Controversial Condo Project Wins Approval

A 96-unit Marina del Rey condominium development has received the go-ahead from the Los Angeles Planning Commission, overcoming objections from a neighboring property owner that construction might disturb underground toxics nearby.

The project by developers Paul Plotkin and Jeff Rosen is planned for a lot at the corner of Glencoe and Maxella avenues, across from the movie theaters in the Marina Marketplace shopping center.

It was fought by industrial property owner John Bohn and some nearby businesses who say the residential encroachment on their turf would mean the beginning of the end for the industrial area.

City Councilwoman Ruth Galanter and neighboring condominium owners favored the condos over a plan by an earlier owner to erect more movie theaters on the site.

Bohn derailed the condo project last November by raising the toxic issue and requesting an environmental impact report. The sate later advised the city that the toxics will not be disturbed by the condominium construction, less than 300 feet away.