LOS ANGELES : CRA OKs Building of Supermarket Near USC
After nearly nine years of delays and negotiations, plans for a full-service supermarket in a neighborhood near USC moved ahead Thursday.
The Community Redevelopment Agency gave approval to Food 4 Less Supermarkets Inc. and Bakewell Development to build an Alpha Beta supermarket at Adams Boulevard and Vermont Avenue on a site partially owned by the city. The approval grants exclusive negotiating rights to Food 4 Less and the private company owned by Brotherhood Crusade President Danny Bakewell to develop a plan for a shopping center that includes the market.
Several factors contributed to the project’s delay. The cost of the land led Food 4 Less to seek CRA assistance. Community residents were concerned that the market be full-service rather than a warehouse-style store, and preservationists and the CRA argued over the fate of historic houses next to the site.
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