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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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Sonia Williams writes of her concerns about the proposed race track development.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29609
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2005
Pages
p. A14
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2005
Pages
p. A14
Subjects
Letters to the editor
Caruso project
Developments
Malls
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Arcadia First
Williams, Sonia
Item ID
29793AN
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!, 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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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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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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The City Council wants to finish its review of the Caruso outdoor mall project before the April council elections. Opponents to the development feel the Caruso project is being fast-tracked through the approval processes for political reasons.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29704
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Malls
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Caruso project
City Council elections
Item ID
29889AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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In an open letter to Mayor Roger Chandler, Peter Lowy, CEO of Westfield America, writes in response to comments Chandler made about Westfield. At issue are ballot iniatives on free parking and billboards.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30061
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2006
Pages
p. A16
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2006
Pages
p. A16
Subjects
Westfield America
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Lowy, Peter
Mall war
Letters
Item ID
30248AN
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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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 Shoppingtown has withdrawn its request to expand restaurant space at its new Promenade wing, following a legal challenge by rival mall developer Caruso Affiliated. In August, Caruso sued to stop the expansion, demanding a new environmental impact report. Westfield has decided not to fight this lawsuit.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31753
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Mall war
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - expansion
Item ID
31950AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Westfield Group, owner of Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita, has proposed two ballot measures for the November election. Westfield is gathering signatures for the two initiatives: 1) to mandate free parking at all large retail projects and 2) to ban large billboards. A poll of 300 registered Arcadia voters in February showed 74% support the free parking initiative and 62% support the billboard measure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29945
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Ballot measures
Polls
Westfield Group
Caruso, Rick
Malls
Mall war
Item ID
30131AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Westfield Group is funding a new "grass roots" coalition to oppose the Santa Anita Park race track mall development by Caruso Affiliated. The coalition is called Arcadia First! but includes Westfield representatives, Westfield tenants and downtown businesses, and not only citizens, as the membership in a grass roots organization might suggest.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29573
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia First!
Caruso Affiliated Holdings
Coalitions
Organizations
Mall war
Santa Anita Park race track -- parking lot
Shopping malls
Westfield Group
Item ID
29758AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Seen as retaliation for Westfield tactics, Caruso Affiliated announced it would ask Arcadia voters to block mall rival Westfield from leasing space to Target Stores or a similar "big box" discounter.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29970
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Caruso, Rick
Malls
Mall war
Caruso Affiliated
Ballot measures
Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
30156AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A full page-advertisement paid by Westfield is a letter from Westfield president Ken Wong thanking the Arcadia community for signing petitions limiting billboards and for free parking , to be voted on in the November 2006 general election ballot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30043
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 10, 2006
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 10, 2006
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Advertisements
Wong, Ken
Mall war
Ballot iniatives
Ballot measures
Item ID
30230AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Westfield, Santa Anita Shoppingtown, and Santa Anita Fashion Park, are the three plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the City of Arcadia, the City Council, and developer Rick Caruso, aimed at stopping the new mall The Shops at Santa Anita. Plaintiffs allege the environmental study done was flawed. Assistant City Manager Don Penman said the study was the most thorough one he had ever seen.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30546
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Caruso, Rick
Caruso Affiliated
Lawsuits
Malls
Mall war
Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
30734AN
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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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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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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Macy's will relaunch at more than 800 sites nationwide, after parent company Federated Department Stores acquired May Department Stores in August 2005. The Robinsons-May in Arcadia became property of the Westfield Group and plans for the site have not been announced.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30190
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 6, 2006
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 6, 2006
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Federated Department Stores
Macy's
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - 2001-2010
Item ID
30377AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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