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On a Saturday afternoon, Carlos Muñoz, a resident of San Francisco, gazes at views of San Francisco Bay while listening to electronic dance music at a street fair in Hunters Point. His friends who live near the area invited him to the fair, so he brought his baby son, Maxwell. “We wanna make sure that our kid, our baby, socializes. He sees the environment, he gets to meet new people,” says Carlos. “You know, experience what it is like to be at a fair, see other kids, get him started early.” The Launch is the first street fair organized by the San Francisco Shipyard, a housing community developed by two real estate establishments. Lennar Corporation constructs new homes for sale, and FivePoint Holdings owns master-planned communities on …show more content…

The home prices will range from the high $500,000s to the mid-$600,000s. For friends Mathieu Busine and Mika Pejovic, who came from Australia to attend to the street fair, this presents countless opportunities to connect with neighbors. Mika also notices “lots of families” at the fair that could possibly equate the number of households in the Shipyard. Other amenities include two parks, Innes Court Park and Overlook Point, and the Storehouse, a convenience store that serves both food and craft coffee. A shuttle bus transports commuters from the Shipyard to various locations in the city, including Downtown, the Dogpatch district, grocery stores, beaches, and parks. Carlos Muñoz enjoys the prospect of a community with diverse amenities. “I think it’s a good way to bring the community together. And, just how I bring my kid over here, it probably helps build that community environment you’re trying to kinda instill in your kids, you know.” The Launch offered the activities that just about any street fair would offer, including food and drinks, artwork, and music. The first 500 guests to RSVP to the street fair received a voucher for free meals from food trucks. The first 250 guests that checked in received a voucher for free drinks. Both vouchers came in the form of blue and white poker chips. Lennar Corporation offered brochures concerning the Shipyard as well as model tours of the new homes - an

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