November 11

Safeway's grand (re)opening this afternoon

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The Safeway in Pinehurst, one of the three closest supermarkets to Maple Leaf, reopens quietly at 4 p.m. today after being closed for a massive remodeling.

The “official” grand opening ceremony is tomorrow, Friday Nov. 12, at 8 a.m. But the public can start shopping – and picking up “fabulous” coupon books at the door, this afternoon.

The Safeway, at 12318 15th Ave N.E, closed last February for a top-to-bottom remodel that resulted in the corporation’s first “green” store inspired by the community:

Features of the “green” store result from ideas, priorities from the community. The store design will be Safeway’s first Craftsman-style design, including a community indoor-outdoor fireplace.

In addition the store has grown from 27,000 square feet, as it’s been since 1965, to 50,000 square feet, and now includes a Starbucks.

Oh, and about those coupons. Neighborhood residents will find the Safeway to the south, at Roosevelt Way Northeast and Northeast 75th Street, will accept them all as well.

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  1. I think that the store looks great, and I like the new layout.

    You mentioned drainage. Was pervious concrete considered? I have only read a bit, and I am not a Civ-E, nor a construction guy, but it does appear that a few more options are available when dealing with water.

  2. From Safeway:

    The Pinehurst Safeway was designed to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver certification standards, a designation given only to buildings that meet strict standards of sustainable design, construction
    and operating practices. The 47,000-square-foot store features environmentally focused innovations such as:

    •Store will use at least 17 percent less energy than an ASHRAE-baseline building. This translates to an average savings of $31,000 per year.

    •Approximately 20% of the building materials purchased on the job, by cost, will contain recycled content.

    •Approximately 75% of the construction waste, by weight, will have been diverted from the landfill.

    •Approximately 10% of the materials purchased on the job, by cost, will have been harvested and manufactured within 500 miles of the project site.

    •All paints, coatings, adhesives, sealants, flooring, furniture, ceilings and wall systems meet strict standards for indoor air quality and low volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

    •The Protocol refrigeration system saves over $10,000 per year. Its energy efficiency amounts to taking more than 160 cars off the roads and planting more than 250 acres of trees per year.

    •The state-of-the-art exterior signage is onstructed from environmentally friendly LED lighting, which uses less electricity than standard signage.

    •Bioswale collects runoff from impervious surfaces in the right-of-way and filters water before it re-enters the ground.

    •The bioswale filtration also removes 80 percent of the Total Suspended Solids (TSS) from over 90 percent of the storm water.

    •Green screen installations help minimize heat reflecting from the building out into the neighborhood, helping to reduce the urban heat island effect.

    •Preferred parking spaces are provided for low emission and fuel-efficient vehicles.

  3. I know, it is too easy to be snarky on a blog, but a larger store in faux-craftsman style with an energy sucking gas fireplace heating the outdoors does not scream “green” to me.

    I don’t want to jump to conclusions though, so I’ll check the new store out and see what information they have on their environmentally friendly features.

  4. The new store is beautiful! Definitely come by and check it out. Safeway did an exceptional job of listening to the Pinehurst neighborhood and creating a store that transforms that section of the neighborhood, gives us a community gathering space (with free Wi-Fi) great shopping and a model sustainable store. Also, there are over 60 new jobs created by this new store and many of those who work there live in the neighborhood.

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