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Magna Entertainment Corp., owner of Santa Anita Park race track, which is in bankruptcy reorganization hearings, filed a plan that would cancel its 2005 agreement with Rick Caruso to develop the 830,000 square feet Shops at Santa Anita on the race track's south parking lot. Caruso filed an objection to the move in bankruptcy court, citing "substantial economic harm" to Santa Anita Associates, LLC, the legal entity that was going to develop the project. Santa Anita LLC has so far invested over $25 million to the project's development. Caruso is committed to developing the project in Arcadia. If the contract is indeed terminated between the parties, Magna would have to start from scratch with new plans, new environmental impact reports, and new hearings to propose another development.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31978
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Caruso, Rick
Magna Entertainment Corp.
Santa Anita Associates, LLC
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010--development
Shopping malls
Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
32175AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Downtown Arcadia in 2019. Large mixed-use project (38 apartments, 16000 s.f. retail, office, restaurants) at First Avenue and Wheeler Street will finish and open later this year. New restaurant "Trendy Thai 2 Go" opened at 18 North First Avenue (formerly Stacked Sandwich) and Shabu Lin is about to open at 101 South First Avenue (formerly Zapata Vive). Downtown AIA will be implementing several new streetscape beautification projects this year, planning has started on year-round decorative tree lighting on First Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35455
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 24, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 24, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association (Downtown AIA)
Business and Industry
Economy
Item ID
35647AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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New Arcadia City Council member April Verlato brings a new voice. She is a lawyer born and raised in Arcadia. She has been an activist against mansions. She is president of Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association (AIA). Her goals for her time in office are 1) to address the uptick in residential burglaries and 2) to improve Arcadia's business districts.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34571
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Arcadia City Council members
Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association (AIA)
Verlato, April
Item ID
34763AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council voted 4-to-0 to pass a new food hall plan for Downtown Arcadia at 33 West Huntington Drive. The food hall will contain seven to eight different food vendors of a pre-existing building, while the upper floors will continue to operate as self-storage units. One of the project goals is to preserve the existing building and keep the midcentury look of it, according to City of Arcadia Senior Economic Development Analyst Tim Schwehr.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35567
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Downtown Arcadia
Schwehr, Tim
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council declared its intention to provide seed redevelopment money--provided a state Supreme Court ruling in January frees up such funding--to help the Arcadia Downtown Business Association breathe new life into the city's traditional downtown, by establishing a property-based business improvement district.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32645
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
November 19, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News,
Date
November 19, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Downtown Business Association
Business districts
Item ID
32842AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council approves proposed downtown development zoning changes, specifically regarding downtown Arcadia mixed-use development. Council member April Verlato recused herself from these discussions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35227
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 19, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 19, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Development
Downtown Arcadia
Verlato, April
Item ID
35416AN
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Newspaper Index
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Developer Rick Caruso and officials of Santa Anita Park met to discuss reviving The Shops at Santa Anita, a proposed upscale retail mall project. MI Developments (MID) had cancelled a 2005 contract with Caruso Affiliated to build the mall after bankruptcy restructuring at Santa Anita Park. Both parties hope to move forward with the mall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32077
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 29, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 29, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Bankruptcy
Caruso Affiliated
Caruso, Rick
MI Developments (MID)
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010--development
Shopping malls
Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
32274AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council approves $70,000 to help the Downtown Business Association set up a business-improvement district. The district would tax commercial property owners to revitalize the area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32886
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A3
Subjects
Arcadia--downtown
Business and Industry
Item ID
33083AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The changing face of Arcadia--commercial brokerage firm NAI submits proposal for downtown districts. The City of Arcadia hired NAI to assess the city's five business districts and make recommendations to improve them and bring in appropriate, compatible businesses. See hard copy in VF Business and Industry.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34458
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 4, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 4, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Business and Industry
Business districts
Downtown Arcadia
Item ID
34650AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia launches the new Arcadia Downtown Business Association, with plans to revitalize the downtown district. Matt McSweeney is the association's chairperson and owner of Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant on East Huntington Drive. City officials will spend about $90,000 on a parking study and about $18,000 in redevelopment funds to get Arcadia Downtown Business Association off the ground. The revitalization plans should work nicely with the slated opening of the Gold Line station at the northwest corner of North First Avenue and East Santa Clara Street by 2014.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32354
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A9
Subjects
Arcadia Downtown Business Association
Business and Industry
Redevelopment
Item ID
32552AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council made three appointments to the Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association (AIA) board of directors. They are Jason Kruckeberg, Assistant City Manager and Development Services Director, Tim Schwehr, the city's Economic Development Analyst, and Peter Amundson, City Council member.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34569
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 19, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 19, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association (AIA)
Amundson, Peter
Kruckeberg, Jason
Schwehr, Tim
Item ID
34761AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Downtown Arcadia Patriotic Festival slated for July 1, 6-9 PM on First Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34912
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Downtown Arcadia
Festivals
Holidays
Item ID
35102AN
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Newspaper Index
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Over 100 local artisans at Downtown Arcadia Holiday Market this Saturday, 11 AM-6 PM. This is an annual event.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35025
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 7, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 7, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Downtown Arcadia
Holidays
Item ID
35216AN
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Newspaper Index
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Update from Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association. Twenty bicycle racks to be installed this spring and other initiatives and events.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35053
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2018
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2018
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association
Item ID
35243AN
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Newspaper Index
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Four-story downtown building approved. It will be a mixed-use apartment/commercial building at corner of First Avenue and Wheeler Street behind 24-Hour Fitness.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 2, 2016
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 2, 2016
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Development
Downtown Arcadia
Item ID
34801AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Tim Schwehr, City of Arcadia's Economic Development Analyst, highlights Downtown Arcadia's new Business-Friendly Zoning Code, adopted November 2016 as part of a comprehensive citywide zoning update, with the goal of bringing more mixed use development to the area and incentivizing adaptive reuse of existing buildings.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34987
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 12, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 12, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Business and Industry
Development
Downtown Arcadia
Schwehr, Tim
Item ID
35177AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council unanimously approved a General Plan update that aims to make the future Metro Gold Line station the heart of a revitalized downtown and the plan includes a revitalization of Live Oak Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32230
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 18, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 18, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia--General Plan
Land use
Mixed-use development
Redevelopment--Downtown Arcadia
Redevelopment--Live Oak Avenue
Item ID
32429AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia city officials will consider changes to its General Plan, a 25-year blueprint for land-use decisions. The new plan aims to revitalize the city's downtown (First Avenue and Huntington Drive) as well as the Live Oak Corridor in the city's southern end. "We're making it easier to develop the downtown and the area around the (future) Gold Line station," said Council Bob Harbicht. If approved, it would allow for mixed-use commercial and residential complexes, commercial square footages could double and the height limit would increase from 40 to 45 feet.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32228
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Arcadia--General Plan
Land use
Mixed-use development
Redevelopment--Downtown Arcadia
Redevelopment--Live Oak Avenue
Item ID
32427AN
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Newspaper Index
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Downtown Arcadia business owners establish a Community Benefit District, mandating they each pay an annual assessment on their property taxes to fund marketing programs and activities in hopes of bringing more people to the area. It is called a Property-Based Business Improvement Model. It is a private-sector initiative that bills local businesses by the same criteria used in Old Pasadena--according to their frontage, lot size and scope of any buildings on a given property. 60% of downtown Arcadia owners chose the plan, the result of a three year effort.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33591
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Downtown Business Association
Business and Industry
McSweeny, Matt
Item ID
33786AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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4th Annual Downtown Arcadia Patriotic Festival, an Independence Day celebration, takes place on First Avenue between Bonita Street and Diamond Street, Sunday, July 1, 5-9 PM.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35213
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Downtown Arcadia Patriotic Festival
Holidays
Independence Day (Fourth of July)
Item ID
35402AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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