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The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency won a $495,000 settlement for removing toxic waste from 1.6 acres of downtown Arcadia land it bought from Clifford C. Bong and Co. last year. The agency sued Bong in April of 1988 to recover the money it spent to dispose of soil contaminated with high levels of lead, cadmium and hydrocarbon wastes. The agreement was reached two days before the June 27 trial was to begin.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 2, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 2, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Lawsuits see Actions and Defenses; Actions and Defenses

Item ID: 336AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Two major items on Arcadia City Council's last agenda have been continued until meeting of December 6. One relates to proposed development by Sam Falzone of the city-owned vacant property at First Avenue and Huntington Drive. The other with-exempt financing for the Santa Anita Inn.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Council 1980 - 1989

Item ID: 1016AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council in its role as Arcadia Redevelopment Agency hears plan by local developers to buy city property at the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 5, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 5, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1290AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's city government is not particularly concerned that Bruce Low, the owner of Arcadia Nissan, has broken off negotiations with the city to buy his Huntington Drive property.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 5, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 5, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Datsun

Item ID: 746AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Pete Kinnahan, assistant city manager in Arcadia, told City Council that Target Department Stores were interested in the Arcadia Datsun property and the adjacent city-owned property on Third Avenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 11, 1983; December 15, 1983

Pages: p. 1; Arcadia Tribune

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 11, 1983; December 15, 1983

Pages: p. 1; Arcadia Tribune

Subjects: Target Department Store

Item ID: 814AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

After narrowly rejecting a Target Department Store as a suitable use for a property on Huntington Drive Tuesday night, the Arcadia City Council will have to await another proposal if it still plans to redevelop the property. The vote was 2-2 with and abstention. the measure needed 3 votes to win.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 6, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 6, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Target Department Store

Item ID: 823AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Noon on August 17 is the deadline for submission of proposals to buy or lease city-owned property at northwest corner of First Avenue and Huntington Drive in Arcadia. The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency is interested in proposals offering a commercial-retail use or mixed-use concept of commercial-retail and professional office space.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 31, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 31, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1291AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council has signed agreements with Republic Development Company for the development of the area along Huntington Drive east of First Avenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 10, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 10, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1271AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia police seized more than 154 lbs. of cocaine worth an estimated $70 million and arrested 4 Colombian nationals in the largest drug haul in the city's history. Homes on Fairview Avenue, Arcadia Avenue and Huntington Drive were raided.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 23, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 23, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Drug Trafficking

Item ID: 1471AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

For the first time in its history, the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency has authorized using its power of eminent domain to acquire properties specifically for redevelopment. The agency voted to use that power to acquire a construction yard on Santa Clara Avenue known as the Bong property and other properties on the north side of Huntington Drive, between Second Avenue and the Santa Anita Wash.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 21, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 21, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment.

Item ID: 1311AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council accepted developer Sam Falzone's proposal for a $14 million, eight-story financial center at the northwest corner of First Avenue and Huntington Drive in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 22, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 22, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 704AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Proposed Department store targeted. Members of Arcadia City Council acting as redevelopment agency have approved Exclusive Right to Negotiate with Beck and Associates of Los Angeles for development of a Target Department Store with satellite shops at Third Avenue and Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 10, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 10, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Target Department Store

Item ID: 819AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council members, acting as the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency, will be asked Tuesday night to approve purchase of two properties at Fifth Avenue and Huntington Drive (the Larmor development).

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 15, 1984

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 15, 1984

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1293AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency may sell 3.74 Acres of land on the northeast corner of Huntington Drive and Second Avenue to Grand Royale Hometel for 1.3 million dollars. After the parcel is sold, the city plans to rezone the property for the developers raising the value to about 3.5 million.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1277AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Between August 11 and September 30, the city will install brick sidewalks on Huntington Drive between 2nd Avenue and Santa Clara Street as the first major phase of Arcadia's downtown revitalization project.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1986

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1986

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1326AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Drive-In Liquor store has reopened in its new building but the owners, Fred Palladin and Thomas Turiace, have several problems and complaints about the city's role in developing the property.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 28, 1988

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 28, 1988

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Subjects: Drive-In Liquor

Item ID: 763AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency (which is also the City Council) is considering whether to take steps toward acquiring several properties in east Arcadia that made up the parcel of land for the now defunct Target Shopping Center. According to Peter Kinnahan, assistant city manager for economic development, the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency is strongly in favor of acquiring property on 3rd Avenue, just north of Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 6, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 6, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1304AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council/Redevelopment Agency in special meeting is expected to consider a proposal by Falzone Development, Inc. to build a $14 million, eight-story retail/office complex at northwest corner of First Avenue and Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 11, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 11, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 703AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article discusses progress of redevelopment project on Huntington Drive east of First Avenue. Completion may be ten years away.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 24, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 24, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1274AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Within the next few months several new developments will be cropping up along Huntington Drive: construction of a 7-story office building at 1st Avenue, erection of the Southland National Bank at 5th Avenue, and construction of a Target Department Store at 3rd Avenue. There are also plans to construct a new police station, city hall, senior citizens center and auditorium at a total estimated cost of $19 million.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1299AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Two major items on Arcadia City Council's last agenda have been continued until meeting of December 6. One relates to proposed development by Sam Falzone of the city-owned vacant property at First Avenue and Huntington Drive. The other with-exempt financing for the Santa Anita Inn.

The City Council in its role as Arcadia Redevelopment Agency hears plan by local developers to buy city property at the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Huntington Drive.

Arcadia's city government is not particularly concerned that Bruce Low, the owner of Arcadia Nissan, has broken off negotiations with the city to buy his Huntington Drive property.

Pete Kinnahan, assistant city manager in Arcadia, told City Council that Target Department Stores were interested in the Arcadia Datsun property and the adjacent city-owned property on Third Avenue.

After narrowly rejecting a Target Department Store as a suitable use for a property on Huntington Drive Tuesday night, the Arcadia City Council will have to await another proposal if it still plans to redevelop the property. The vote was 2-2 with and abstention. the measure needed 3 votes to win.

The Arcadia City Council has signed agreements with Republic Development Company for the development of the area along Huntington Drive east of First Avenue.

Arcadia police seized more than 154 lbs. of cocaine worth an estimated $70 million and arrested 4 Colombian nationals in the largest drug haul in the city's history. Homes on Fairview Avenue, Arcadia Avenue and Huntington Drive were raided.

City Council accepted developer Sam Falzone's proposal for a $14 million, eight-story financial center at the northwest corner of First Avenue and Huntington Drive in Arcadia.

Proposed Department store targeted. Members of Arcadia City Council acting as redevelopment agency have approved Exclusive Right to Negotiate with Beck and Associates of Los Angeles for development of a Target Department Store with satellite shops at Third Avenue and Huntington Drive.

Arcadia City Council members, acting as the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency, will be asked Tuesday night to approve purchase of two properties at Fifth Avenue and Huntington Drive (the Larmor development).

The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency may sell 3.74 Acres of land on the northeast corner of Huntington Drive and Second Avenue to Grand Royale Hometel for 1.3 million dollars. After the parcel is sold, the city plans to rezone the property for the developers raising the value to about 3.5 million.

Between August 11 and September 30, the city will install brick sidewalks on Huntington Drive between 2nd Avenue and Santa Clara Street as the first major phase of Arcadia's downtown revitalization project.

The Drive-In Liquor store has reopened in its new building but the owners, Fred Palladin and Thomas Turiace, have several problems and complaints about the city's role in developing the property.

Arcadia City Council/Redevelopment Agency in special meeting is expected to consider a proposal by Falzone Development, Inc. to build a $14 million, eight-story retail/office complex at northwest corner of First Avenue and Huntington Drive.

Article discusses progress of redevelopment project on Huntington Drive east of First Avenue. Completion may be ten years away.