Update on Safeway Store at El Camino and Spruce Avenue in South San Francisco

South San Francisco, CA  October 1, 2021

Originally posted on ESC Social Media August 4, 2021 by Angelique Presidente, ESC which brought over 300 comments from concerned neighbors. Feel free to share your comments as well. 

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The City of SSF has released an update on the old Safeway lot at the corner of ECR and Spruce. After years of having an empty lot with nothing to offer, there is hope this empty lot will be thriving again, giving the community an updated grocery store (Safeway) and other shops we can all hopefully appreciate for years to come!!

 

Surely, we can all agree it is long overdue to have development at that site. We can only hope we won’t get stuck with businesses we already have plenty of and hopefully will get unique offerings.

 

See below to read the released update from Leslie Arroyo, City of SSF:

 

“SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 4, 2021 – After several years, the privately-owned site at 180 El Camino Real will finally have a new look, thanks to Safeway and real estate developer SteelWave, which is under contract to purchase the fourteen-acre property.

 

“We know this has been a source of frustration for our residents, as well as our City Council, and we are happy to finally see some movement with this site,” says South San Francisco City Manager Mike Futrell.

 

Safeway and the developer’s top priority is to build a new 63,000 square foot grocery store at the corner of El Camino Real and Spruce Avenue, plus additional small-sized neighborhood-serving retail. The goal is to have the new Safeway and shops up and operating in a year.

 

For years, the City has gone through various plans to revitalize the site. “It was an eyesore for our residents and the City did everything in its power to start the revitalization of the property, but nothing ever came to fruition,” added Futrell, “but the new owners are ready to get going.”

 

The site has already been approved by the City for a new Safeway store. The applicants are proposing improvements to the site layout and building appearance, and these revisions will be reviewed by the Design Review Board and Planning Commission.

 

The Safeway store and associated retail areas will cover approximately three acres of the fourteen-acre site. Other uses for the remainder of the property are in the conceptual planning and will be reviewed by the City.”

-AP

 

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Eileen Goodwin

Please, no more large housings complexes!! A nice shopping center would be great!!

 

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Lauren Lopiccolo

Eileen Goodwin I agree ?

 

Louise Pacheco

Eileen Goodwin old theater will be more housing and now I’m hearing Tanforan may be altered to add even more.

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Julie Bettencourt Cliff

Glad there will be a Safeway, but I have a bad feeling about the city’s plans for the remainder of the site. Last I heard they wanted to put up one of those god awful business/residential complexes.

 

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Mareth Vedder

Julie Bettencourt Cliff agree.

 

Mike Meyer

Oh noes! building more housing in a city with a shortage? How can this be stopped before people get homes?

 

Sylvie Sturm

Well said, Mike. People need homes!

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Jennifer Braginsky

Barnes and Noble is our only local bookstore. I hope they relocate to Serramonte or something.

 

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Art Gonzalez

Jennifer Braginsky no one needs book stores…. use Amazon!!!

 

Michael Mc Namara

Art Gonzalez , no Amazon , go to the store

 

Louise Pacheco

Jennifer Braginsky I love book stores

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Dolores Hosking Gomez

Have heard this for over 15 years, bring it on! We need a roomy FULL Safeway in this area! Sure miss Pet Club!! So many services are gone. Too much HUGE housing that brings crowding, traffic,etc!!

 

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Judi Murillo Jones

Dolores Hosking Gomez Is this where the old White Front was?

 

Dolores Hosking Gomez

Judi Murillo Jones think so See’s is across the street too

 

Mary Richards Withdrew

Dolores Hosking Gomez yes Judy! Its always pleasurable (was), having the chocolate aroma always in the air at that site!

 

Judi Murillo Jones

Dolores Hosking Gomez Yeah, that’s it. My mom went to the grand opening when I was home sick with the Mumps (before MMR vaccines!). She brought me home a teddy bear with big puffy rubber cheeks – just like mine lol. We named him Mumpy!

 

Mary Richards Withdrew

Judi Murillo Jones YES, WHITEFRONT WAS THERE IN THE LATE 60’S, EARLY 70’S.

 

Judi Murillo Jones

Mary Richards Withdrew My mom worked there for a bit. She’d bring home the “irregulars” in brown paper lunch bags. She’d try to hide them from us kids, but we always found them. Great memories ❤️

 

Judi Murillo Jones

Mary Richards Withdrew Wait – are you Curtis Richard’s sister? I used to have a crush on him when you lived around the corner from us. But he was much older lol.

 

Mary Richards Withdrew

Judi Murillo Jones thats so sweet! Judy, its me, Mary Richards! HI!

 

Judi Murillo Jones

Mary Richards Withdrew Hi! Aren’t you my sister Elaine’s age?

 

Mary Richards Withdrew

Judi Murillo Jones LOVE IT! With such a nice big family, its almost impossible to hide anything from the kids, ESPECIALLY SEE’S CANDIES!

 

Mary Richards Withdrew

Judi Murillo Jones Yes, Curtis is my younger brother, Paul, my older bro. I know all of you so well, you were the youngest, so I knew Elaine and Jimmy closest. Curt and your brother Johnny were friends. We could, in the old days walk up to our back yard up the hill to your Auntie Louisa’s and to the right, your back yard! Then years ago, everyone put up fences. ( it used to be a good short-cut. Your sister Betty came by 11 yrs ago, we caught up on our families.

 

Judi Murillo Jones

Mary Richards Withdrew That was actually my grandmother Eloisa (but you were close!). The Gonzales kids (my cousins) called her Aunt Eloisa so that’s probably where you heard it. I loved how all the houses just ran into each other with no fences. It was so cool to just go up the hill to see my grandma. We really had great childhoods in Brisbane.

 

Mary Richards Withdrew

Judi Murillo Jones Yes, Its true, we had fun, real good neighbors, school practically across the street!

 

Judy Reed

Dolores Hosking Gomez miss Pet Club also

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Leanne Romine

I’m surprised they’re not building condos or affordable housing in this area…… Glad to hear they’re Keeping it “business”

 

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Anna Stibdard

Leanne Romine wait!! they are not finished yet. Multi housing lurking in the shadows of the council chambers. Sure bet.

 

Rich Jolynne

Leanne Romine they are. All around it.

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Luis Romero

Bring back ballys. That was hands down the best and cleanest gym around

 

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Louise Pacheco

Luis Romero the last plan was to include gym.

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Roschele Prasad

We need restaurant like Golden Corral and others ,hopefully this is true,it is truly an eyesore

 

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Author

Everything South City

Roschele Prasad while that would be great, establishments like that couldn’t survive out here with the high rents and food costs. – AP

Commented on by 

Angelique Presidente

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Christina Barnett Haas

I’ll believe this ?when I see it. This is absolutely ridiculous. I doubt anything will come of this sry too say. Agreed Gisela Jimenez another monstrosity like the one where the old car wash was at corner of El Camino & chestnut not ok SSF will never be the same again. Yes some change is good. Yes improving the city we love is good, but at what cost?! Driving us all out as NONE of us that grew up around here can no longer stay

as it’s astronomically Unaffordable to live here anymore! SMH

 

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Tarissa Navas

Christina Barnett Haas remember Service Merchandise?

 

Christina Barnett Haas

Tarissa Navas yup I used to buy stuff there all the time ?

 

Ronald Rahm

Christina Barnett Haas Exactly why I left almost 30 years ago. I miss it, but then again, I don’t miss it.

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Aangdon Lalger

There’s already a Safeway, Lucky’s, and Smart and Final around the same area, why another grocery store??? We need to bring back Pizza and Pipes!

 

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Dave Marson

& Farrell’s Ice Cream parlor

 

Author

Everything South City

Dave Marson another great idea -AP

Commented on by Angelique Presidente

 

Rommel Mallari

HELL YES!!!

 

Author

Everything South City

Aangdon Lalger yes!! – AP

Commented on by 

Angelique Presidente

 

Andy Wan

put a H-Mart there instead of a Safeway.

 

Hernadi Budisantoso

Andy Wan tooo late.

 

Richard Castromayor

Need a Golden Corral

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Tim Green

I Remember When the Blue Chip Store Was There

 

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Mary Richards Withdrew

Tim Green I remember White Front and Service Merchandising and really have missed a Longs Drug Store.

I hope this new ownership transforms the much missed businesses and includes a full serviced Safeway w/Bakery AND Deli!

 

Diana Hidalgo Nations

Tim Green you are old lol

 

Tim Green

Diana Hidalgo Nations Yeppers 62 In November Your RIGHT BEHIND ME SWEETIE

 

Diana Hidalgo Nations

Tim Green you know it 60 years young in two weeks!!! Going the celebrate with Stef at end of the month!!

 

Jim Bernardini

Tim Green ( White Front )

 

Anna Stibdard

Tim Green Gosh. we are showing our age Blessed to be 93

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Amy Deangelis

We desperately need a new large Safeway the one on chestnut is awful and always backed up . Looking forward to a nice new store

 

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Louise Pacheco

Amy Deangelis chestnut will close down once this is built

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Andrea Carey Villa

Get it started before someone changes the plan. No mention of housing. That’s a good thing. Since Tanforan Mall will be demolished build more stores, restaurants and gym with the remaining lot.

 

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Ed Kliska

Andrea Carey Villa Is Tanforan Mall scheduled to be demolished?

 

Andrea Carey Villa

Ed Kliska, yes the City of San Bruno is going to build housing

 

Raymond Peng

Andrea Carey Villa any literature on this? I know everyone flocking to Serramonte. Interestingly enough, tanforan was way popular prior.

 

Andrea Carey Villa

Raymond Peng, yes, it was posted in The Daily Journal the other day.

 

Cathy Romero

Andrea Carey Villa

May be an image of text that says ‘8:21 Big changes set f… www.smdailyjourn… DAILY JOURNAL ·** The San Bruno City Council began plans to turn the Shops at Tanforan, of 44 acres, to potentially 1,000 units of housing units, a biotech campus and innovation hub, and more. The City Council finalized and authorized the release of the Reimagining the Tanforan Land Use Fact Sheet July 27 to share with the developers, property owners, potential investors and the public. It outlines the vision of a mixed-use, transit-oriented redevelopment for commercial and retail housing with a minimum of 1,000 housing units.’

 

Cathy Romero

This info was released this week

 

Lucinda Denning

Andrea Carey Villa no one can afford the housing they build. As for tanforan all there is is 10 million shoe stores..lol what we need is like a outlet mall but that will never happen nor a walmart in San mateo County.

 

Evie Gonzalez

Andrea Carey Villa what the f**k!

Wendy Kan

Andrea Carey Villa wow I guess there goes BJs and Barnes and Noble. Target is closing for sure too. Just after the remodel

 

Lucinda Denning

what about planet fitness they just put that there.. kinda dumb if they are gonna tear down tanforan

 

Benjamin Peralta

Andrea Carey Villa Read the last sentence . Condos are coming.

 

Jay Katt

Benjamin Peralta …. Jeffrey Soria said they’re putting in a Gold Club II a Spearmint Rhino West and a Taqueria

 

Andrea Carey Villa

Benjamin Peralta, I did think about that but there are going to be apartments/condos going up where the old movie theater was and now the Tanforan Mall land will have housing as well. I’m hoping that the City utilizes that shopping center for various stores, restaurants, gym, etc but no housing. Keep it separate.

 

Jeffrey Soria

Jay Katt imagine the tax revenue for San Bruno!

 

Jake Ter

They should fire the entire San Bruno City Council.

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Jerry Chan

Off all the stores you guys want to support Albertson / Safeway

These guys treat their workers like crap and they’re with corporate buys (diabetic products) Chips/ Soda/ candy

What you guys needs is a Natural good grocery or consider another TJ or Gus Market.

 

Karen Diez

I feel your pain, from SSF but we are now in Tracy and it’s the exact opposite! We need less housing and more Grocery Stores. This whole supply and demand has been a huge eye opener. I never thought my history or social studies classes would come to lie in my life time lol

 

Aaron Inciong

That’s great for this but can they do something about the old century 10. Lol

 

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Marie De Leon

Aaron Inciong that is supposed to be more housing

 

Aaron Inciong

Marie De Leon that’s better than what it is right now. Lol

 

Marie De Leon

Aaron Inciong until all the residents of all the new developments start clogging the roads even more. The city Council continues to build without considering the impact on our infrastructure/schools…

 

Aaron Inciong

Marie De Leon well they’re not building anything in that particular lot. It’s just an abandoned movie theater.

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Sue Pennington

We need a Walmart desperately

 

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Kathy Townsley

Sue Pennington no you don’t!

 

 

Shannon Elliott

Sue Pennington nope it will kill local businesses

 

Angelique Presidente

Shannon Elliott because the 3 surrounding Targets wouldn’t?! Or the 3 Costco in SSF?

 

Jeffrey Soria

Shannon Elliott So.City has 3 COSTCO’s, a couple Starbucks and 3 Target’s in neighboring cities a few minute drive away from SSF…it’s not about local businesses #lovewalmart

 

Shannon Elliott

Save for the part where it’s legit Walmart’s business model, to come in and under cut other businesses so that have to close this includes local businesses and chains. Also the way Walmart treats their employees and the family that owns the company are monstrous

 

Lucinda Denning

what is down town really not that much. we do need a walmart in san mateo county. or some other stores than a target, costco. its boring. SSF needs more varitey and outlets but that will never happen

 

Andrea Carey Villa

Shannon Elliott, I’ve heard stories about Walmart. I’ve shopped at several Walmarts in different locations and asked several employees if they feel like they are being treated bad or under paid and they have all said they like their jobs and don’t feel mistreated. There are a lot of cities that have several Walmarts and still have small local businesses. People should have a choice where they want to shop. Walmart helps families on tight budgets. If you don’t like the store then simply don’t shop there. I won’t shop at a local businesses if it’s overpriced just to support them. I’ll drive to other cities to spend my money. That’s where SSF looses out. People will go somewhere else or shop on-line. No one complains that the 3 Costco’s, 3 Targets and 2 Walgreens are hurting the local businesses. And I’m sure the pay and benefits are very similar. It’s not the stores hurting our city pushing people out, it’s the cost of housing. And no matter how many new homes are squeezed on the remaining empty land spaces it’s not going to make them affordable. The prices need to go down to match the average income.

 

Sue Pennington

We have too many targets in Daly City and ssf

 

Grecia Abigail Gonzalez

Sue Pennington yes I rather have a walmart than another grocery only store. I love me some target but we need options!!!

 

Wendy Sinclair-Smith

Grecia Abigail Gonzalez yes, satisfying your selection choices is more important than letting there be good employers who will pay decent wages and not be under cut by greedy Walmart

 

Andrea Carey Villa

Wendy Sinclair-Smith, just curious what do you feel is a decent wage?

 

Wendy Sinclair-Smith

Why shop at Walmart? They are terrible about taking care of their employees. Doesn’t that bother you?

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Michele Salmon

I would hate to lose our sweet, little Safeway on Chestnut, though. I love that store.

 

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Mary Richards Withdrew

Michele Salmon thats my Chestnut Safeway too, but previously I shopped at the Spruce/ElCamino, groceries, then to the drug store all practically next door. Us Brisbane folks could save time & energy if they make a drug store as well as Safeway the priority.

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Justin Wong

Get a trader Joe’s or whole foods…

 

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Louise Pacheco

Justin Wong yes.

 

Justin Wong

Start elevating Ssf resident lifestyle.

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Alexander Buehrle

Kinda surprised it’s not becoming some 3,000$ a month prime location Apartment complex

 

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Kristina Anderson

Alexander Buehrle Um….it IS! AND they are tearing down Tanforan!

 

Alexander Buehrle

Kristina Anderson I work at tanforan as a gaurd we haven’t heard anything about that

 

Grecia Abigail Gonzalez

Kristina Anderson a planet fitness was just opened at tanforan I highly doubt PF would have gone into contract with tanforan if they had plans to demo the hole thing.

 

Andrea Carey Villa

Alexander Buehrle, Grecia Abigail Gonzalez, read the article from The Daily Journal

 

Alexander Buehrle

Andrea Carey Villa just read it …I’ll believe it when the memo reaches security that we pass out till then not holding my breathe ..

 

Andrea Carey Villa

Alexander Buehrle, I guess security knows more than the City of San Bruno

 

Louise Pacheco

Alexander Buehrle that was a he original idea

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Sally Johnson

It’s Not a eyesore it IS STILL a EYESORE. I will believe it when I see construction. Keep it retail. No condos and don’t sneak it in at a later time either. We need retail.

 

Lucinda Denning

They better tear down the existing building

 

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Louise Pacheco

Lucinda Denning they plan on renovating existing

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Ashley Marie

Safeway? Isn’t there one on chestnut and at the old pak n save. Smh

 

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Nancy Ramirez

Ashley Marie the has always been 2 in ssf. One on Chestnut and the one they are bringing back on El Camino

 

Ashley Marie

Well now were gonna have 3

 

Louise Pacheco

Ashley Marie chestnut will likely go away

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Marie De Leon

This is the planned replacement for the movie theater

[Image of text that says ‘AA 78% construction.ssf.net uction Map Updated July 25, 2021 Find address or place Daaaiv Q 1477 Huntington Ave akl ranci A2.0ALT Seven-story residential project containing 262 multi- family units, residential amenities, and open space uses on .98 acre lot. Address 1477 Huntington Ave Parcel Number 014184120 John cLaren Park Davalanar Infill Land Partners, LLC (Contact, Will McPhee Dhona/2101254-246611’]

 

Patty Martin

It’s about time! That corner has been an eye sore and an embarrassment for years!!!! Looking forward to having something new and nice!!!

 

Raymond Peng

Get the same builders for the duck duck go car wash onboard. They almost done. That’s results we can see.

 

John Kevranian

We use to shop at Treasury many years ago.

 

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Helen Gee

John Kevranian omg, store names I haven’t heard in decades!

 

Norreen Bulotti

John Kevranian someone told me they’re tearing down Tanforan for housing. Is that true?

 

Norreen Bulotti

So it is true?

 

John Kevranian

Norreen Bulotti The San Bruno City Council began plans to turn the Shops at Tanforan, of 44 acres, to potentially 1,000 units of housing units, a biotech campus and innovation hub, and more. The City Council finalized and authorized the release of the Reimagining the Tanforan Land Use Fact Sheet July 27 to share with the developers, property owners, potential investors and the public. It outlines the vision of a mixed-use, transit-oriented redevelopment for commercial and retail housing with a minimum of 1,000 housing units.

“It really seems like the stars are aligning around all of these properties. And I think it’s great that we’re being proactive and looking forward to some possibilities, sort of charting that ahead of time and not being reactive or waiting until sometimes it’s too late to make those decisions,” said Councilmember Michael Salazar.

The city hired CBRE, a commercial real estate services and investment firm, to help organize current and future property owners around a shared vision, to manage the interaction between all the parties to create a specific plan that works for everybody, said City Manager Jovan Grogan.

“It is our hope in partnering with all the property owners and the investors that are interested in Tanforan that we can reimagine Tanforan and have it be that locale of destination, e-commerce and community collaboration,” Grogan said.

Through this process, CBRE will focus on carbon neutrality as a goal for the project and also include nature and green spaces designed into the new streetscape and landscape for this site that includes accommodation for public and private open spaces, said Jay Sholl, senior vice president in the San Francisco office of CBRE.

“This is an amazing opportunity for us to provide housing, to provide jobs, community space, retail and other commercial opportunities for the next generation and to do it in a sustainable way,” said Councilmember Tom Hamilton.

After distributing the Reimagining Tanforan Fact sheet, they will meet with the current Tanforan property owners and potential investors. From there, the estimated timeline to launch the site master planning and environmental review processes is by late 2021 or early 2022. And by winter 2022 or summer 2023, the master plan would be adopted. In early 2023 or 2024, initial entitlements and construction permits would be reviewed. Groundbreaking will likely not take place until 2024 or 2025.

Requirements include amending the City’s General Plan, establishing a new Specific Plan, amending the current P-D zoning district to incorporate additional uses such as life science, housing, hospitality, and other viable land uses, reviewing the California Environmental Quality Act including the Environmental Impact Report and working with the San Francisco Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan and the San Mateo County Comprehensive Airport Land Use Plan to be issued a construction permit.

The three privately held parcels at Tanforan are actively being marketed by Queensland Investment Corporation or QIC and JCPenney, seeking buyers for the site. Seritage, a real estate investment trust that holds a former Sears location, is actively seeking investors for a biotech campus and an innovation hub.

The total property is owned by BART, JCPenney, QIC and Seritage.

[email protected]

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Gisela Jimenez

Next to that Safeway will be apartments non of us can afford.. way to go

 

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Lucinda Denning

Gisela Jimenez yep. im on waiting list for years… and probably you are too

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Tino Ryan Martino

They should put a 4th Costco there.

 

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Evie Gonzalez

Tino Ryan Martino yeah…no!

 

Coleman Yee

Tino Ryan Martino seeing the way costco customers drive, hell no!

 

Angelique Presidente

Tino Ryan Martino don’t give them any ideas

 

Tino Ryan Martino

“South San Francisco

The Costco City”

 

Martha Villanueva

Tino Ryan Martino no we need another Target!!!!

 

Author

Everything South City

Martha Villanueva we technically don’t have one in SSF, don’t give them any ideas  -AP

Commented on by Angelique Presidente

 

Denise Villa

I hope they don’t put more apartments or condos! I had heard they were going to do that years ago.

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Rex Nava

I love hearing about and seeing my beloved South City transform itself into modern era. It’ll always remain my hometown, South City.

 

Kristina Anderson

Rex Nava SSF4life!!!

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Lisa Marie

Let’s make affordable housing for working ppl everywhere goes on gross I don’t get all that and when you do your taxes you don’t even get that back

 

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Lucinda Denning

Lisa Marie exactly.. but also with afforable housing your on lists forever.. like my mom and me.

 

Lisa Marie

Lucinda Denning at least your lucky enough to be on one

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Benjamin Peralta

14 acres minus 3 acres =11 acres. Condos coming too. Just not saying it directly. Last sentence. Other uses for the remainder of the property are in conceptual planning and will be reviewed by the city.(reviewed and stamped.) LOL Condos are still coming.

 

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Mary Richards Withdrew

Benjamin Peralta They say the largest acreage you refer to is in “conceptional planning”, so yes, could be housing…(hope not).

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Diane Mondani Gretter

It’s about time. This site has been an eye sore for far too long.

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Helen Gee

Anyone remember the Service Merchandise there? And Sav-on?

 

Maria Cherolis

Helen Gee my grandfather worked in the nursery at sav on

 

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Komisi-Rachel Falani

Maria Cherolis he was the manager

 

Komisi-Rachel Falani

Maria Cherolis right!

 

Maria Cherolis

Komisi-Rachel Falani I miss him!!! I miss them all!!! It’s been a rough day, I’ve cried all day.

 

Komisi-Rachel Falani

Maria Cherolis yea I understand completely how you feel

 

Lenita Ayres Cherolis

Maria Cherolis Me too, honey. Would be nice to see Sav-On back. Just not another ridiculous housing project! And why do we need another Safeway?

 

Evie Gonzalez

Helen Gee for sure!

 

Chrisie Bergesen Hubbard

Helen Gee I worked at Service Merchandise jewelry area for little bit

 

Salevao Pulepule

Treasury???

 

Judy Reed

Helen Gee yes!!!!!!

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Robert Adams

WOW,,, I lived in SSF. but left when I graduated South City High and I just did a google map search of where this is , what a F’ing eyesore, I get change is good, and those open fields were glorious growing up, ,, but man, what a mess

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Mike Bruno

So 11 acres of overpriced condos

 

Sally Johnson

Mike Bruno let’s hope not

 

Justin Hannah

Mike Bruno Is that where Montgomery Wards was ? Across from See’s ?

 

Mike Bruno

Justin Hannah do you mean Service Merchandise?

 

Justin Hannah

Mike Bruno yup

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Lynn Carlson Bick

What’s it been 10 years ? At least. Good going SSF. But your plan SUCKS

So what is going to happen at he Lowe’s location on 101 ??? Sit empty for another 10 years ????

 

Brenda Stout

What was the name of the store at the bottom of rolling wood we used to go to any one remember

 

Taryn Micely-Toscano

It will be filled with apartments that no one can afford.

 

Terry Kurpieski

Wouldn’t it be nice if they built a new Pet Club next to the new Safeway at El Camino and Spruce?

 

Joe Bacigalupi

They gonna close the chestnut location ?

 

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Lucinda Denning

Joe Bacigalupi they should maybe they will just put more housing in that location…lol

 

Peepers Bonite

Joe Bacigalupi hopefully! It’s terrible!

 

Louise Pacheco

Joe Bacigalupi I believe so

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Karen Davenport

Bring back Pet Club!

 

Raymond Peng

If they did it right … they could convert tanforan to something like Bishop Ranch.

 

Erica Almaguer

Is that where the service merchandise used to be??

 

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Shannon Elliott

Erica Almaguer yesssss

 

Mary Richards Withdrew

Erica Almaguer YES

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Jason Ng

What about the other Safeway?

 

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Lillian Chau Martin

Jason Ng that one is so dark and tiny

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Anna Pánuco

About time, but like everyone else says, I’ll believe it when it gets done.

 

Peggy Spry Mislock

Wasn’t there a Safeway there originally?

 

Rafael A. Casillas

Soooooo is “Service merchandise” coming back??

 

Renee Gomes

I’ll believe it when I see it!

 

Tammie Brady

Me and a friend of mine were just talking about when are they going to do something with that land it’s been so long since something’s been there well I want to thank you guys for doing something with it finally yay yay yay yay

 

Frank Fontenot

Fuxking Joke as usual. What about another Mercedes Car dealership like in WB. Another Fuxking eyesore. Way to go SSF.

 

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Kristina Anderson

Frank Fontenot RIGHT??????!!!!

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Frances Campos

About time it’s been shut down for a awful long time give back to the community

 

Erica Prado

Well Tanforan is going to be converted into 1000 housing units so yeah…..

 

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Mary Richards Withdrew

Erica Prado OMG, I didn’t hear about that❗ Thats horrible.

 

Erica Prado

Mary Richards Withdrew I know

 

Mary Richards Withdrew

Erica, thanks for the link!

 

Mary Richards Withdrew

thanks for the link!

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Butch Portillo

We need more drug stores and strip joints please!

 

Peps Padilla

Angelique Presidente. Finally!

 

Angelique Presidente

Peps Padilla exactly

 

Rachel Margaret Rose Unga

Finally!!!

Leah Taylor

Yahoo!

 

Christopher Archuleta

About freaking time!!

 

Lisa Mares McCarley

I will believe it when I see it!!

 

Alejandro Sanchez

F I N A L L Y

 

Christine Zagar

Wow! It’s about time!

 

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Nancy Fagalde Oliviera

Christine Zagar I think when we were in elementary school that Safeway was being built

 

Christine Zagar

Nancy Fagalde Oliviera , I think you’re right!

 

Christine Zagar

Nancy Fagalde Oliviera, remember when it used to be White Front Department Store?

 

Nancy Fagalde Oliviera

Christine Zagar ?yes indeedy

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Anne Nicholson Canziani

I will believe it when I see it !

 

Ryan Wahlstrom

As long as there will b mask mandates. IDC what they build.  #stopthespread

 

Al Kachun Wong

Not holding my breath

 

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Sonja Schappert

Al Kachun Wong I thought it was supposed to housing ??‍♀️

 

Al Kachun Wong

Sonja Schappert plans have been proposed then canceled so many times

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Evan Klein

Finally!

 

Brenda Cruise

Finally

 

Bayy Krys

Maybe something else besides Safeway