The walls of the Real Foods building are still colorful with its vibrantly painted windows, but the walls are empty on the inside and have been for almost nine years now.
The Noe Valley location of Real Foods closed down suddenly on Labor Day 2003, leaving the employees out of their jobs, and since then, the space has not found a purpose since then. Owners of the company, Utah based Nutraceutical, still own the property and their initial plans of reopening and renovating seem to have stopped, leaving the burden of unused prime real estate an issue for the neighborhood and its residents.
District Supervisor Scott Wiener and the rest of the neighborhood just wants Nutraceutical to sell the space. In an interview with Wiener, he said the owners have had no indication to sell and he is trying to push for a sale. What would be done with the space is another story.
There would still have to be renovations to the sidewalks if the building were to turn into a parking lot or demolishing the whole space and building apartments would further damage the tough parking of 24th Street. Those were some ideas from Small Frys owner Carol Yenne and Friends of Noe Valley President Todd David. The space is in a development purgatory.
The neighborhood just wants to see something done with the burdening space and hopefully, something will come about soon.
No Way, Noe! 
They should turn it into a gym! There is a major shortage of good gyms in the area!