SAN FRANCISCO | 15 Marina Boulevard | 297 FT | 25 FLOORS

[38 Geary]

The specs for 15 Marina Blvd:
- 25 floors, 250 ft
- 790 units (88 studios, 485 1BR, 132 2BR, 85 3BR)
- 86 of the units will be affordable
- New Safeway 57% larger than existing one
- Parking for 637 cars

The site:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/LmX9UXsCFXTDbgwB7

Marina Safeway Also on the Redevelopment Docket With Plans For 790 Units In 25-Story Complex
4 December 2025 / SF News / Jay Barmann

They saved likely the most controversial for last. Align Real Estate, the SF-based firm that is seeking to redevelop three other Safeway properties in the city into large mixed-use developments, also has a very ambitious plan for the waterfront-adjacent Marina Safeway. Last we heard in mid-November, Align Real Estate was announcing its plan to turn the Mission/Bernal Safeway at 3350 Mission Street into a six-story, 370-unit residential complex, with a new Safeway store in its base. This announcement came one day after the developer announced a similar plan to redevelop the Ocean Beach Safeway property, turning it into 556 dwelling units with a new Safeway store there as well. Align is also the developer behind the even more ambitious plan to turn the former Fillmore Safeway property, with its parking lot, into an 1,800-unit complex. And when they last gave an update on that project, Align hinted that they had plans to build a total of 3,500 total residential units across multiple sites in the city — and, we quickly surmised, these were all going to be Safeway sites.

On Thursday they revealed where the other 800 units are planned, and it's the (arguably iconic) Marina Safeway property, which is sure to stir up some pushback — with the loudest coming from anyone nearby whose views of the water are likely to be impacted. Align released the striking renderings below, with a curvilinear design for a double-towered structure, with a new Safeway store in its base. The design is clearly the most ambitious and architecturally significant that the developer has shown us so far among these projects — and the architecture firm handling the project is Arquitectonica.

The design appears to mimic the mid-century, arched structure of the existing Safeway store. And Arquitectonica's Raymond Fort says in a statement that the design, which puts the bulk of the units on lower floors with towers that taper upward, will preserve some views for Marina neighbors behind the property — already anticipating the objections here. "By concentrating residential density in larger floorplates at the base and tapering to smaller floorplates above, the tower’s massing diminishes as it rises — preserving key view corridors and shaping a unique geometric expression," Fort says.

https://sfist.com/2025/12/04/marina-safe...ment-docket-with-plans-for-790-units-in/