Marlton Square

Neighborhood of Los Angeles in California, United States

Marlton Square

Neighborhood of Los Angeles

Country| United States
State| California
County| Los Angeles
City| Los Angeles
Time zone| Pacific
Area code| 323

Marlton Square is a one-block medical facility, retail and residential portion of Marlton Ave, located in the Baldwin Village neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California.[1][2] It is bordered by Martin Luther King Jr Blvd on the north, Marlton Ave on the east, Santa Rosalia Dr on the south, Angeles Vista Blvd on the southeast, Thrive Dr. on the southwest and Buckingham Road on the west. Across from the medical facility is the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, a shopping mall.

## History

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Marlton Square was created and built in the early 1950s as a retail strip mall. It was then known as Santa Barbara Plaza due do the fact it was on Santa Barbara Avenue before it was changed to Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

In 2003, local developers broke ground in the first phase of the 22-acre (89,000 m2) Marlton Square redevelopment project. This phase involved constructing the Buckingham Place Senior Retirement Community project, a 180-unit apartment complex, that is adjacent to the Baldwin Villa Plaza senior housing complex and shopping mall. The project was scheduled to be completed in spring of 2004. Several million dollars of public and private funding were awarded to the project.[3][4] Although the redevelopment project began with concerns of political favoritism, it was billed as "the catalytic project for the Baldwin Hills, Crenshaw communities", and a lynchpin development project for the entire area.[5]

While initially promising, financial difficulties and other problems quickly beset the project. Capital Vision Equities' first check to the city bounced in 2001[6] and the testimony of whistle-blowers lead to an audit by the Ethics Commission early on in the project.[7] Ultimately these problems overwhelmed the developer, and amid complaints of mismanagement the redevelopment of Marlton Square has stalled in bankruptcy. Several other agencies have been involved with the development project, including Keyshawn Capital Development, which is owned and operated by former NFL wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson. The old retail stores were demolished in May 2011 to make way for future development.

By the end of 2009 Buckingham Place was largely finished but had remained unopened due to bankruptcy. In early 2012 Buckingham Place housing complex opened.[8]

A 100,000-square-foot Kaiser Permanente medical facility office building (9,300 m2) opened on September 7, 2017. The facility has a two-mile walking path and outdoor plaza.[9] A new shopping center complex along with new restaurants and retail stores are also being planned to be built by private developers.[10] In 2022, the city request for proposals process selected Hudson Pacific Properties to enter into an exclusive negotiation agreement.[11]

## Transportation

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The Martin Luther King Jr. station provides access to the Kaiser Permanente medical facility, the Crenshaw Medical Arts Centre clinic office building and the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza via the K Line.[12]

## References

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1. ^ "Public investment to support $125 million mixed-use project in south LA". National Real Estate Investor. August 7, 2002.
2. ^ "Marlton Square". August 14, 2008.
3. ^ [1][dead link‍]
4. ^ "$43.5 MIillion Development Deal OK'd.(News) - Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)". November 2, 2012. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
5. ^ McGreevy, Patrick; Shuster, Beth (November 15, 2002). "$123-Million Crenshaw Project Goes to Council". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
6. ^ "Finances of Los Angeles-Area Project's Developer Come under Scrutiny. - Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News". November 2, 2012. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
7. ^ "South L.A. Project Raising Eyebrows (News) - Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)". November 2, 2012. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
8. ^ ECWANDC (March 3, 2008). "Marlton Square - We deserve better!". Archived from the original on December 20, 2021 - via YouTube.
9. ^ Jennings, Angel (October 20, 2015). "Long-stalled Marlton Square project makes a move forward". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
10. ^ Sharp, Steven (January 20, 2017). "Marlton square mall". Urbanize LA. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
11. ^ Sharp, Steven (December 6, 2022). "Hudson Pacific Properties slated to redevelop Marlton Square property in Baldwin Hills". Urbanize LA. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
12. ^ "Baldwin Hills is Up for a Makeover". www.thenewsfunnel.com. Retrieved June 5, 2017.

## External links

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* In 2010, Leimert Park Beat: The Soul of Los Angeles partnered with Intersections South LA Report and Spot.us to create the definitive report on the Marlton Square/Santa Barbara Plaza fiasco.

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