Catellus Development Co

Few developers are better poised to take advantage of the state's booming economy than San Francisco-based Catellus Development Corp. The public company, created from the real estate holdings of the Santa Fe Pacific railroad, is one of the largest landowners in the Western United States. Its portfolio, most of which is in California, contains more than 20,000 residential lots and commercial land that will eventually accommodate about 50 million square feet of buildings.

Few developers are better poised to take advantage of the state's booming economy than San Francisco-based Catellus Development Corp. The public company, created from the real estate holdings of the Santa Fe Pacific railroad, is one of the largest landowners in the Western United States. Its portfolio, most of which is in California, contains more than 20,000 residential lots and commercial land that will eventually accommodate about 50 million square feet of buildings.

The southern half of the El Pueblo historic district in downtown Los Angeles has sat mainly empty and decaying for decades, as various restoration plans have collapsed. Tourists walking over from adjacent Olvera Street often wonder why the rare 19th-century buildings are off limits. Now, a new effort is underway to revive the seven city-owned buildings, known collectively as the Pico-Garnier block. The city is studying a proposal by the Catellus Development Corp.

The southern half of the El Pueblo historic district in downtown Los Angeles has sat mainly empty and decaying for decades, as various restoration plans have collapsed. Tourists walking over from adjacent Olvera Street often wonder why the rare 19th-century buildings are off limits. Now, a new effort is underway to revive the seven city-owned buildings, known collectively as the Pico-Garnier block. The city is studying a proposal by the Catellus Development Corp.

The history of Southern California's water supply is being told in a 200-foot mural painted by students at Woodrow Wilson High School in El Sereno. When the mural is completed in February, 56 painted wooden panels will be displayed on the fence around the Metropolitan Water District's future headquarters near Union Station. About half the panels are already displayed along Alameda Street at the south end of the station property.

The city's downtown redevelopment agency Friday approved a nine-story condominium project on a key site described by one agency director as "a little jewel." Centre City Development Corp., the governmental entity in charge of downtown revitalization, picked a development team led by Neil Senturia over one composed of Catellus Development Co., the renamed development entity of Santa Fe Pacific Realty Corp.

In a move that has drawn harsh criticism from homeowners, Mayor Tom Bradley has turned to two prominent City Hall insiders--who have lobbied for several of the city's most controversial real estate projects--to help him pick the next planning chief. The mayor's office confirmed Wednesday that real estate lawyer Dan Garcia and land planning consultant Norman Emerson were asked to participate in recent interviews with the five finalists.