Real Estate
Jul. 29, 2003
Los Angeles County's Final Growth Frontier
BY MARCI WORMSER Special to the CREJ In Southern California's more familiar environment of high land costs limiting development, it is hard to imagine anyone giving land away for free.
BY MARCI WORMSER
Special to the CREJ
In Southern California's more familiar environment of high land costs limiting development, it is hard to imagine anyone giving land away for free.
But that's exactly what happened in Palmdale, a city in northern Los Angeles County.
The tactic, which was used to attract a Trader Joe's to the desert community, is just one of the aggressive approaches local officials have taken to ensure the region's future...
Special to the CREJ
In Southern California's more familiar environment of high land costs limiting development, it is hard to imagine anyone giving land away for free.
But that's exactly what happened in Palmdale, a city in northern Los Angeles County.
The tactic, which was used to attract a Trader Joe's to the desert community, is just one of the aggressive approaches local officials have taken to ensure the region's future...