ADVISORY/Downtown Los Angeles Gets a Supermarket; Groundbreaking for South Village Marks Return of Ralphs Grocery to Its Roots and Key Piece to Downtown's Transformation.News Editors/City Desks ADVISORY...for Thursday Thursday: see week. (May 15) LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2003 PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: A parade of Ralphs grocery carts loaded with food donations for the Hope Street Family Center will roll down Hope Street at close of program The May 15 groundbreaking for CIM (1) (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing) Integrating office/accounting functions with automated factory systems. Point of sale, billing, machine tool scheduling and supply ordering are part of CIM. Group's South Village mixed-use housing and retail development marks the return of Ralphs Grocery to its birthplace birth·place n. The place where someone is born or where something originates. birthplace Noun the place where someone was born or where something originated Noun 1. , downtown L.A. The first Ralphs opened in 1873 at the corner of Sixth and Spring Streets. A convenient full-service supermarket has been the missing link to the revival of downtown's residential communities. Celebrating this milestone for the City will be State Treasurer Noun 1. state treasurer - the treasurer for a state government financial officer, treasurer - an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds Phil Angelides Philip Nicholas "Phil" Angelides (IPA: æn.dʒε.'lid.ɪs) (born June 11, 1953 in Sacramento, California), is a California politician who was California State Treasurer and the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor of California in the 2006 elections. , Mayor Jim Hahn, Councilwoman Jan Perry Jan Perry (circa. 1954 —) currently represents the 9th district of the Los Angeles City Council. External links
Preceded by Rita Walters Los Angeles City Councilwoman , along with members of the Community Redevelopment Agency, executives from developer CIM Group and Ralphs and business and neighborhood leaders. South Village is at the heart of a growing residential corridor downtown. South Village will be comprised of a total of 1,200 loft-style apartments and condominiums and 127,000-square-feet of retail space, which includes the 50,000-square-foot Ralphs. The 7.2 acre site, bounded by 8th and 9th and Hope and Flower Streets, includes the historic gas company headquarters buildings, which are being restored and converted to rental lofts with ground floor retail.
WHAT: SOUTH VILLAGE GROUNDBREAKING, WELCOMES RALPHS GROCERY BACK TO
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
WHEN: Thursday, May 15
9:30 a.m. -- Continental Breakfast
10 a.m. -- Program
WHO: -- State Treasurer Phil Angelides
-- Mayor Jim Hahn
-- Councilwoman Jan Perry
-- CRA Commissioner Marva Smith Battle-Bey
-- CalPERS President Sean Harrigan
-- Mr. Avi Shemesh and Mr. Shaul Kuba, cofounders, CIM Group
-- Mr. Patrick Barber, senior vice president, Ralphs
WHERE: 9th and Hope Street -- site of new development
Downtown Los Angeles
(Parking entrance on 9th Street, just east of Hope)
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