AUTO WRECKER ABANDONS STUDIO PLAN.Byline: Dave McNary Daily News Staff Writer The owner of a Sun Valley auto wrecking yard A wrecking yard, auto salvage yard or breakers yard, (sometimes also known as a junkyard), is the location of an auto dismantling business where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles (most commonly automobiles, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small announced Thursday he has dropped plans to convert half the property into a movie production studio because investors would not guarantee new jobs for his employees. Sam Adlen, owner of Aadlen Brothers Auto Wrecking said, ``We will continue business as usual.'' Adlen announced in late December he had reached an agreement with unspecified Adj. 1. unspecified - not stated explicitly or in detail; "threatened unspecified reprisals" specified - clearly and explicitly stated; "meals are at specified times" investors to construct 16 sound stages on the property at 11590 Tuxford St. with the goal of being in full operation by the end of 1997. He planned to keep the self-service part of the yard running while leasing the stages on the rest of the property, which would have eliminated about 50 of the current 85 jobs. Adlen had struck the tentative tentative, adj not final or definite, such as an experimental or clinical finding that has not been validated. deal after being contacted by investors three months ago, but insisted on a clause that employees displaced displaced see displacement. by the project would have ``first shot'' at new jobs. Talks broke down after the investors were not willing to make such a guarantee. Demand for new production space in the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. area has been surging, leading to a boom in construction of new facilities. |
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