CVAR is happy to welcome members to the July Grand Re-opening of our three offices! Beginning today, July 12, we’re offering riders on sale for 10% off (good throughout July) and special gift bags (with purchase or new member joining) while supplies last, at all 3 locations! On Friday, July 16, CVAR will host Shred […]
Cities Report Dec. ’19-Jan. ’20
Compiled by Bill Ruh, CVAR Government Affairs Director AZUSA Avison Young announced the $7.5 million sale of Rockvale Apartments, a 34-unit, multifamily property located at 333 N. Rockvale Ave., Azusa. Avison Young’s Irvine office represented the seller, a private company with offices in Covina, as well as the buyer, a private investor group based in […]
August Cities Report
Compiled by Bill Ruh CVAR Director of Government Affairs CVAR REGION Twelve-million people rode Metrolink in 2018, making this the highest annual ridership ever, the commuter rail agency announced in August. With the expansion of the Gold Line, those numbers are likely to grow. A contract was decided for the design-build part of the Gold […]
Cities Report – June 2019
AZUSA OneLegacy will relocate its corporate office from downtown Los Angeles to a new 4.45-acre property it has acquired in Azusa, at 1303 Optical Drive. The Azusa property currently contains a 98,000-square-foot, three-story commercial building, which OneLegacy intends to update to accommodate its administrative, foundation and clinical operational needs. Upgrades of lighting, glazing and HVAC systems […]
May 2019 Cities Report
Compiled by Bill Ruh, CVAR Director of Government Affairs CHINO SharpLine Commercial Partners, a full-service boutique commercial real estate brokerage firm, has completed the $4.35 million acquisition of a 23,285-square-foot industrial building located on 1.84 acres at 15142 Vista Del Rio Ave., Chino. The facility features approximately 6,300 square feet of office space, three ground-level […]
April 2019 Cities Report
Compiled by Bill Ruh, CVAR Director of Government Affairs AZUSA The Azusa Unified School District (AUSD) will consolidate and close two schools at the end of this school year as a result of declining enrollment. Both Mountain View and Gladstone elementary schools are set to close their doors. District Superintendent Linda Kaminski said students should […]
Cities Report & Election
Statewide Results: Last Tuesday, about 39% of registered voters in California turned out to vote, 3 points below the last Gubernatorial election in 2014. The big news for the night was the defeat of Proposition 10, with 61.7% of voters rejecting the measure. If approved by the voters, Proposition 10 would have repealed the rent […]
Cities Report – Sept. 2018
REGIONAL The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority (Construction Authority) announced a milestone for the 12.3-mile, six-station rail extension from Glendora to Montclair on Sept. 12, as four shortlisted design-build teams vying for the Alignment Design-Build Contract submitted proposals. The four teams deemed most qualified and shortlisted to compete for the more than $700-million design-build contract […]
June 2018 – Cities Report
BALDWIN PARK Baldwin Park approved a 20-year development agreement for marijuana distributor Rukli Inc. The agreement was first described in a city staff report as a lifetime agreement for Rukli’s second location at 4150 Puente Ave., but city Community Development Director Gus Romo issued a corrected version that clarified the term for the agreement. The […]
Cities Report – May 2018
Compiled by Bill Ruh, CVAR Government Affairs Director BALDWIN PARK Baldwin Park is set to enter negotiations with a developer looking to build a warehouse on city-owned land that had been tentatively earmarked for affordable housing. The city council voted 3-2 to enter into an exclusive negotiating agreement with MG Development Group for the […]