Safeway at 180 El Camino Real, rendering by Lowney Architecture

New Grocery Store Up for Approval at 180 El Camino Real, South San Francisco

A proposal will be heard by the City of South San Francisco for the replacement Safeway grocery store at 180 El Camino Real in South San Francisco in San Mateo County. Tomorrow’s meeting will occur over half a decade after the multi-tenant 180 El Camino strip mall was closed in preparation for a transit-oriented mixed-use development that hasn’t materialized. Now, the property has been purchased by SteelWave, and plans are moving ahead.

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Freedom West inner street scape, rendering by DLR Group

New Renderings Revealed for 2,387-home Freedom West Proposal, Fillmore District, San Francisco

New renderings have been revealed along with updated planning documents for Freedom West, a multi-billion dollar project to build 2,387 new residential units in San Francisco’s Fillmore District. The development will offer replacement housing for all displaced residents while adding a new hotel, retail, community spaces, and new open space. MacFarlane Development Company is responsible for the application.

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Comfort Inn & Suites Rendering

Meeting Scheduled Tomorrow For a Hotel At 1338 Oakland Road, San Jose

Rezoning and development permits have been filed seeking the approval to rezoning from the combined industrial/commercial zone (CIC) to a planned development zoning district (PD) to allow the construction of a five-story hotel with valet parking and alternate parking. The property will be developed on a vacant lot at 1338 Oakland Road in San Jose. Plans also call for the removal of one non-ordinance sized tree. Urban Mint Hospitality LLC is the property owner. Pillars is the architect responsible for the design concepts. Roof Tech LLC and Uprear Build is also part of the project team.

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