| LIST OF COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT/REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS |
Alhambra has undergone tremendous changes in recent years and more efforts are underway. The City's downtown features a vibrant gathering place of restaurants, shopping and entertainment venues, service and retail establishments, and mixed use residential/ commercial buildings. Public parking is free and financial assistance is available for purchase or subsidies, building renovation and tenant improvements. Much of the funding has been made available through HUD CDBG monies and Section 108 assistance.
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38° Ale House & Grill
100 West Main Street
- Project Completed: 1996 & 2009
- Restaurant Entrepreneurs:
Mike & Chuck Fata
- Agency Assistance:
Recruited tenant and provided
a forgivable $425,000
loan for tenant improvements
- Estimated Jobs Created: 42
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Commercial Development
2121 West Main Street
- 42,793 SF shopping center
(Fresh & Easy Market, Chipotle
Mexican Grill, The Flame Broiler,
Chase Bank and Howard's
Appliance & Flat Screen
Superstore)
- Completed 2009
- Developer: Panattoni Development
- Agency Assistance: City expedited
entitlements and Agency assisted
recruiting tenants
- Estimated Jobs Created: 54
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Alhambra Civic Center Library
101 South First Street
- 45,000 SF facility completed in 2008
- Two levels of subterranean parking
- Substantial book & periodical
collection, workshops/events,
tutorial classes, internet &
technology services
- Architect: Charles Walton Assoc.
AIA, Inc. (CWA AIA)
- Contractor: Sinanian Dev., Inc.
- Welcomed millionth visitor
(Fall 2010)
- Agency Assistance: $25,000,000
Agency tax increment bonds
- Project Value: $28,300,000
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Alhambra Courtyard Plaza
345 East Main Street
- 50,065 SF shopping center
(Ralphs Market, Auto Club
of Southern California,
Game Stop and other tenants)
- Project Completed: 1995
- Developer: Camden Group, LTD
- Agency Assistance: $5,000,000
for property acquisition and
relocation of tenants from
deteriorated buildings
- Estimated Jobs Created: 151
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"Alhambra Gateway"
Condominium Project
Bay State & Commonwealth
Top Photo: Commonwealth
Lower Photo: Bay State
- Property - 2.69 acres
129 units include split level lofts,
loft flats, studio flats & townhomes
- Project Completed: 2006
- Developer: The Olson Company
- City/Agency Assistance:
Facilitated and expedited
entitlements
- Property Tax: $577,270 per year
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Alhambra Regency Plaza
Mixed-Use Development
500 West Main Street
- Six-story development with
80 residential condos +
22,000 SF of retail space
(Lunasia Chinese Cuisine,
Toros Japanese Seafood,
Tea Station, HSBC Bank, UPS)
- Project Completed: 2005
- Developer: Alhambra Regency,
LTD
- Agency Assistance: Maximum of
$100,000 in property tax rebates
- Estimated Jobs Created: 44
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Alhambra Renaissance Plaza
Edwards Stadium 14 Theater
- 2004 CRA AWARD WINNER:
"Public Spaces & Linkages"
- 3,400 SF state-of-the-art movie
theater with IMAX screens,
restaurants (Applebees's,
Temptations Chocolate Factory,
Panda Express)
- Project Completed: 2002
- Assessed Value: $30 million
- Redevelopment Assistance:
$1,200,000
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Alhambra Renaissance Plaza
Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar (NE corner of Main & Garfield)
(2004 CRA AWARD WINNER!
"Public Spaces & Linkages")
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Alhambra Renaissance Plaza
Panda Express Restaurant
NE corner of Main & Garfield
(2004 CRA AWARD WINNER!
"Public Spaces & Linkages")
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Alhambra Renaissance Plaza
Temptations Chocolate Factory
NE corner of Main & Garfield
(2004 CRA AWARD WINNER!
"Public Spaces & Linkages")
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Alhambra Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep 1100 West Main Street
- Agency assisted dealership
to obtain needed permits to
construct its new showroom
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Alhambra Volkswagen
1811 West Main Street
- Dealership comprised of an
18,000 SF full-service building/
showroom on a 104,000 SF lot
- Project Completed: July 2010
- Agency Assistance: $1,300,000
- Estimated Jobs Created:
60-80 full-time
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Alondra Hot Wings Restaurant
33 West Main Street
- Fourth in a small growing chain
- Winner of "California Small Business
of the Year" award for District
#30 from the California Small
Business Association
- Project Completed: 2009
- Restaurant Entreneuers: Garo, Harout
& Danny Kazarian
- Agency Assistance: Agency
orchestrated and expedited
entitlements for the project
- Estimated Jobs Created: 45
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Ambiente Restaurant/Nightclub
45 S. Garfield Ave.
- Caribbean/Latin/California Cuisine
- Property had been vacant for 2 years
- Agency Assistance: $250,000 to offset
major remodeling costs:; $50,000
initial payment, plus rental assistance
of $10,000 per month for 20 months
- Estimated Jobs Created: 15
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Atherton Baptist Homes
Courtyard at Atherton
625 W. Commonwealth Ave.
- Senior Residential Community
located on the 15-acre campus of
Atherton Baptist Homes.
- Comprised of 50 luxurious,
independent living apartments
with underground parking.
- Estimated Market Value at
Completion: $20 million
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Azul Bar & Nightclub
127-129 W. Main St.
- Agency recruited a bar/nightclub
and provided financial assistance
for improving and remodeling the
property, which had been vacant
for 3 years
- Project Completed: 2003
- Business Entrepreneurs: Richard
Valenzuela & Alfred Campano
- Agency Assistance: $312,000
- Estimated Jobs Created: 20
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Blitz Ultra Lounge
45 S. Garfield Ave.
- Entertainment lounge with live
music and entertainment &
dancing
- Project Completed: 2003
- Business Entrepreneurs:
Luis Moreno & Joseph Caldera
- Agency Assistance: $149,550
- Estimated Jobs Created: 15
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BOTECO BRAZILIAN
RESTAURANT/BAR/LOUNGE
28 W. Main St.
- Agency was instrumental in
soliciting the restaurant to join
Alhambra's Downtown
businesses
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CB After Dark
24 West Main Street
- Cuban-style tapas bar
- Offers unique entertainment and
dining opportunity with jukebox
and Latin-inspired menu
- Project Completed: July 2010
- Restaurant Entrepreneur: 24 West
Main Street LLC
- Assistance: $200,000 for tenant
improvements to 1,951 SF building
- Estimated Jobs Created: 17
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Charlie's Trio Italian Café
47 West Main Street
- Agency purchased and remodeled
building for Charlie's Trio Café,
the first restaurant in Downtown
Restaurant Row. Sold property to
restaurant entreprenuers Mike &
Chuck Fata in 2002.
- Project Completed: February 1998
- Agency Assistance: $250,000
(CDBG funds)
- Estimated Jobs Created: 27
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Costco Expansion
2207 Commonwealth Ave.
- Membership retail store (formerly
Price Club) commenced operations
in 1987 and expanded store in
2004 from 127,000 to 157,312 SF
- Agency Assistance: Over the life
of the project, Costco may receive
up to $3,600,000 in annual tax
reimbursement payments
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Crane Sushi Japanese Cuisine
17 W. Main St.
(Not a City/Agency project)
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CVS/pharmacy & Chase Bank
808-816 E. Main Street
(Not a City/Agency Project)
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Diner on Main
201 West Main Street
- Purchased in 2004 for $850,000
- Agency provided tenant improvement
assistance to improve & remodel
building for 50s-style American diner
- Project Completed: 2003
- Restaurant Entrepreneurs:
David Yost & Randy Hoffman
- Agency Assistance: $364,000
- Estimated Jobs Created: 20
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Empire Financial Center
Commercial Development
Valley & Chapel
- 55,011 sq. ft. building leased by
East-West Bank as main tenant
- Building permit valuation:
$5,906,448
- Not a City/Agency Project
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Fremont Plaza
SE Corner Fremont & Commonwealth
- Former Sears building
- Agency-owned & rehabilitated
- Agency secured/manages tenants:
Taco Bell; El Pollo Loco, Toys'R'Us/
Babies'R'Us; Petsmart; Party City
- Project Cost: $5,300,000 including
land acquisition (Sect. 108 financing)
- Property Valuation: $18.5 million
- Lease Revenue to Agency: $1.2
million per year + maintenance fees
- Received "John J. Gunther Blue
Ribbon Practices in Community
Development" Award
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Fronteras Mexican Restaurant
111 West Main Street
- Agency invited Alhambra restaurant
entrepreneurs Richard Valenzuela &
Alfred Campano to open a Mexican
restaurant in the Downtown.
- Features Mexican cuisine, happy
hour, evening dancing, entertainment
- Project Completed: 2006
- Agency Assistance: $275,000 for
tenant improvements
- Estimated Jobs Created: 20
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Havana House
133 W. Main St.
- Vacant for nearly 6 years
- Property owner received agency
assistance for tenant improvements
and facade enhancements.
- Space leased to Havana House,
a cigar lounge offering live
entertainment
- Project Completed: 2001
- Entrepreneurs:
Richard Valenzuela & Alfred Campano
- Estimated Jobs Created: 15
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Home Depot
500 S. Marengo Ave.
- Project Completed: 1994
- Agency recruited tenant
and expedited processing of plans
- Estimated Jobs Created: 300
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Kohl's Dept. Store
1201 S. Fremont Ave.
- Agency entered into an Owner
Particpation Agreement with Kohl's
Dept. Stores, Inc., to provide financial
assistance to offset acquisition and
construction costs. The Ratkovich
Co. sold 4 acres to Kohl's. The
remaining acreage was developed
with complimentary retail shops.
- Project Completed: 2005
- Agency Assistance: $1,000,000
- Estimated Jobs Created: 200
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L.A. Fitness Facility at
The Alhambra Complex
on Fremont Avenue
- Agency/developer created
public/private partnership in
early 1990s to create a vibrant
urban community and business
park with supporting commercial
development.
- Plans approved In 2009 for a
mixed-use development to include
311 condominiums
- L.A. Fitness Completed: 2009
- Estimated Jobs Created: 20
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Lovebird's Cafe & Bakery
10 South First Street
- Agency recruited business and
provided financial assistance to pay
for a portion of the costs to remodel
and upgrade a former bank building
- Completed: 1998
- Restaurant Entrepreneur: Cindy Kim
- Agency Assistance: $48,713 for
tenant improvements
- Estimated Jobs Created: 14
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Mosaic Lizard Theater
112 & 116 W. Main Street
- 50-seat live performance theater
featuring evening & matinee
performances and workshops
- Project Completion: January 2011
- Agency provided $138,000 from
Arts in Public Places Fund for
tenant improvements plus
$1.00 per year rent, 2010-2015
- Rent Revenue to Agency: $150,120
from commencement of significant
rent (2015-2020)
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Mahan Indian Restaurant
110 W. Main St.
- Agency assisted with relocation
and provided $200,000 for
tenant improvements to Agency-
owned building, including installation
of specialized kitchen equipment
- Completion: January 2009
- Restaurant Entrepreneur:
Manjit Singh
- Estimated Jobs Retained: 8
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Main Street Plaza
701-725 East Main Street
- Agency provided $250,000 for
building renovation
- Tenants: Smart and Final, Quizno's
Subs, Little Caesar's Pizza & others
- Project Completion: 1998
- Original Developer:
KMI Real Estate Group
- Current Owner: G&R LLC
- Estimated Jobs Created: 60
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Medical Office Condominiums
723 North Garfield(Not a City/Agency Project) |
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Medium Rare+
Casual Steakhouse
39 West Main Street
- Agency provided $113,000 for
tenant improvements
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New Century BMW
Northwest Corner of
Main & Atlantic
- Agency provided $239,724 over
20 years towards a new
150,000 SF state-of the-art BMW
dealership, relocated to the
gateway of Auto Row
- Project Completed: Fall 2006
- Estimated Jobs Created: 90
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Pacific Orthopedic Center
Medical Offices
701 S. Garfield Ave.
- $7 million project is comprised of
offices for orthopedic medicine
and surgery.
- Not a City/Agency Project
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Perfectly Sweet
Fine Desserts & Coffee
126 West Main Street
- Agency recruited bakery for Agency-
owned property. Entrepreneur crafts
homemade pastries and desserts for
retail/wholesale customers
- Project Completed: 1998
- Agency Assistance: $158,000 for
tenant improvements
- Rent to Agency: $29,040 per year
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Plaza on Main
NE Corner of Main & Fourth St.
- 2000 CRA Award & HUD J. Gunther
Blue Ribbon Award
- Mixed-use development: 110
senior apartments, Denny's
Restaurant and 3,600 SF of retail
- Project Completed: 1999
- Developer: EMC Financial Corp.
- Agency provided housing tax
credits, tax-exempt housing bonds,
and $1,875,000 of Redevelopment
Housing Funds
- Estimated Jobs Created: 30
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Ross Dress-For-Less
201 East Main Street
- Rehabilitated and leased to
Ross-Dress-For-Less after having
been vacant for 15+ years
- Project Completed: 2000
- Agency recruited tenant and
provided $433,000 for tenant
improvements
- Estimated Jobs Created: 35
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Savon Drug Store (Now CVS)
Southeast Corner of
Valley & Atlantic
(Not a City/Agency Project)
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Senor Fish
115 West Main Street
- Agency recruited a fish taqueria
serving healthy Mexican food,
providing $110,000 for tenant
improvements as an incentive to
offset remodeling costs of a
deteriorated building
- Project Completed: 1998
- Restaurant Entrepreneurs:
Enrique Ramirez and Don Tahara
- Estimated Jobs Created: 7
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Shanghai Commercial Bank Ltd.
Valley & Chapel
- 12,500 sq. ft. facility
- Building permit valuation:
$1,068,125
- Not a City/Agency Project)
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Shops at the Alhambra
Fremont & Mission
- $10 million retail center
- 17,750 SF of space leased to
Starbucks, Jamba Juice, Subway,
Just Grillin', Pick Up Stix and Nextel
- Not a City/Agency Project
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Starbuck's / Coldstone Creamery /Shaka's Hawaiian Cuisine, 101 West Main Street
- Agency leased building for 20+
years, recruited 3 tenants, made
tenant improvements and
subleased premises to the tenants
- Project Completed: 1996
- Total Business Assistance: $136,000
- Tenants: Starbuck's Coffee,
Coldstone Creamery and Shaka's
Hawaiian Cuisine
- Annual ARA Lease on Building:
$48,612 paid to property
- ARA Collection of Rent: $112,402
- Estimated Jobs Created: 17
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Subway
116 West Main Street
- Agency assisted with relocation/
lease of Agency-owned property,
providing $89,500 in tenant
improvements applied as a credit
towards rent payments. Provided
$30,000 for upgrades to the HVAC
& electrical, and installation of a
new grease interceptor.
- Project Completed: 2009
- Estimated Jobs Retained: 8
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Target Store
2120 West Main Street
- Renovation/expansion included
new grocery component.
- Value of upgrades: $5.67 million
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The Boiling Crab
33 West Main Street
- Agency provided $350,000 in tenant
and facade improvements to previous
tenant.
- Agency facilitated placement of The
Boiling Crab on Main Street
- Specialty: Cajun-style seafood
- Second location in Alhambra
- Entrepreneurs: Vong and Le Mekdara
- Estimated Jobs Created: 8
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The Granada
17 S. First St.
- Agency provided $350,000 to
improve and remodel 15,000 SF
building with a dance studio, dance
club and Portuguese fusion
restaurant
- Project Completed: 2004
- Estimated Jobs Created: 10
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CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
68 West Main Street
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Toy's'R'Us/Babies'R'Us
2500 W. Commonwealth Ave.
- Agency amended/extended original
Toys'R'Us lease and provided
allowance for improvements for
addition of Babies'R'Us tenancy
- Project Completed: 2010
- Agency/Landlord Assistance:
$500,000 for tenant improvements
- Rent Revenue to Agency: Increased
rent from $408,375 to $492,111 per
year commencing Sept. 1, 2010 and
ending Jan. 31, 2011, increasing
every 5 years until lease expiration
in 2037
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Valley Boulevard
Retail Commercial Project
800 E. Valley Blvd.
(Not a City/Agency Project)
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Vino at Trio's
10 N. First St.
- Wine tasting/retail lounge (est. 950 SF)
- Assistance: $50,000 for tenant
improvements, including upgrading
exterior facade, new signage and
awnings, window treatments, wine
racks, sound system and security.
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Walgreens Pharmacy
Main Street at Fremont Ave.
(Not a City/Agency Project)
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Zen Terrace Condominiums
Commonwealth Ave. &
Atlantic Blvd.
(Not a City/Agency Project)
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