Talk:Marlton Square

LA Sentinel has a wealth of information about the Marlton Square development project over the years.

TODO

 * Would be good to change those references from high beam to the actual articles highbeam references. The LA Sentinel archives are free. Not sure about the others.
 * A little more cited explanation of why the redevelopment broke down would be good.

Here's some rumors I've heard that need citations/fact checking before they go into the article:


 * Magic Johnson's redevelopment agency wanted it., but negotiations with Wal-mart and Home Depot fell through . However, there's a walmart on the next block in the Baldwin Hills shopping center.
 * Magic Johnson's had a falling out with then councilmember senator Mark Ridley-Thomas over an NFL team returning to the Collisium
 * Ridley Thomas gave the deal to Chris Hammond of Capital Vision Equities who was a friend of his.
 * CVE had outstanding debt, law suits and unpaid contractors before they were selected.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Ecnassianer (talk • contribs) 08:41, 6 January 2010 (UTC)