Located in an abandoned US Post Office, the La Cocina Municipal Marketplace is a 7,000 square foot food hall with a focus on equitable economic opportunity for entrepreneurs, affordable and healthy eating options for residents and workers of the Tenderloin. This temporary project (5–10 years) will prove long-term viability of a market hall retail model for any affordable housing that might be built on the site, will engage the community, make the specific corner more vibrant and stand, nationally, as an example of conscientious community building and economic development.