New Admiral Safeway: Updates, as opening date approaches

(4:55 pm view from the “live” construction-site webcam looking south at front of store)
As the new Admiral Safeway gets closer to completion, we have been checking with Sara Osborne from the project team to ask about any changes. August 12th remains the scheduled store-opening date, she tells WSB. The new commercial building on the northwest side of the site still has only one officially signed tenant, Umpqua Bank, but Osborne says, “There is considerable interest.”

Safeway also has a few community initiatives coming up: More than 20 West Seattle-area employees will join the playground-building party this Saturday (June 25) at Lafayette Elementary across the street from the new store. Osborne says, “Safeway will be providing refreshments and is also going to purchase a bench for the school’s Play It Forward fund.”

Safeway also plans to attend the West Seattle High School freshman orientation on August 31st, to “provide taste samples of nutritious lunch offerings for the students, as well as have an eScrip information booth.”

Last but not least, Osborne says, “We plan to host LEED tours right before the store opens. This means we will provide tours for interested groups who want to learn how a grocery store obtains LEED designation. If there are organized groups interested, please contact me at sara.osborne@safeway.com.”

Mike Boyle June 20, 2011 (5:37 pm)

Way to clutter the parking lot, by adding another retail buliding!

mightymo June 20, 2011 (6:35 pm)

Way to hide a big, sprawling parking lot with something potentially more useful and aesthetically pleasing than above-ground parking.

JanS June 20, 2011 (6:50 pm)

Mike, the city requires it of new builds like this. It wasn’t just a whim.

Fun to go by the southwest corner of the new Safeway and look in the windows and see how HUGE the place is.

Paul June 20, 2011 (10:55 pm)

I bet even the high brows that shop metro will be checking this place out!

sue June 21, 2011 (8:04 am)

high brows?

M June 21, 2011 (9:17 am)

What is the timeline of the entire project?

The store and new commercial building are only a fraction of the project, what about the residential portion?

While I understand Safeway’s desire to obtain a certificate of occupancy to reopen the store in August, the neighborhood will continue to deal the construction impacts for months.

Safeway initiated this project, why can’t they communicate a true timeline?