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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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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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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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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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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29499
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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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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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 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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One candidate for City Council, Sheng Chang, has signed a pledge issued by Arcadia First!, the Westfield-funded organization formed to defeat the Shops at Santa Anita mall. Chang opposes the proposed new mall project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29965
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Caruso, Rick
Chang, Sheng
Harbicht, Bob
Arcadia First!
City Council elections -- 2001-2010
Santa Anita Park race track - parking lot
Shops at Santa Anita
Candidates
Malls
Item ID
30151AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Developer Rick Caruso and his company are soliciting the Arcadia community's thoughts on his $400 million mall project slated for the parking lot of Santa Anita Park. A "scoping session" designed to solicit public views on what should be included in the environmental review will take place at City Council chambers at 7pm on April 7, 2005.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29465
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park race track parking lot
Caruso, Rick
Developers
Malls
Item ID
29650AN
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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A court hearing today will provide clarification on Judge James Chalfant's July ruling that stopped progress on an upscale mall proposed by developer Rick Caruso at the Santa Anita Park parking lot. The proposed mall is known as the Shops at Santa Anita. In July, Judge Chalfant ruled that the environmental impact report (EIR) that Arcadia officials relied upon in approving the mall was faulty in 11 areas and would have to be revised before the project can move forward. Chalfant could modify his ruling today, or allow the existing ruling to become final judgment.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31242
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A8
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
31437AN
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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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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Developer Rick Caruso's $400 million open-air mall at the Santa Anita Park race track may be stiff competition for retailers at Westfield Shoppingtown. City leaders hope the two malls can coexist.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29467
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita - 2001-2010
Business and Industry
Caruso, Rick
Malls
Item ID
29652AN
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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The City Council will likely approve Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita's mall expansion for the outdoor section known as The Promenade if Westfield can resolve parking issues that will arise during construction.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30460
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Malls
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - expansion
Item ID
30647AN
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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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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