouses were turned into residential lofts. Furniture and clothing boutiques dot its blocks.

The city, under the direction of Mayor London Breed, has set a goal of 50,000 new homes to be built in San Francisco in the next ten years. This new project would alleviate a portion of that when and if it's eventually completed.

Here's what the final project would look like.