Gardena : City to Buy Land From State
The city will pay the state Department of Transportation $7.5 million for two parcels north and south of Artesia Boulevard between Vermont and Normandie avenues.
The city is negotiating with the state for the purchase of an additional nine-acre parcel on the northwest corner of Artesia and Vermont.
The city hopes to buy the entire 27 acres along Artesia Boulevard that the state had originally purchased for the extension of the Artesia Freeway. The city intends to sell the land to developer Alexander Haagen, who wants to build a shopping center similar to the Manhattan Village Shopping Center and Mall that he developed.
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