The little neighborhood Safeway store on SE Hawthorne at 28^th Avenue will be closing down on April 18^th.  The store shelves are starting to run a bit empty, and I expect that there won’t be much left to buy toward the end of the week. 

The plan for the store is to do a tear down of the existing structure and put up a new building.  I understand that they’re going to be building the new store directly next to the Hawthorne Street sidewalk so that the new structure will occupy the spot where the parking lot is currently located.  The plan is to excavate out the space under the where the store will stand to create underground parking. 

I’ve been doing my best to pin someone down on timelines, but no one seems to be very certain of when the new construction will be done.  It sounds like a lot of the equation is weather dependant and that we’re looking at 10 to 12 months. 

In the mean time, there is the Fred Mayer at SE Hawthorne and Cesar E Chavez (39^th), the Zupan’s at SE Belmont and 33^rd, and two New Seasons (Division & 20^th plus  Hawthorne & 42^nd) to choose from.

      -Ron-