By Jim Tortolano While 2021 wasn’t a spectacular year for “sticks in the ground” of development in Garden Grove, the year nearly gone has teed up a lot of long-awaited projects to […]
’22: The year it finally happens?
Cottages may bloom, after all
Barack Obama was still president. The Rams had just moved back to Los Angeles and were playing before big crowds at the ancient Coliseum. No one had heard of COVID and TikTok […]
“Rusty skeleton” construction underway
If the steel-framed project begun in 2004 on Garden Grove Boulevard was a teenage kid, it would almost be ready to get its drivers’ license. But the Galleria, as the development was […]
“Boutique” motel gets planners’ OK
Plans for a “boutique” motel for the city’s downtown area got the green light from the Garden Grove Planning Commission Thursday night. The members of the panel voted 6-1 – with Man […]
Motel seen for downtown “Art Block”
The downtown area could be seeing its first motel under a proposal to be taken up by the Garden Grove Planning Commission when it meets on Thursday, Dec. 5. Cottage Industries, LLC […]
Good news on “rusty skeleton,” Pavilion
By Jim Tortolano If the words “rusty skeleton” and “Pavilions” raise your blood pressure because of the long delays in moving either of those projects from eyesore to attraction, there’s good news […]
We are what you eat, it appears
Here’s one of the guilty secrets of journalism. The greatest demand for “news” isn’t about earth-shaking political events or scientific breakthroughs. It’s food. In fact, in the 2.5 years since The Tribune […]
Sources: “Rusty skeleton,” Willowick, etc.
Editor’s note: What could more of a Usually Reliable Source than the expert? There’s a lot of interest in projects in our cities and the status of each. In this installment of […]
Cottage, Galleria projects win approval
By Jim Tortolano Two major projects won approval from the Garden Grove Planning Commission Wednesday night, as planners voted in favor of the Cottage Industries development in the downtown-civic center area as […]
Cottages, “skeleton” go to planners
Two long-awaited and potentially transformative projects will move to the starting line at Thursday’s meeting of the Garden Grove Planning Commission. Planners will be asked to approve a site plan and three […]
