Closed Safeway in Thornton

Here is a closed Safeway at 3904 E. 120th Ave in Thornton.  It closed in June 2016.

Closed Safeway in Broomfield

Yet another closed Safeway at 6775 W 120th Avenue in Broomfield.  This closed in August 2014.

Yet another abandoned Safeway

This is at Leetsdale & Quebec in Denver.  The Safeway closed in 2013.

Another One Bites the Dust

Safeway at 64th & Ward Rd in Arvada.  Google photo taken Sept 2015.  The store closed in April 2016.

Yet another Safeway has closed in Arvada at 64th & Ward Rd.

Former Safeway store at 58th & Ralston Rd in Arvada.

Also the Safeway at 58th & Ralston Road in Arvada closed in 2013.  It may become the location of a 24 Hour Fitness.   Across the street, at the old Arvada Plaza, a new Walmart is being built.

Buckley & Quincy

Abandoned Safeway at Buckley & Quincy

This is the abandoned Safeway at Buckley & Quincy, which I have mentioned in passing before.  There is a King Soopers right across the street, and a Walmart Neighborhood Market close by and it just couldn't compete.  It may be vacant for many years, unfortunately.

Suburban Wasteland

Source:  Google Streetview, abandoned Safeway at Buckley & Mexico

I've mentioned this earlier in my article on Abandoned Supermarkets, but it is worth mentioned again with a picture.  This was in a good suburban neighborhood and it may herald its decline.

Quote: “I know what a vacant, dilapidated building will do to a neighborhood.  It’s not good for the housing market in the area, it invites crime and it’s an eyesore — the first thing people see … is that boarded up gas station. It’s awful and we can’t let it continue.” --Denver Post article about the abandoned Safeway

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Update 3/31/2017:
A new Safeway opened up near Buckley & Mississippi, at the site of an old Albertson's (1200 S Buckley Road).  This is just about 5 blocks to the north, and is a much better location.  So at least there is a Safeway in the area.  But that doesn't help the neighbors near the old abandoned building.

Abandoned Supermarkets

Abandoned Safeway at 48th & Chambers

There is an abandoned Safeway at Colfax & Peoria, which I have written about before.   There is also one at 48th & Chambers.  And S Buckley & E Mexico.  And 16921 E Quincy.  And 22675 E Aurora Parkway.  And 6 other locations in the Denver area.  And one in Arvada at 58th & Ralston Rd that closed in 2014.

Here is an article from 2010 about abandoned Supermarkets in the Denver area.

It is a shame because the abandoned supermarkets and big box stores just suck the life out of an area.  It only takes a few years for them to become blighted with graffiti and weeds in the parking lot.  

Old Safeway at Colfax and Peoria

I'll just leave this here.  I know the site is being redeveloped, but please just tear it down already.

Credit: https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/atjoe1972/20216315788/