and Align Real Estate, have filed formal permits for a six story, 379-unit housing complex on the site currently occupied by the Safeway at 3550 Mission St., at 30th Street, according to documents filed last week with the San Francisco Planning Department.
It’s the fourth proposal to transform the city’s existing Safeways — which tend to be one story high, with larger-than-average parking lots — into multi-story housing. The others include 850 La Playa St. in the Outer Richmond (562 units), 1335 Webster St. (1800) and 15 Marina Blvd. in the Marina District (800). Preliminary permits for the Bernal, Outer Richmond, and Fillmore projects were filed last November.
As with the others, this proposal takes advantage of the state’s density bonus law and SB 330 to streamline permitting, making it a ministerial project that will not require a hearing at the Planning Commission. In order to qualify for streamlined permitting, 20 percent of a new development’s units have to be affordable — in this case, that means that 76 units will be reserved for those making 50 to 80 percent of the area median income (currently between $56,750 and $90,750 for a single person household, or $72,950 and $116,700 for a family of three).
According to the proposal, a new Safeway will occupy the 55,000-square-foot ground-floor retail space once construction is finished. There will be 137 parking spaces for the grocery store, and another 154 parking spaces for residents, along with room for 286 bicycles…