Former Bay Meadows Racetrack Finally Getting Its Last New Buildings, 18 Years After It Closed

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/08/28/former-bay-meadows-racetrack-finally-getting-its-last-new-buildings-18-years-after-it-closed/It’s taken 18 years to fully develop San Mateo’s 83-acre former horse racing track Bay Meadows, but a developer is finally submitting permits for the final two buildings of what will be a seven-building complex.   Longtime Caltrain riders may remember there was a horse racing track called Bay Meadows in San Mateo years ago, right across from the Hillsdale Mall and the Hillsdale Caltrain station. But Bay Meadows closed down permanently in 2007, to make way for a $2 billion office, retail and housing complex. That timing may have been a bad bet for the developer, because the Great Recession came along just months later, and stalled