Real Estate/Development
Sep. 16, 2026
Groups sue to block 22-story Marina housing project above storied Safeway
Community groups challenging an 850-unit development above a Marina District Safeway say San Francisco misapplied state housing law and bypassed environmental review despite potential contamination at the former industrial site.
The San Francisco Marina Safeway has survived nearly seven decades, a protracted zoning battle and generations of singles who turned grocery shopping into a pickup scene.
Now, two community groups are suing the city over plans to build an 850-unit housing development rising as high as 22 stories on top of it.
The plaintiffs, represented by the Saveri Law Firm and Gross Klein PC, allege San Francisco wrongly determined the project qualified for streamlined approval under A...
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