VALLEY MALLS TO BE LINKED IN MAKEOVER WESTFIELD POLLING NEIGHBORS.Byline: GREGORY J. WILCOX Staff Writer WOODLAND HILLS -- Westfield Group The Westfield Group is a multinational company that owns shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Westfield shopping centres are typically branded with the name Westfield or Westfield Shoppingtown in their name. officials are close to formalizing long-rumored plans to develop a commercial and retail bridge between the Promenade and newly expanded Topanga malls, creating a bustling pedestrian hub in the west San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . The mall developer is surveying neighbors about their preferences for the 30-acre parcel. Suggestions include an upscale hotel, a park with a concert venue and eateries modeled after La Cienega There are at least three places with the name La Cienega (from the Spanish La Ciénaga: swampland, marsh or bog): "We've always envisioned synergy and connectivity between those sites. We would like to revitalize what is currently underutilized. Stay tuned," Westfield spokeswoman Katy Dickey said Tuesday. The telephone survey, which also includes questions about shopping habits, started about six months ago. "We're taking the (community's) pulse. It's what we do," Dickey said. She would not elaborate on what the development plan would include. But David Thompson There are several men named David Thompson:
Thompson recalled the pollster poll·ster n. One that takes public-opinion surveys. Also called polltaker. Word History: The suffix -ster is nowadays most familiar in words like pollster, jokester, huckster, asked his opinion on a 300-plus-room hotel, the park with a concert venue and an area that would feature high-end restaurants. The pollster also indicated that Westfield would share in the cost of easing traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. . He offered a blunt assessment: "I gave them, frankly, a lot of negative responses." He noted that Warner Center already has upscale restaurants, Marriott and Hilton hotels
Los Angeles City Councilman Dennis Zine, who represents the West Valley, said he told Westfield officials they needed to make a community-outreach effort before submitting a formal proposal. "I know they are doing outreach, and there have been lots of things tossed around," he said. Located on a former horse ranch owned by Harry Warner, co-founder of Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Pictures, Warner Center has developed since the 1960s into an urban core, with high-rise commercial towers, low-slung office buildings and the two sprawling malls. The Southern California real-estate boom has reignited interest in Warner Center, where plans for about 3,000 condos and rental apartments have been approved. Westfield is in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of a $500million makeover of its Topanga mall, which has included bringing in Target and Neiman Marcus as tenants, building a new Nordstrom store and adding a parking structure. Zine said he plans to form a committee to address the traffic issue raised by the new project, which would be built east of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, between Victory Boulevard and Erwin Street. "I do not want to turn it into a Century City where you have nothing but gridlock Gridlock A government, business or institution's inability to function at a normal level due either to complex or conflicting procedures within the administrative framework or to impending change in the business. ," he said. But as a project the scope of Century City is precisely how some commercial real estate executives currently promote Warner Center. Gordon Murley, a member of the South Valley Planning Commission, said at one time a Ritz Carlton hotel was mentioned for the property, which is zoned for buildings taller than 30 stories. However, Murley said he doubts the final plan will be that elaborate. Still, he wouldn't mind a project that borrowed a little glitz glitz Informal n. Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis. tr.v. from over the hill. He's made sure Westfield executives got that message. "We said what is needed is to be more of a destination place, like The Grove development in Hollywood," he said. "And they should look at making it the La Cienega of the Valley." greg.wilcox(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3743 CAPTION(S): photo, map Photo: Development of 30 acres west of Owensmouth Avenue would link Westfield's Topanga and Promenade malls as a major hub. Carla Acevedo/Special to the Daily News Map: Land Westfield owns Daily News |
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