San Francisco Safeway Site Lands 379 Homes
What’s Planned at the Bernal Heights Safeway? Rising over a full block at 3350 Mission Street, the Bernal Heights Safeway site is proposed for a sweeping redevelopment into a six-story mixed-use apartment complex with a replacement grocery store at ground level. The project would add 379 homes above the new Safeway. The plan, led by Align Real Estate with Safeway, covers roughly 2.2 acres between Mission Street and San Jose Avenue at the edge of Bernal Heights and Noe Valley. Similar large-scale urban projects often intensify debate over tenant displacement and affordability as surrounding property values change. It represents a major shift for a long underbuilt site, with notable community impact due to its scale and prominence. Filing Signals a Major Neighborhood Change The formal application was filed in June 2026 and seeks state streamlining through Density Bonus law and Senate Bill 330. Reporting has framed the proposal as one of the area’s biggest transformations in decades, am...