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A year-end review of 2005 includes a summary of the mall war between developer Rick Caruso and the Westfield Group.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29852
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2006
Pages
p. A3, A15
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2006
Pages
p. A3, A15
Subjects
Arcadia First!
Caruso, Rick
Developers
Mall war
Santa Anita Park race track parking lot
Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Group
Item ID
30037AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Westfield Group has vowed not to donate to City Council campaigns in the April 2006 election, joining mall rival Rick Caruso and Caruso Affiliated, who made a similar pledge in September.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29760
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Caruso, Rick
Malls - mall war
Santa Anita Park race track parking lot
Shops at Santa Anita
City council elections - 2001-2010
Westfield Group
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
29945AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Two new issues brought up by Westfield Group against the Caruso project may go to Arcadia voters in a special election in November. One issue is to ban paid parking and the other is to prevent Caruso from erecting large billboards at the mall. Any election could cost the city up to $80,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29899
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 2, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 2, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Ballot measures - proposed
Billboards
Caruso Affiliated
Caruso, Rick
Developers
Initiatives
Mall war
Parking
Santa Anita Park race track parking lot
Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Group
Item ID
30085AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Rick Caruso faces off with Westfield Group's Kenneth Wong at a City Council meeting. Some 350 Arcadia residents came to hear about the proposed expansion of Westfield Shoppingtown and Caruso's outdoor lifestyle center.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29775
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Santa Anita Park race track - parking lot
Shops at Santa Anita
Mall war
Developers
Westfield Group
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Wong, Kenneth
Caruso, Rick
Item ID
29960AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The mall war continues as each side publishes public poll results. Westfield conducted a poll showing 57% of 400 respondents opposed to the new mall. Caruso did not release full results of its survey.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29771
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Santa Anita Park race track - parking lot
Shops at Santa Anita
Mall war
Developers
Westfield Group
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Polls
Item ID
29956AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A judge has disqualified the Los Angeles law firm Latham and Watkins from representing mall owner Westfield Group in its ongoing battle with developer Rick Caruso because Latham and Watkins had represented the Los Angeles Turf Club on an earlier development project in 1999-2000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29853
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 2, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 2, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Latham and Watkins
Law firms
Los Angeles Turf Club
Mall war
Santa Anita Park race track parking lot
Westfield Group
Item ID
30038AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Westfield Group has nominated Santa Anita Park to the National Register of Historic Places, claiming development plans by Caruso Affiliated constitute a threat to the racetrack. Magna Entertainment, owner of the race track, would have to agree to the track being placed on the register. However, placement on the list would not restrict development on the site.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29789
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Magna Entertainment
Mall war
National landmarks
National Register of Historic Places
Preservation
Santa Anita Park race track
Westfield Group
Item ID
29974AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A full page advertisement authorized by Arcadia First! speaks out against Caruso Affiliated's plans to build a mall on the parking lot of Santa Anita Park race track.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 9, 2005
Pages
p. A16
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 9, 2005
Pages
p. A16
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Advertisements
Santa Anita Park race track - parking lot
Shops at Santa Anita
Arcadia First!
Organizations - coalitions
Mall war
Developers
Item ID
29948AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Caruso and Westfield are still battling over the proposed Caruso lifestyle center. A decade ago the race track's south parking lot had been rezoned for commercial development. Rick Caruso feels his development will help Westfield while Westfield believes a new mall will cannibalize tenants and harm both companies and the city's sales tax revenues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29793
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 27, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 27, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Developers
Mall war
Santa Anita Park race track - zoning
Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
29978AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council voted unanimously to give the final approval on Rick Caruso's The Shops at Santa Anita mall. The City Council also approved an expansion project for the Westfield mall with one condition.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30501
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Developments
Malls
Mall war
Santa Anita Park race track - parking lot
The Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - expansion
Item ID
30688AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Westfield Group, owner of Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita, plans to sue the City of Arcadia and developer Caruso Affiliated to prevent The Shops at Santa Anita, the outdoor mall, from being built.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30524
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Developers
Lawsuits
Malls
Mall war
The Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Group
Item ID
30712AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia First!, a group opposing the Caruso mall project, is made up mostly of residents and business owners but bankrolled by Westfield Corporation. Arcadia First's revenues and expenditures are revealed in this article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31247
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 6, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 6, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia First!
Caruso Affiliated
Coalitions
Mall war
Malls
Organizations
Reade, Bernetta
Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Corporation
Item ID
31442AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Judge Dzintra I. Janavs said she will likely hold a non-jury trial on the two petitions, one by Westfield, another by Arcadia First!, against Caruso Affiliated next April. The two legal challenges will not be consolidated but will have joint hearings to save time. Plaintiffs allege the environmental study for the proposed The Shops at Santa Anita mall is flawed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30638
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 24, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 24, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia First!
Caruso Affiliated
Developers
Lawsuits
Malls
Mall war
The Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Group
Item ID
30826AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Rick Caruso writes to the editor in response to the article "Arcadia braces for possible mall wars at Santa Anita." He says it will not be a war but an integrated project that should benefit his property and Westfield Shoppingtown.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2005
Pages
p. A14
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2005
Pages
p. A14
Subjects
Santa Anita Park race track - parking lot - development
Caruso, Rick
Letters to the editor
Malls
Caruso Affiliated
Item ID
29683AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Rouben A. Yardemian owns a retail store at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita. He writes in response to Rick Caruso's letter that there will not be "mall wars." Yardemian believes Arcadia is not big enough for two malls.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29519
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 16, 2005
Pages
p. A14
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 16, 2005
Pages
p. A14
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated Holdings
Letters to editor
Malls
Mall war
Westfield Santa Anita
Yardemian, Rouben A.
Item ID
29703AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia First!, the group of homeowners, business owners and retailers opposed to the Caruso project, has grown to more than 1000 members.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29602
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 26, 2005
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 26, 2005
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Arcadia First! a coalition for sensible growth
Coalitions
Grass roots organizations
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Malls
Developments
Caruso project
Santa Anita Park race track parking lot
Item ID
29786AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Judge James C. Chalfant stands by his July decision that the environmental impact report (EIR) that Arcadia officials relied upon in approving the mall was faulty in 11 areas and that it would have to be revised before the Caruso mall project, proposed for the Santa Anita Park race track parking lot, known as the Shops at Santa Anita, can move forward.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31243
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Arcadia First!
Caruso Affiliated
Caruso, Rick
Developments
Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
Lawsuits
Mall war
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Shopping malls
Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Group
Item ID
31438AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Developer Rick Caruso of Caruso Affiliated is no longer pursuing a deal with Santa Anita Park owners MI Developments to develop an outdoor mall in the race track's parking lot. The project was known as The Shops at Santa Anita. Caruso said, "We're not pursuing it, because of the (Magna Entertainment Corp.) bankruptcy...and everything else." Arcadia city councilman Mickey Segal said it's a loss of "a projected $2.5 million to $3 million of revenue (each year) to the city" in sales and property tax.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32406
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 21, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 21, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Caruso, Rick
Malls
MI Developments
Santa Anita Park race track parking lot
Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
32604AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A full page color advertisement solicits Arcadia residents' reviews on the new mall to be built by Caruso Affiliated on the Santa Anita Park race track parking lot. The mall will be called The Shops at Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29735
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 13, 2005
Pages
p. A14
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 13, 2005
Pages
p. A14
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Advertisements
Santa Anita Park race track parking lot
Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
29920AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Westfield Shoppingtown has hired one of the largest law firms in Los Angeles--Latham and Watkins, to slow developer Rick Caruso's proposal to build a mall on he grounds of the adjacent Santa Anita Park race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29515
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 12, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 12, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Law firms - Latham and Watkins
Malls
Westfield Group
Caruso, Rick
Caruso Affiliated
Developments
Item ID
29699AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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