Article: New Life for Inner-City Mall Project.(Brief Article)

Nine months after the collapse of Earvin "Magic" Johnson's attempt to redevelop the rundown Santa Barbara Plaza, another developer has stepped in with a new proposal, breathing life back into the five-year, inner-city revitalization effort.

Chris Hammond's Capital Vision Equities, which is redeveloping the nearby Chesterfield Square, has quietly assembled up to 80 percent of the properties in the Crenshaw-district plaza and is in negotiations with several potential anchor tenants.

He has also hired prominent architect Jon Jerde -- of Universal CityWalk and San Diego Horton Plaza fame -- to design the project.

Capital Vision intends to submit its ...

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