A more than 28,000-square-foot building in Farmington that until late last year housed a Safeway grocery store is now on the market.
Located at 730 W. Main Street, the store was closed as part of what was described as a “strategic consolidation” seeing the shuttering of other Safeway stores in Colorado.
Upon announcing the closure of those stores, Safeway issued a press release saying: “We continuously evaluate the performance of our stores and occasionally, after long and careful deliberation, it becomes necessary to make the difficult decision to close certain locations.”
Based in Pleasanton, California, Safeway traces it roots to 1915 and for decades was a story of nearly constant expansion, jumping from around 300 stores during the Great Depression to more than 1,400 in the 1990s.
The brand saw a rapid decline in locations after the failure of a $24.6 billion merger deal between Safeway’s parent company Albertsons and the Kroger Company. Once the deal didn’t go through, Albertsons made the decision to shut down Safeway stores that it regarded as either underperforming or being in redundant locations.
The Farmington building sits on a 1.4-acre site and is designated as a Class B structure. It was built in 1975.
The property is being listed by SRS Real Estate Partners of Denver.
August 28, 2026
By Garry Boulard
1960s advertisement for Safeway
