Builder Gets OK for Farmers Market Stores
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The Los Angeles City Planning Commission said the A.F. Gilmore Co. can go ahead with plans to build two department stores on a 31-acre site behind Farmers Market in the Fairfax District.
While the company also wanted to build a hotel and office building, the commissioners said that would be too much development for the chronically congested area.
Hank Hilty, president of the Gilmore Co, welcomed the 5-0 vote. He said he plans to appeal the rejection of the hotel and office building to the City Council.
Diane Plotkin, president of the Beverly Wilshire Homes Assn., said that legal action may be necessary to block the project.
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