The Port of San Francisco owns the empty lot, appraised two years ago at $30 million, and would lease or sell it to George Lucas. Photo: Bob Ecker, Port Of San Francisco

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee plans to officially offer George Lucas a prime lot near the Bay Bridge as the site for a museum to house the "Star Wars" creator's collection of illustrative art and Hollywood memorabilia.

"It's the best site we could find both in terms of location and for winning the needed approvals in a timely fashion," said one source close to the talks.

Known as Seawall Lot 330, the site is across the Embarcadero from Piers 30-32, where just a month ago the Golden State Warriors were planning to build their 18,000-seat arena. The team is now looking at Mission Bay, having concluded that the political hurdles of the waterfront site were too high.

The team was figuring on building a hotel and condos on Seawall Lot 330 to help pay for the arena, but chances were good that the project would go before voters because it would have exceeded the area's height limits. That wouldn't be a problem with the Lucas museum.

The Port of San Francisco owns the empty lot, appraised two years ago at $30 million, and would lease or sell it outright to Lucas.

Lucas has offered to spend $700 million of his own money on the museum. If he's feeling ambitious, the mayor is open to letting him try to build his museum on Piers 30-32....Continue Reading

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