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.
The 85-foot-tall structure is expected to yield just over half a million square feet, including 376,750 square feet of housing and 133,220 square feet for the two-story podium garage. Unit types will vary with 130 one-bedrooms, 136 two-bedrooms, and 65 three-bedrooms. Parking will be provided for 394 cars and 597 bicycles.
700 B Street floor plates, illustration by SDT Architects
Of the 331 units, 28 would be deed-restricted as affordable to low-income households. This allows the project to apply a 20% density bonus, with waivers and one zoning concession via the State Density Bonus law. The requested waivers pertain to the height limit, front- and side-street setbacks, and open space. The application also invokes Senate Bill 330 to streamline the approval process.
SDT Architects is responsible for the design. Illustrations show a familiar contemporary podium-style apartment building, including two third-floor courtyards wrapped around the E-shaped residential floor plates. Additional open space will be captured on the eighth floor. The ground floor will include a lobby with amenity space and bicycle parking.
The recent pre-application for 700 B Street is now the seventh proposal in less than a year to replace a Safeway-associated property with housing. However, it is the first application that involves a property not owned by Albertsons and is not part of the six-project joint portfolio with Albertsons and Align Real Estate. San Diego-based Niki Group is listed as the property owner.
700 B Street, image via Google Satellite
The two-acre property occupied a large area bound by A Street, B Street, 1st Avenue, and the adjacent San Rafael Community Center. The grocery store is the closest food option to the city center, with a Sprouts Farmers Market location 10 minutes east on foot, in a commercial neighborhood near US 101.
The estimated cost and timeline for construction have not yet been shared.
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