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The ‘Marina’ style building: A look inside

Written July 2nd, 2026 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 4 responses.

The iconic west Albany building constructed in 1966 as a Safeway store now has a new use. On a bike ride a couple of evenings ago I stopped there to take a look inside.

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Wondering about a big empty parking lot

Written July 1st, 2025 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 7 responses.

For the past few weeks the vast parking lot in front of 635 Pacific Blvd. in Albany has stood empty. On a bike ride last week I wondered what happened to the power sports business that occupied what had been the West Albany Safeway store back in the day.

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Update on the supermarket beat

Written September 14th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 8 responses.

It’s not as though residents of Greater Albany have no place to buy groceries. Nobody is wasting away, getting down to skin and bones because there’s nowhere to buy food. Still, people keep wondering about what’s going on with two former supermarkets and one being planned. So I checked.

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Taking Kmart’s place is … what?

Written November 10th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 5 responses.

A request to divide the tax lot occupied by the former Kmart store in Albany has touched off rumors in City Hall and elsewhere about what if anything might go there. The big question: Is Winco Foods involved? Good answers were impossible to come by on Monday night.

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