Article: Bakewell Brokers 'Deal of Decade': May Be Biggest Deal of Its Kind by

Ron Dungee
Los Angeles Sentinel
09-06-1995
Bakewell Brokers `Deal of Decade': May Be Biggest Deal of Its Kind by. Black Owned Firm

The Compton Commercial Development Corporation (CCDC), headed by Danny Bakewell and his partner Lonnie Bunkley, have just completed what is estimated to be a $100-million deal to purchase the Hawthorne Mall. During negotiations, Bakewell displayed the business acumen that has brought his firm to the forefront of real estate development in Southern California. Acquisition of the nearly a million square-foot Hawthorne Mall is believed to be the largest deal of its kind ever negotiated by an African American firm, and elevates the Bakewell group another level in ...

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