Latest Breaking News On - நகர கிரேன்ஷாவ் உயரும் - Page 1 : vimarsana.com
LA City Council Introduces Motion Requiring Vaccinations for Indoor Dining
eater.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eater.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Black Community Leaders In Crenshaw Are Protesting Sale Of The Baldwin Hills Mall
laist.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from laist.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Black community group loses bid to acquire downtown LA Mall despite highest offer
thehill.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehill.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Photo by Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
A South LA community group seems to have lost the battle over the ownership of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, which locally known as the Crenshaw Mall. Community group Downtown Crenshaw Rising (DCR) says their $115 million offer for the property was passed over last spring, despite being the highest bid.
Since 2017, the Crenshaw Mall redevelopment has gone through the ups and downs of city council approval, amendments, planned use agreements, and bids that included a reimagined mixed-use complex with restaurants, 961 new condos and apartments, 400-room hotel, new offices, and a retail space. At present, the Crenshaw Mall has limited retail tenants, but still offers a food court with Chile Verde and Charley’s Philly Steaks. Just outside in the adjacent parking lot are Hotville Chicken and Kickin’ Crab. The mall also had a well-known previous tenant, Mexicano, which closed in late-2019. Mexicano was an offshoot to the long
Listen 11 min MORE The Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall has been declining for a while, and the coronavirus pandemic accelerated that downward trend. There is zero traffic in the mall now. May 3, 2021. Photo by Amy Ta.
If you walk around the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall these days, especially during the week, you can see that many of its businesses are struggling.
“There is no traffic in this mall. This is not how a mall right now should be looking,” says Malik Muhammad, who has owned and operated Malik’s Books at the Crenshaw Mall since the early 1990s.
Malik Muhammad standing inside his bookstore at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall. He’s been at this location since the early 1990s. Photo by Benjamin Gottlieb.