Ontario-based Citizens Business Bank announced this week they have bought the naming rights to an 11,000 seat arena planned for Ontario. As the largest locally-based financial institution, the marriage makes perfect sense. Expected to open in late 2008, Citizens Arena is part of the city’s Piemonte at The Ontario Center, a mixed-use project planned for…
This past weekend saw the latest addition to Inland Southern California’s retail landscape as the first phase of The Promenade Shops at Dos Lagos officially opened. Located just off I-15 in southern Corona, the new $110 million, outdoor lifestyle center comprises 360,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment offerings. Developed by Memphis-based Poag &…
A roundup of local items making the news… With the announcement of a location at the Galleria at Tyler in Riverside, The Cheesecake Factory joins a growing list of upscale chains coming to Inland Southern California: “We probably received about 2,000 offers, and we will open 20 stores this year,” said Cheesecake Factory spokesman Howard…
A proposed medical school for UC Riverside received an important endorsement this week as an advisory group recommended the continuation of planning to the UC Regents: Rory Hume, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and co-chairman of an advisory group to UC President Robert Dynes, told a UC Board of Regents’ committee meeting…
A recent posting at DenverInfill Blog regarding the various marketing ploys behind the naming of new residential subdivisions caught our eye, if only because the phenomenon described, er panned, indeed is quite evident here within Inland Southern California. In today’s “image is everything” marketing world, the need for new housing developments to have catchy names…
For nearly 10 years, California Speedway in Fontana has been welcoming race fans to Inland Southern California. However, local officials admit Fontana — and the region as a whole — hasn’t fully capitalized on the racetrack’s success and popularity by giving fans something else to do while in town, particularly within the area immediately adjacent…
Retail growth continues its torrid pace within Inland Southern California as both an existing mall and one currently under construction added to their ever-expanding tenant list. The Galleria at Tyler, located at the 91 Freeway and Tyler Street in Riverside, has begun work on the first of two “lifestyle” components flanking the north and south…
The first significant portion of the soon-to-be rebuilt 60/91/215 interchange in downtown Riverside opened this week, bringing some long-awaited relief for locals and commuters alike, many of which have come to despise the antiquated interchange. Drivers headed toward the interchange from the west – from Riverside, Corona and Orange County – until recently drove almost into the interchange before…
With a fast-growing population and surging retail market, it’s no real surprise that another mall has been proposed within Inland Southern California. The latest proposal calls for a 1 million square foot “lifestyle center” to be built on the northeast corner of the intersection of Florida Avenue (Highway 74) and Warren Road in west Hemet…
This weekend marks the return of the USAF Thunderbirds to March Air Reserve Base near Riverside. The precision flying team has been making regular stops at the base’s air shows for many years, the last being 2004. Long-considered one of the West Coast’s biggest air shows, this year’s aviation pageant is expected to draw about…
