Mission Local: Safeway’s desertion of the Fillmore has happened before
Last year, Preston pushed for Safeway and Align Real Estate to offer up the land for affordable housing nonprofits, to no avail. He urged Breed to consider acquiring the property, and got no response.
Safeway, which is today part of a supermarket conglomerate owned by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, also showed “incredible disrespect” by never meeting with a community that has been “wronged for generations,” Preston said.
“If they want out, the respectful thing to do is meet with community groups and involve the city,” Preston said. “They want to cash out and get top dollar selling the lot.”