Attack plan: condos in Beverly Hills stirring local opposition.The big buildup about a new Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. condominium project is already getting torn down. Neighborhood groups that fought vehemently against the city's recent approval of the Montage Hotel began picking apart elements of the project, called 9900 Wilshire, almost immediately after it was presented to city leaders last week. The owners of the eight-acre site, at the traffic-congested corner of Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. and Wilshire boulevards, said they plan to build 252 luxury condominiums in two 12-story buildings. The project would replace an ailing Robinsons-May that Federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. Department Stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. Inc. plans to close next spring. But the development is likely to be contested and a final vote by the City Council might be two or three years off. David Margulies David Joseph Margulies (born February 19, 1937) is an American actor. Margulies was born in Brooklyn, New York to Runya (née Zeltzer), a nurse and museum worker, and Harry David Margulies, a lawyer.[1] Margulies graduated from City College of New York. , chief executive of New Pacific Realty Corp., developer of 9900 Wilshire, said there would not be additional traffic because 65 percent would be "open space" and residential buildings traditionally bring in fewer cars on a daily basis than do commercial projects. "To be a responsible developer, you have to be flexible," Margulies said. Criticism came quickly from the Beverly Hills Residential-Business Alliance for a Livable Community, a mix of homeowners, civil groups and businesses that brought the Montage plan to a ballot measure last March. (Voters narrowly approved the hotel.) Robert Silverstein, a Pasadena lawyer who represents the alliance, said 9900 Wilshire looks "like a hospital" and "cold and brutal." He also questioned the developer's claims that the project would not increase traffic. But opponents could find this battle more challenging than fighting the Montage, which also was opposed by the Peninsula Beverly Hills. "They didn't want competition with another luxury hotel that was better located and had a better product than they had," said Jay Newman Jay Newman (1948 in Brooklyn, New York – June 17, 2007) was a philosopher and Professor at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario. He received his B.A. from Brooklyn College before acquiring his master's degree from Brown University and his Ph.D. from York University. , chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Athens Group, the developer of the Montage. Newman said the only businesses affected by 9900 Wilshire would be the Los Angeles Country Club and the neighboring Beverly Hilton Hotel, which just received an $80 million makeover that is more likely to complement the new project. |
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