The Safeway at Church and Market wants public input on what to do with a newly-vacant corner of its property.
As you may recall, the space at the eastern end of the supermarket's parking lot has been unoccupied since July, when the San Francisco Community Recyclers facility was evicted.
Now, representatives from Safeway are looking to activate the space, and they're planning to solicit ideas from the community.
"We don't have anything planned for the space but it seems like a waste to sit vacant and unused, so I'm starting the outreach process," Safeway Real Estate Manager Natalie Mattei told us via email this week.
Mattei attended a recent meeting of the Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association, and announced that she would be looking to local residents for suggestions.
"We anticipate brainstorming uses that activate the corner, put eyes on the street for security purposes, and generate rental income," Mattei writes. "We would like the use to be complementary to The Wiggle, and be either temporary or quasi-permanent (something that would not dissuade a future redevelopment of the site)."
Did your ears perk up at that last part? Ours sure did. Mattei says the company is still "getting up to speed on what our real estate direction will be" once Safeway's merger with Albertsons is complete. That merger is supposedly due to be finalized by the end of 2014. Whether Safeway remains at the location post-merger — and in what form — remains to be seen.
In the meantime, Mattei says she is aiming to gather ideas from the public by December, at which point she will return to the DTNA to present her findings. So if you have any thoughts on what you'd like to see at this corner, take to the comments. We'll be sure to pass your ideas along. (Well, the serious ones, at least ... )
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