Where the district sits on a waterfront route
The 28-acre Mission Rock district occupies the ground south of Oracle Park. Giants fans knew the parcel as Lot A. Phase 2 broke ground in May 2026 and opened with Verde, a 23-storey residential tower by Studio Gang with 254 units. The published timeline puts all Phase 2 residential and commercial assets at 2028.
Three partners hold the site. The San Francisco Giants brought the land. Tishman Speyer develops it. The Port of San Francisco keeps ownership of the land, and the developers hold 75-year ground leases.
The master plan allows 1.4 million square feet of office and lab space and 200,000 square feet of retail. The district delivers 1,200 homes, and 40 percent of them carry an affordable designation as a requirement of the Port partnership.
The built record a route planner works from
Phase 1 broke ground in 2020. The Canyon, Building A, completed in 2023. China Basin Park and the Visa Market Support Center, Building G, opened in 2024. Building B reached substantial completion in 2025.
The Canyon and Verde both run 23 storeys. MVRDV designed The Canyon. Studio Gang designed Verde. Building G is a 13-storey office building by Henning Larsen with approximately 1,000 Visa employees. Building B is an eight-storey office and lab building by WORKac with 295,000 square feet, 32 outdoor terraces and a roof deck.
The walking route across McCovey Cove
China Basin Park covers five acres and the Port owns it. The Port's page states the park is open to the general public daily. The Bay Trail connects the waterfront for pedestrians and cyclists.
Named features give a route fixed waypoints. The Great Lawn holds an acre of grass. Central Plaza is an open hardscape plaza at the centre of the park. Shoreline Sands sits on the water and lets visitors reach the Bay. The Stormwater Garden carries an elevated boardwalk over native planting. The Gathering Grove is a stand of marina strawberry trees. The Willie McCovey statue stands back near its original location.
What the park gives a group stop
The district's own page states a capacity of up to 10,000 people for public and private events. The published use list covers concerts, picnics, exhibitions, holiday parties, corporate events, fitness classes and weddings. Bookings run through the district's sales staff at events@missionrock.com. General park inquiries go to info@missionrock.com. The district switchboard is 415.972.1744.
A group that needs one venue for a large stop has that venue on the route. Confirm the date and the load-in with the sales staff before the itinerary prints.
The retail and food stops along the route
The operator's retail page lists six outlets as open: Flour + Water Pizza Shop, Proper Food, Arsicault Bakery, Ike's Love & Sandwiches, LuxFit and Sweetgreen. It lists Via Aurelia, Quik Dog and Blue Bottle as coming soon.
Use these outlets as fixed break points. Call ahead for any group above a handful of people. Expect the roster to shift as more retail space lets.
The routing rule for coaches and walking groups
Run the group on foot along the Bay Trail. Set one coach drop point and one coach pickup point outside the district interior. Keep the coach out of the interior streets. The design limits on-site parking and leans on transit, expanded bike lanes and the Caltrain approach.
Rooms sit within walking distance of the park. Straight-line distances from China Basin Park at 37.7761250, -122.388345: Luma Hotel San Francisco at 100 Channel Street, 726 feet. Hotel VIA at 138 King Street, 1,392 feet. Hyatt Place San Francisco/Downtown at 701 Third Street, 1,500 feet. Every figure is straight-line from that one point. Street routes run longer.
How Phase 2 construction changes timing
The source carries no construction-traffic management plan, no lane-closure schedule and no coach staging area for Phase 2. Route times rest on the conditions of the day.
The project record carries the ground work. The whole 28-acre site was raised five feet above its original elevation, and that work finished in 2022. During The Canyon's build the team found more than 200 conflicts between the new grade and the structural piles. A 3D model caught them before concrete went in, and the project reports an estimated $1.4 million in avoided field change orders.
The record also carries a congestion concern from Dogpatch residents about 1.4 million square feet of office space. Build slack into both ends of a park stop. Confirm the day's staging on the switchboard before the coach leaves.
How a Giants home game changes the plan
The district's events page lists Game Day at the Park for every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday Giants home game. The park fills with that crowd, and the retail outlets carry the pregame trade.
Schedule the park stop on a day without a home game. When the itinerary lands on a game day, put the park stop in the morning and bring the group through Central Plaza on one set line.
The programme the district publishes
The published programme covers residential, office and lab, retail and park space. A hotel does not appear in it. Rooms for a group come from the surrounding streets.
The park's own events page carries the current class programme. It lists free LuxFit HIIT sessions on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. for 50 minutes, Rae Studios dance classes on Thursdays, and pilates with MNTStudio. The page changes with the season. Confirm the current days and times before an itinerary quotes them.
Fix the route first. The park booking and the staging question go to the district office. The retail break goes to the outlet.