Location: Albany, Calif.
Proposed Size: 450,000 square feet (retail), 200 apartments and an 80-room hotel
Developer: Caruso Affiliated, Magna Entertainment Corp.
Features: Racing, farmers' market, small outdoor theater, fishing pier.
Buzz: Acres of paved parking lots attached to Golden Gate Fields racetrack will be remade into open space, restored beaches and parks on San Francisco Bay if voters approve a zoning change.