SF Market Wins Approval for 64,000-Sq-Ft Bayview Produce Hub

San Francisco’s food supply chain and neighborhood retail corridors received major investments Tuesday as the Board of Supervisors approved lease amendments allowing 63-year-old wholesale produce hub The SF Market to build a 64,000-square-foot distribution center in Bayview, according to The San Francisco Standard. On the same day, the San Francisco Examiner reported that nonprofit SF New Deal launched a $300,000 grant program for 28 Inner Sunset small businesses (report by James Salazar) and profiled the food entrepreneurs driving Foodwise’s Ferry Plaza Farmers Market along the Embarcadero (report by Brian Rashid).

The SF Market to Break Ground in 2027 on 64,000-Square-Foot Kirkwood Street Warehouse

Operating in Bayview for 63 years and led by Executive Director Michael Janis, The SF Market serves as the critical wholesale link between more than 350 regional farmers and thousands of Bay Area independent grocers, corner stores, and restaurants. The market’s nearly two dozen resident merchant businesses employ more than 500 workers, and its food recovery program donates more than 4,000 pounds of fresh produce every day to 15 nonprofit hunger-relief partners.

Under the lease amendments approved Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors, The SF Market will partner with general contractor Plant Construction to build a modern 64,000-square-foot distribution center at 1900 Kirkwood Street, supported in part by a $5 million California state grant. Construction is scheduled to break ground in the first half of 2027 and take approximately 15 months to complete, upgrading cold-storage capacity, loading bays, and zero-emission truck infrastructure.

SF New Deal Awards $300,000 Across 28 Inner Sunset Small Businesses

On the west side of the city, nonprofit SF New Deal—led by Executive Director Simon Bertrang—unveiled the $300,000 Inner Sunset Neighborhood Vibrancy Fund on Tuesday, providing direct grants ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 alongside marketing and operational coaching to 28 small businesses along Irving and Judah streets, according to the San Francisco Examiner:

• Up to $20,000 Grants: Awarded to Mama’s Boy Pizza, which is opening a new location at Ninth Avenue and Irving Street, and 403 Coffee at 403 Irving Street, where Yemeni American owner Ali Munsar is using the funds to purchase a new espresso machine and commission a storefront mural by artist duo Twin Walls.
• Up to $10,000 Grants: Awarded to neighborhood institutions including Green Apple Books on the Park, San Franpsycho, Sunset Mercantile Emporium, San Francisco Women Artists, and Pepperjack Provisions.

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market Showcases Bay Area Artisanal Food Makers

At the foot of Market Street, Foodwise’s Ferry Plaza Farmers Market continues to incubate small food producers, according to a feature by Brian Rashid in the San Francisco Examiner. Featured vendors include Danielle Clarke of Keep It Simple Juice, who joined the market through Foodwise’s Building Equity program for BIPOC entrepreneurs and recently fulfilled an 800-bottle corporate juice order for Intuit; husband-and-wife gelato makers Christine and Brian Law of Flora Gelateria; urban beekeeper Robert MacKimmie of City Bees; Primavera Mexican tamales; and sustainable seafood purveyor Nopa Fish.