| i-City sets new standard in malls
I-Bhd has finalised plans to build a 2.5 million square feet regional shopping centre in its proposed RM1.5 bil i-City in Shah Alam. Chief executive officer Eu Hong Chew in disclosing this to StarBiz said the centre would comprise a conventional shopping mall and the open-air Citywalk street mall with a 1.3 mil sq ft net lettable area. The three-level shopping mall, slated to be the biggest in Shah Alam and Klang, and one of the biggest in the country, would boast of many unique features including an acre-sized pond in the central atrium and broadband connectivity. Construction work will start end of this year and is expected to be completed in 2010, said Eu, adding that the mall would be for lease only. The rental will provide a long-term income stream for the group, he added.
Eastland Mall to be revitalized
CHARLOTTE -- National experts already made their pitch and Thursday night, local leaders made theirs on the future of Eastland Mall. The property was once packed with shoppers, but now there are more empty stores. A national group recently gave ideas to revive the sagging property. "We are no different than any other area in Charlotte, said Darrell Bonapart of the Charlotte East Community Partners. In East Charlotte, neighborhood leaders are still pushing for a different direction. Thursday night, they applauded this panel's option to jumpstart Eastland Mall from scratch. "With the kind of infinite opportunities we have out here, with Eastland as a hub for it, will help in all we are trying to do, said Johnnie Wallace of the East Side Community Development Corporation.
Long Branch is worth a second look
"Eighty years ago, it was the worst place to be on the Jersey Shore," said Panas during a recent family luncheon at McLoone's Pier House. "Now it's the opposite. It's the best place to be. It's been a big turnaround from the bottom of the pit to the top of the line." Panas, 88, would know. A current resident of Harrison, N.Y., he was born and raised in nearby Asbury Park and remembers well when Long Branch, whose current population is around 31,000, was little more than a slum with an ocean view. But, as he noted, that has changed in a big way. Today, Long Branch, which is in Monmouth County about 80 miles northeast of Cherry Hill, is a city on the rise. Thanks, in part, to the sometimes controversial use of eminent domain, formerly blighted areas now blossom with sparkling, high-end condo towers.
Drawing on memories of darker days Videotaped interviews, letters ...
REDWOOD CITY The odor of horse manure still lingered in the stalls where Jim Nakano and his family from Redwood City were forced to make their living quarters. It was a far cry from the smell of chrysanthemums that they grew on their farm off Woodside Road. Nakano, his parents, two sisters, a brother, a grandmother, an uncle and an aunt shared two stalls at the Tanforan Race Track, now a shopping center, in San Bruno. "They just cleared the horses," said Nakano, who was a teen when the U.S. government sent about 120,000 Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II. "The stalls were not cleaned very well. There was one light bulb for each stable." Other Japanese Americans from Redwood City endured a similar ordeal, uprooted from their homes and thriving flower-growing businesses to spend years behind barbed-wire fences patrolled bygun-toting guards.
Antioch 'Regional commercial power center' in works Village 'will ...
As Great Lakes Principals finishes its retail projects at Deep Lake Road and Route 173, the developer is moving west to work on 70 acres of retail and commercial development. "We will have more than 1 million square feet of retail space in Antioch after this is done," said Claude LeMere, Antioch's community development director. "We will be a regional commercial power center. We will have Wal-Mart, Menards, Target, Lowe's, Kohl's and dozens of medium-box stores. Between these developments and the new industrial park on the Pederson farm, we will have 368 acres of new commercial tax base with no impact on the schools," said LeMere, adding that he envisioned this in the early '90s when he first worked for the village. "My job is to bring the retailers here." The 70 acres are south of Route 173 and east of Route 83.
Mall shooting leaves 3 wounded
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Three people were shot during an attempted robbery at a shopping mall Saturday, police said. One person was critically wounded. Authorities were still piecing together what happened, but said that the shootings happened around 5:15 p.m. in a store at Greenbriar Mall in southwest Atlanta. One of the wounded was a security guard, police said. The suspects, three young men, got away in a sport utility vehicle, police said. All three of the wounded were taken to a hospital, where two people were listed in stable condition, police said. Police spokesman Steve Coleman said the northeast corner of the mall was closed after the incident, but Macy's, one of the largest stores in the mall, stayed open until closing time at 9 p.m.
Safety Improvement Construction to Begin
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has announced the start of construction on the $6.8 million Sunrise Highway (NY Route 27) Massapequa Safety and Mobility Improvement Project in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County. To address the high traffic volume, numerous driveways, closely spaced traffic signals, and heavy left-turn movements, the project includes repairing and resurfacing the roadway pavement; upgrading traffic signals; making access modifications; providing extra vehicle storage for turning movements; installing new signs and pavement markings; making storm water runoff drainage improvements, and installing or repairing sidewalks, curbs and driveways. Throughout construction, NYSDOT is striving to minimize the impact on motorists and the local community by performing paving operations at night, and keeping travel lanes open during the day between Unqua Road and Old Sunrise Highway, as well as during the holiday shopping season between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.
Inland radio station to broadcast reruns of fired talk-show host Imus
Don Imus stares out at an empty Avon storefront in San Bernardino's Carousel Mall. A framed color promotional picture of the controversial radio host hangs in the control room of KCAA 1050 AM's studio at the shopping center. Even after CBS Radio and MSNBC fired the Riverside-born host and at least one sponsor withdrew its support, the station on Friday said it will broadcast reruns of Imus' show -- a move the distributor of the program says is not permitted. On Monday, the station plans to re-air the infamous April 4 show, during which Imus called the members of the Rutgers women's basketball team, which has eight black players, "nappy-headed hos" while talking about the team's loss to Tennessee in the NCAA championship game. "I think it's important people listen to it in totality and see what it is he does and what he doesn't do," said Dennis Baxter, the station's news director and a San Bernardino city councilman.
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