So, you’ve recently moved into your brand new suburban tract home in what the developer has cheerfully marketed as “The Corona Valley.” It’s a 5-bedroom, mini-mansion complete with 4 large bathrooms, a second-floor “landing,” built-in multimedia/entertainment centers, Sub-Zero appliances, walk-in closets galore, and a large backyard with lush landscaping to boot. The schools are new,…
An apparent settlement between Caltrans and a major contractor has put workers back on site at the $318 million reconstruction of the 60/91/215 freeway interchange in downtown Riverside. The project is designed to reduce traffic at the intersection of highways 60 and 91 and Interstate 215. The job includes two new freeway-to-freeway connectors, upgraded bridges…
After years of waiting for reconstruction of the 60/91/215 freeway interchange in downtown Riverside — AKA “Malfunction Junction” — drivers will have to wait even longer as a recent contract dispute between Caltrans and the primary contractor (Washington-Obayashi) has halted work on the $318 million project. After a year of commitment, the contractor on the…
Numbers released this week by California Department of Finance reveal that once again, Inland Southern California leads the state in population growth as both Riverside and San Bernardino counties added nearly 140,000 residents between July 2003 and July 2004. The increases are particularly notable because Riverside and San Bernardino counties already had more than 3.6…
Eight years following realignment from an active to a reserve military base, March Air Reserve Base near Riverside finally snagged a key element in the pursuit of joint military-civilian reuse as major international cargo carrier DHL announced this week that it had selected the airfield for its new Southern California air-cargo hub. It is DHL’s…
So, what do you do if your suburban community of 150,000 residents suddenly realizes it has no downtown? No central business district? No Main Street? Easy, you find a large chunk of undeveloped land, begin planning a traditional enclosed mall, wait out a recession, hire one of the nation’s largest mall builders, wait some more…
Communities across the nation are gearing up for the upcoming fifth round of the Base Realignment And Closure (BRAC) process. The process, authorized by Congress and commissioned by the U.S. Department of Defense, is an evaluation of current military installations in order to “reorganize its (DOD) installation infrastructure to more efficiently and effectively support its…
After at least 10 years of talks and 5 years of false starts, one of the region’s oldest shopping centers is finally nearing completion in its transformation from an enclosed mall back into an open-air shopping plaza. Early makeover plans for the Plaza were floated more than 10 years ago, but delays plagued the $80…
With $1.2 billion in expansion planned for the U.S., worldwide cargo-giant DHL has announced intentions to locate its California hub at one of three Inland Southern California airfields, each of which are aggressively vying to land the proposed air cargo hub. Each of the three airfields (Ontario Int’l, San Bernardino Int’l and March GlobalPort) have…
Opened in 1997, California Speedway in Fontana transformed a portion of the former Kaiser Steel Mill into a world-class racing facility. However, has the transformation spilled over into the neighboring areas, most of which are blighted industrial sites? A recent article in the Seattle Times takes a look at the successful impact — or lack…
