Aptos Neighbors Worry About Safeway Growth

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Sep 18 2012
Rodney Hoffer says Safeway is more concerned about the look of its proposed megastore than local residents’ concerns. (Chip Scheuer)

If Safeway goes through with plans to nearly double its Aptos store’s size, Rodney Hoffer says the possible megamarket-to-be would look “real nice.” The most recent sketches show brown wooden timbers and stilts to give the one-stop shopping destination somewhat of a mountain-cabin atmosphere. “At least it’s it not going to look like a box like the one on 41st Avenue,” says Hoffer, owner of Ace Hardware, currently in the Rancho Del Mar complex, which Safeway bought this year.

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