> Are developers expected to build those? Sure, maybe. Offering to build them for the city is a great way to build goodwill for your project. If you want to

> Are developers expected to build those? Sure, maybe. Offering to build them for the city is a great way to build goodwill for your project. If you want to see the ridiculousness of building in the Bay Area, however, you only need to compare this project with another large project proposal somewhere else: https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/5/11/17340660/the-78-related-midwest-amazon-hq2 https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/5/11/17340660/the-78-related... This is nearly the exact same size parcel as the mall in Cupertino. But they are proposing 10,000 housing units and 13 million square feet of development (5x as much). The article calls it "surprisingly low density". But the plans include a new transit station, new roads, many acres of public space, etc. What it will come down to, though, is that the city will say "if you build this, we'll build that". The elementary school that will serve this development is already under construction. So it's likely that the developer will pay for at least half of the train station - it would be significantly more expensive than a school because it is underground at that point.