Plans have been filed for yet another Safeway-to-housing proposal, this time in Marin County. The eight-story proposal, first reported by Richard Halstead for the Marin Independent Journal, aims to create over three hundred residential units at 700 B Street in Downtown San Rafael, but does not include a replacement grocery store. Mill Creek Residential is the project developer.
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Initial permits were submitted for the grading and site preparation of a parcel at 285 12th Street in Oakland. The site is currently under a development proposal to bring 65 new units of affordable housing to Oakland’s Downtown/Chinatown neighborhood. SF YIMBY most recently reported on this project in December of 2025, when it was announced that the project’s developer EBALDC was awarded a sizable grant from the state climate action programs. Since then, the project has begun to move forward with preparation for construction.
New documents have been filed detailing plans for a major demolition and reconstruction of a site at 1500 E Hamilton Avenue in Campbell. The project is being brought by Sullivan Land Development, as part of an ongoing shift in Bay Area development to remove older and vacant office space and replace it with new housing options.
Planning permits have been filed to convert an historic six-story commercial structure into housing at 901 Market Street in the Mid-Market neighborhood of San Francisco. The project would replace the upper retail and office spaces with 136 dwelling units, while retaining ground-floor shop space. Hudson Pacific Properties is responsible for the application.
Demolition and new building permits have been filed for a four-story mixed-use development at 2445 Ocean Avenue in the Ingleside Terraces neighborhood of San Francisco. The project would bring new housing and commercial space along the major thoroughfare close to Stonestown Mall. Perigon Hospitality is listed as the property owner responsible for the application, filing through 2445 Ocean LLC.
