Carson’s six-decade dream of redeveloping a 157-acre former landfill into a bustling hub of commerce and housing has hit another significant snag, with a yearslong and frequently tumultuous partnership between the city and a developer collapsing this week – putting plans for a luxury outlet mall in doubt. In its wake, a once-settled feud between the developer and Carson has resurfaced, with both sides exchanging new and old accusations, and threats of legal action. Developer Cam-Carson, a joint venture between Macerich and Simon Property Group – the latter of which operates dozens of malls in California, including Torrance’s Del Amo Fashion Center – informed Carson that it was pulling out of the project in a Monday, June 3, letter, which the Southern California News Group obtained.
This latest dispute, according to both Cam-Carson and city officials, centers around whether the developer should start paying certain operational and management costs for the 9 acres that would become the luxury outlet mall. The result, it seems, is that the project is once again in question, though city officials said they remain committed to the project. “We remain dedicated to the revitalization of our city,” Mayor Lulu Davis-Holmes said in an interview this week, “and will continue to work towards solutions that benefit our residents and the community at large.
” The 157-acre landfill site in the City of Carson, one of the largest undeveloped parcels in LA County. Del Amo Blvd.
