2025 on Treasure Island: New Homes, New Parks, and Life on the Waterfront

In 2025, Treasure Island emerged as San Francisco’s newest and most exciting waterfront neighborhood. New homes welcomed residents, Cityside Park opened and quickly filled with visitors from across the Bay, and weekly events brought live music and community gatherings to Island favorites like Gold Bar Whiskey Distillery & Tasting Room and Mersea Restaurant & Bar. It was a year that gave people plenty of reasons to cross the Bay, and plenty of reasons to stay a while.

A Neighborhood on the Rise

Over the year, ~1,000 new homes opened across Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island, and new residents followed close behind. As the months went on, leasing and sales milestones underscored the excitement surrounding the Island: 

ISLE HOUSE – over 70% leased
HAWKINS  – over 50% leased
THE RESIDENCES AT YERBA BUENA ISLAND – now 65% sold 

What those numbers translated to was visible day after day: fuller ferry rides, more people walking the waterfront paths, and neighbors settling into daily life on the Island. As one longtime resident told the San Francisco Chronicle, “I never want to leave.” Another soon-to-be resident echoed the sentiment, saying, “It’s a really simple, easy lifestyle…we like it so much that we’re thinking about buying a condo.” 

Bay FC Training Facility Breaks Grounds

In September, Treasure Island celebrated a major milestone: breaking ground on Bay FC’s new Sports Performance Center. Set to open in early 2027, San Francisco’s first professional women’s sports training facility will span 8.5 acres on the Island and include three professional-grade training fields and a state-of-the-art performance hub designed specifically for women athletes.

Cityside Park’s Once-in-a-Generation Debut 

Cityside Park officially opened on September 13 with a full day of programming that drew residents, neighbors, city officials, and visitors from across the Bay. 

The debut marked the first time the six-acre waterfront park was open to the public, inviting people onto its lawns, pathways, and shoreline overlooks for live music, family activities, food, and sweeping skyline views. For many, it was their first chance to experience the Island’s newest public space and to see how central it would become to life on the Island. 

From there, the park quickly became the backdrop for lunch breaks, after-work meetups, weekend picnics, and the Island’s most popular community events, from Off the Grid to Harvest Festival and Cake Picnic.

A Full Calendar by the Bay 

As Cityside Park settled into everyday use, Treasure Island’s events calendar expanded alongside it. What started as a handful of seasonal gatherings quickly grew into a steady lineup of weekly and monthly programming that drew both residents and visitors back to the Island. 

Off the Grid turned Saturdays into an easy waterfront ritual, pairing food trucks, live music, and long afternoons by the Bay. Standup Sundays added another weekend draw, inviting people onto the water at Clipper Cove for paddleboarding and kayaking with skyline views. 

Harvest Festival filled Cityside Park with pumpkins, seasonal arts and crafts, and families from across the city. And Cake Picnic brought thousands together for one of the year’s sweetest gatherings with more than 2,000 cakes displayed along a 500-foot table, an event that quickly made the rounds on social media. 

And the fun didn’t stop there. Happy hours, dog meet-ups, live music at Gold Bar Whiskey Distillery & Tasting Room, and comedy nights at Mersea Restaurant & Bar kept visitors coming back to the Island week after week. 

More Eyes on the Island 

Word about San Francisco’s most exciting new neighborhood quickly spread beyond the Island. Throughout 2025, Treasure Island was featured in outlets including the San Francisco Chronicle, Modern Luxury, SFGate, Ocean Home Magazine, and more. Coverage highlighted the Island’s parks, dining scene, events, recreation, and growing residential community.

The San Francisco Chronicle described the Island as “one of the city’s most intriguing neighborhoods on the rise,” pointing to its young population, expanding amenities, and waterfront setting. With every story, more people got a closer look at this new community taking shape along the Bay.

What Comes Next for Treasure Island

As one long-time resident told the San Francisco Chronicle, “I’ve never seen the Island build a buzz like this before.” And with more residences set to open, new neighbors continuing to arrive, and an ever-growing calendar of events, Treasure Island’s future is brighter than ever. 

As we look ahead to 2026, visitors and residents alike can expect new openings, new gatherings, and new ways to enjoy the waterfront. That means more time spent outside, more ferry trips across the Bay, and more moments that turn a quick visit into an afternoon—and an afternoon into a new Island tradition.