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Get In Touch With Wilson! ► www.theownteam.com/agents/wilson-leung/ Get In Touch With Our Team! ► www.theownteam.com/contact/ Have questions? Call us at 650.280.8888 __________ In 1938, Seabiscuit trained here. In 1942, 8,033 Japanese Americans were imprisoned here. Today, it's a dying mall. But $328 million is about to change everything. Tanforan Mall in San Bruno is one of the most layered sites in Bay Area history — a racetrack where naval aviation was born, an internment camp that held thousands of American citizens without trial, and now the target of the biggest mixed-use redevelopment on the San Francisco Peninsula. Alexandria Real Estate Equities paid $328M for the 44-acre site and plans to build up to 1,500 apartments, 1.5 million sq ft of life sciences space, and a new public market — all connected directly to San Bruno BART. I break down the full history, the development plan, the policy context, and the uncomfortable question nobody wants to answer: what do we owe to places where terrible things happened? ⏱ CHAPTERS 0:00 — The Hook: Sacred Ground 0:30 — Three Eras: Racetrack, Internment Camp, Mall 2:00 — 8,033 Americans: The Internment Story 3:25 — The $328M Redevelopment Plan 5:45 — Bay Area Housing Crisis & Policy 7:30 — What Do We Owe This Ground? 9:20 — Final Thoughts 🔗 LINKS & SOURCES Tanforan Memorial: https://www.tanforanmemorial.org/history Draft EIR (July 2025): https://tanforanforsanbruno.com/application-summary/ Dorothea Lange Photos: https://anchoreditions.com/blog/dorothea-lange-censored-photographs Densho Encyclopedia — Tanforan: https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Tanforan_(detention_facility)/ ------------ Wilson Leung leads a team that has consistently sold $100,000,000 million in sales volume annually. If you are looking to grow your real estate team or looking to start one, Wilson is your go-to guy to ask questions. Wilson has personally trained several Rookies of the Year and 30 under 30 awardees. Own Real Estate's mission is to help families build wealth through real estate. We do this by providing unrivaled expertise, dedication to educating our clients, and an unparalleled level of customer service that surpasses our clients’ expectations. ------------ Connect with me on my other social channels: Visit our Website! ► https://theownteam.com/ Like us on Facebook! ► www.facebook.com/wlrea/ Follow us on Instagram! ► www.instagram.com/bayareawilson Follow us on Instagram! ► www.instagram.com/own.realestate Read our Yelp Reviews! ► https://www.yelp.com/biz/wilson-leung... Visit our Google+ page ► https://g.page/Toprealestateagents?we #BayAreaRealEstate #TanforanMall #SanBruno #SFPeninsula #BayAreaWilson #JapaneseAmericanHistory #BayAreaHousing #MallRedevelopment #Seabiscuit