Economic Development Sites

 

Wilmington Industrial Park, Block 27

Block 27 PhotoThis site was transferred from the former CRA and is located on a 232 acre industrial development in the Wilmington area of the City, known as the Wilmington Industrial Park (WIP). The WIP was declared a Brownfields Demonstration Site by the Los Angeles City Council in July of 2000 in recognition of the need for collaboration among City departments and in addressing the large number of brownfields sites in the Park. The WIP has both great potential for redevelopment and substantial barriers. It is well located, close to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with easy access to three freeways and direct connections to rail lines. The City of Los Angeles Brownfields Program (Program) completed the site investigation to characterize and delineate the existing petroleum contamination from previous industrial uses. The site was previously used as a marine salvage business. The Program worked with State Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to complete cleanup with additional funding from the State Water Board.


Goodyear Tract

The Goodyear Tract is a 208-acre industrial area located in South Central Los Angeles near the Alameda Corridor. This area is occupied by 325 small industrial businesses, with many small vacant properties and surrounded by residential neighborhoods. A portion of the site was the historic home of the Goodyear factory that closed in 1979. Past manufacturing and industrial uses and the presence of railroad tracks behind the buildings, previously used for bulk loading and unloading of chemical compounds, have raised questions about possible soil contamination. The Brownfields Program conducted environmental site assessments on properties proposed for redevelopment and applied for grant funds to clean up contaminated sites.

Avalon Park Plaza

Avalon Park Plaza is an industrial complex located at 6800 Avalon Boulevard within the Goodyear Track. Brownfields Program completed the Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments (ESAs) at this site and applied for the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) Targeted Site Investigation (TSI) grant for additional site investigations.

Blossom Plaza

success stories 33Blossom Plaza is an approximately 83,000 square foot, irregularly shaped parcel located in a retail and commercial area of the Los Angeles Chinatown District, adjacent to the Metro Gold Line Chinatown Light Rail Station. The site was originally (1880’s) improved with a commercial structure (used as a store, hotel, and restaurant), and residential structures. From approximately 1930 - 1960, the southeastern corner of the site was occupied by a gasoline service station and auto greasing/tire shop. Four USTs used by the gas station were removed in the 1950’s. A rail spur may have existed on-site to serve historical commercial uses. The remaining portions of the site were occupied by parking lots. The site is currently improved with an unoccupied, one-story restaurant building and asphalt-paved parking lots that are operated as pay lots.

The site was originally owned by the City of Los Angeles. It was sold in 2007 and later went into foreclosure. The City of Los Angeles reacquired the site in 2010 when it purchased the property out of foreclosure proceedings.

The site is primarily impacted by petroleum hydrocarbons and VOCs in groundwater beneath the site which are not attributed to former site activities, and naturally occurring hydrogen sulfide and methane in soil gas, associated with the site's location within the boundaries of the City of Los Angeles Methane Zone. The site has been extensively characterized, including three ASTM compliant Phase I environmental site assessments (ESAs) in 1999, 2008 and 2013 and five Phase II ESAs in 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, and 2013. Additionally, an aquifer testing and dewatering report was prepared for the site in 2005. Environmental documents prepared for the Site are publicly available on the Department of Toxic Substances Envirostor Database (Case #: 60001902).

A mixed-use development was completed in spring 2016. The development includes 237 apartments and 20,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space directly adjacent to the Metro Gold Line Chinatown Light Rail Station. For more information about the redevelopment of this site: https://urbanize.la/post/blossom-plaza-takes-form-chinatown

 Blossom Plaza Chinatown collage