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850 La Playa Street, rendering by Steinberg Hart

Formal Application Filed For Outer Richmond Safeway Redevelopment, San Francisco

5:30 am on May 18, 2026 By Andrew Nelson

Formal permits have been filed for the Safeway grocery store redevelopment at 850 La Playa Street in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond neighborhood. The latest application shows a slight increase in residential capacity and a significant increase in affordable housing. Align Real Estate is the project sponsor, working on behalf of the property owner, Albertsons Companies.

850 La Playa Street aerial view, rendering by Steinberg Hart

Preliminary Plans Filed For Safeway in Outer Richmond, San Francisco

5:30 am on November 19, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

Preliminary plans have been filed for an eight-story apartment complex at 850 La Playa Street in San Francisco’s Richmond District. The project will replace the existing big-box store with over five hundred apartments above a replacement Safeway grocery store. Albertsons Companies, the parent company of Safeway, is listed as the property owner, filing through Dominick’s Finer Foods, LLC.