ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT OK'D FOR AMERICANA DEVELOPER CAN NOW BUY REMAINING LAND, CLEAR SITE.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE Glendale. 1 City (1990 pop. 148,134), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., adjacent to Phoenix; inc. 1910. It is located in a rich agricultural region irrigated by the Salt River project. Glendale has become one of the fastest-growing U.S. - The City Council voted early Wednesday Wednesday: see week. to approve the environmental impact report for Rick Caruso's Americana at Brand Americana at Brand will be a large outdoor shopping community in Glendale, California. The site is owned by Caruso Affiliated, who owns many other commercial properties such as The Grove at Farmers Market in Los Angeles, CA. project, as well as the business terms that deed deed, in law, written document that is signed and delivered by which one person conveys land or other realty (see property) to another. A deed may assure the extent of the conveying party's ownership or, if the party is uncertain of the precise extent, he issues a the developer 8.5 acres downtown. The council will vote next week on the crucial zoning changes required for the $264 million project. Zoning changes normally require four council votes for approval, but a protest to the proposal filed by the rival Glendale Galleria The Glendale Galleria is a large 3 story regional shopping mall located in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. It is the second largest mall in Los Angeles County. It is located in Downtown Glendale. could mean all five council members would have to approve the change. Caruso said he was encouraged by the turnout at Tuesday's meeting, with most of the 180 speakers supporting his plan for the 15.5-acre open-air retail, housing and entertainment center, to be built south of the Galleria between Brand Boulevard and Central Avenue. If he doesn't get unanimous approval next week, Caruso has said he is willing to wait the six to eight months for Glendale to develop the downtown zoning standards that would ease the way for his project. The downtown specific plan, which would develop the zoning standards for nearly 300 acres of downtown Glendale, would be consistent with Caruso's Americana design and would permit mixed-use retail and housing projects. The council's approval of the project's design, environmental impact report and business terms now allows the city and Caruso to move forward with purchasing the remaining land in the project area, relocating tenants and exercising eminent domain eminent domain, the right of a government to force the owner of private property sell it if it is needed for a public use. The right is based on the doctrine that a sovereign state has dominion over all lands and buildings within its borders, which has its origins in , if necessary. ``We're going to move forward in clearing the site and preparing it for development,'' Mayor Bob Yousefian said. ``These are all the things we could do now that we couldn't do before the environmental impact report was passed.'' Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com |
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