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Old Posted Mar 25, 2022, 5:06 AM
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Wow, I remember when they built the Saperstein Tower (the building this one connects to directly to the west) back in the early 00's. I think with the Spielberg tower planned on Gracie Allen Drive, that's about it for the Cedars-Sinai campus, unless they start knocking down buildings. Now let's see if we can't get the Our Lady of Mt. Lebanon condo tower going just south of this!
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Old Posted Mar 25, 2022, 5:29 PM
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Wish Cedars would develop that long parking lot across the street. or make it a park?
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^ I wish the Beverly Center would get razed and redeveloped... but no luck there.
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^ I wish the Beverly Center would get razed and redeveloped... but no luck there.
Me Too. I hate the insular place. Its fucking ugly as dog shit and does nothing for the street.
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Me Too. I hate the insular place. Its fucking ugly as dog shit and does nothing for the street.
Oof, yeah I just did a drive by on Streetview and it's literally a fortress on all 4 sides. There's like one or two tiny hidden entrances for pedestrians. Otherwise it's all blank walls and the only way inside is to drive in.
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I'm gonna need a pic, that sounds horrendous
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I always thought it was built like this because it had to be built over an active oil well/drilling site?.... To not exaggerate though, I feel the Beverly Center is easily one of the ugliest buildings in all of LA, in regard to high traffic/popular areas. Its horrendous inside and out. An over hype 90s mall that tourists flock to just to see bored celebrities who want attention.
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Old Posted Mar 27, 2022, 1:28 AM
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Angel Stadium land sale one step closer to being finalized after judge’s ruling

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March 21, 2022

The Angel Stadium land sale moved one giant step closer to completion Monday, when a judge ruled the city of Anaheim had not violated the state’s public transparency law in negotiating the deal.

“There is no basis to nullify the decision to sell the stadium site,” Orange County Superior Court Judge David Hoffer wrote in his tentative ruling Monday.

Hoffer dismissed what was presented as key evidence — declarations by city Councilman Jose Moreno and former City Manager Chris Zapata — as “not credible” and said he had considered six claims made by a citizens’ group that sued the city to stop the deal.

“None of these claims have merit,” Hoffer wrote.

Hoffer gave each side 10 days to object before his ruling becomes final. If that happens, the city would face one remaining obstacle in completing the sale.

In December, the California Department of Housing and Community Development ruled that the sale violated state affordable housing law. The state and city have discussed a negotiated resolution, most likely with the city paying a $96-million fine that would then be used to expand affordable housing elsewhere in Anaheim. The city also could sue the state.

If that hurdle is cleared, the city could proceed with a deal approved in 2019, under which a company controlled by Angels owner Arte Moreno would turn the 150-acre stadium site into a mini-city by building homes, shops, restaurants, hotels and offices on what is now a sea of parking lots surrounding Angel Stadium.

The team would remain in Anaheim through at least 2050, and Moreno could decide whether to renovate the current ballpark or build a new one. The city would get $150 million in cash, plus the inclusion of parkland and at least 466 units of affordable housing, and projected tax revenue of $652 million to city coffers over 30 years, according to an economic impact study commissioned by Moreno. The city’s consultants reviewed and backed that study; Anaheim did not commission its own study.





In a statement, Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu said the tentative ruling was the correct one.

“This validates that the stadium sale was an extensive public process with community input and debate,” Sidhu said. “We look forward to a final decision and moving ahead with a plan for the future of baseball in Anaheim that will generate revenue for our residents and neighborhoods for years to come.”

In their declarations, Jose Moreno and Zapata testified that the council agreed to sell the property — rather than lease it — and did so behind closed doors, thus misusing an exception to state law that allows closed-door discussion of “price and terms.” The city and the Angels, according to city records, did not engage in negotiations until two months later.

“It simply does not stand to reason that the City would agree to sell the stadium site without knowing exactly what they would receive for it,” Hoffer wrote.

Hoffer also wrote that even if he accepted what Moreno and Zapata had to say, there would have been nothing wrong with the city holding a closed-door discussion of whether to sell while limiting public disclosure of the discussion to “price and terms” of a potential deal.

“For a legislative body to discuss price without any discussion of whether the price is for a sale or a lease would lead to an absurdity,” Hoffer wrote.

Hoffer also ruled that two public hearings had provided sufficient opportunity for public input before the City Council approved the deal and, later, the development plan.

“The discussions and decision surrounding the sale of the stadium site were anything but secret,” Hoffer wrote.

Kelly Aviles, attorney for the People’s Homeless Task Force — the citizens’ group that sued — said in a statement that she disagreed with the ruling. The public hearings Hoffer cited took place immediately before the council voted to ratify agreements reached between city staff and Arte Moreno’s company, not during the process of negotiations.

“Allowing public participation only after the deal was finalized is not what the Brown Act intended and does not serve the public’s ability to affect the process, as is the intent of the Brown Act,” Aviles said.

During a court hearing earlier this month, Hoffer said he anticipated that the losing side would appeal. Aviles said no decision has yet been made on whether to appeal but said she anticipated such a decision “soon.”

Although a court could put the sale on hold pending appeal, that is considered unlikely. In the hearing, the parties discussed potential penalties that did not involve nullifying the deal, meaning a court could let the sale go forward and consider other options for punishing Anaheim should the city later be found in violation of the law.

In a footnote, Hoffer cast Jose Moreno and Zapata in an unfavorable light for disclosing closed-session discussions, even though they believed they were disclosing wrongdoing.

“This court disapproves of the public disclosure of confidential information obtained in closed-sessions without the authorization of the council and without even attempting to obtain court approval,” Hoffer wrote. The italics were his.
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Whatever happened to the tower in santa ana? anything?
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Old Posted Mar 27, 2022, 1:46 AM
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Awesome!
It really is--a great amenity for Orange County, a fresh new addition to the regional cityscape.

And the fact that a bunch of NIMBYs got shanked by the judge is a cherry on top: "None of these claims have merit." Mic drop!
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^While I’m happy this has a chance (hopefully to the scale seen at Atlantas new suburban baseball stadium), I would have loved to see a new waterfront stadium in Long Beach.
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They really need to build a new stadium from scratch with wider concourses and better sightlines. Not renovate a 1960s structure for the millionth time. That would enable them to integrate the new stadium fully into a master development with parks, retail, office, residential, and transportation.
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This is exactly what Dodger Stadium needs too!
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This is exactly what Dodger Stadium needs too!
Without ruining the iconic views of the San Gabriel mountains, of course.
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Some big news from Urbanize, another two towers going up in Koreatown along Wilshire. These two are right in the thick of that skyline. They won't break the skyline, but they will densify it.

Two-tower development breaks ground in Koreatown
Across the street from Wilshire/Normandie Station
March 28, 2022, 6:30AM
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Link to full story and more renders: https://urbanize.city/la/post/two-to...ound-koreatown


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^ I look forward to that mid-block parking podium being replaced by a tower some 25+ years from now.
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Two-tower development breaks ground in Koreatown

Across the street from Wilshire/Normandie Station

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March 28, 2022

Another high-rise complex is pushing dirt in Koreatown.

Developer Jamison Services, Inc. sends word that as of this month, construction if underway for a pair of apartment towers at 3545 Wilshire Boulevard. The project, which will a half-block on the west side of Ardmore Avenue, calls for the construction of a 22-story building facing Wilshire Boulevard and a 14-story edifice at 6th Street.

The new development, when completed in approximately 22 months, will include a total of 428 apartments, 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurant space, and an 850-car parking garage.

Gruen Associates is designing the towers, which will include a pair of rooftop decks, a dog park and pet lounge, fitness centers, a club room, co-working spaces, a game room, a private screening room, and an indoor golf range.

Over the past seven years, Jamison has pursued several alternatives for the 3545 Wilshire site, which sits directly across the street from the Wilshire/Normandie subway station. After considering a podium-type apartment complex for the property, Jamison discarded that proposal in favor of a an earlier iteration of the under-construction project, which had called for a larger 32-story tower facing Wilshire. However, after a feasibility study conducted for Jamison Services found that a lower-scaled tower would reduce the overall project budget by approximately 20 percent and shorten its construction timeline, the current project was born.

The towers at 3545 Wilshire are the latest entry in a long list of multifamily residential developments from Jamison Services on its home turf, following an adaptive reuse project across the street and more than a dozen proposed and under construction ground-up buildings.
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