Southwest: Plaza Pacoima Shopping Center

LOCATION:	Los Angeles
SIZE:	25 acres.
SITE BACKGROUND:	Owned by Price Pfister Inc. (a subsidiary of Black and Decker Inc.), site was used as a factory for plumbing fixtures from the 1950s until 1996 when the factory was moved to Mexico, eliminating hundreds of jobs from the community. In 2001, Price Pfister moved remaining business operations off site, and the California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board identified the site as contaminated. Black and Decker began performing investigation and remediation activities, and in 2002 the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles identified site as a redevelopment priority.
COST:	$113.4 million. In 2003, the city’s Brownfields Program obtained $8.8 million in assistance from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, including a $1.4 million Brownfield Economic Development (BEDI) grant and $7.4 million Section 108 loan.
PARTNERS:	The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles; Los Angeles Community Development Department; U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development; California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control; Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board; Black And Decker Inc; Primestor Development Inc.; Lowes Home Centers, Inc; Pacoima Beautiful; and Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.
SYNOPSIS:	By late 2008, Black and Decker’s cleanup operations included the excavation and disposal of 23,000 cubic yards of soil and the installation and operation of a soil vapor extraction system. Additional risk assessments were performed to demonstrate that the site was safe for reuse. Installation of a groundwater treatment system, including skimmer pumps to remove free product from the subsurface, is planned for the future. In 2008 a development agreement was reached with the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles in which Primestor agreed to develop 209,000 square feet of retail space, including the first Costco in the city of Los Angeles since 1996, that will produce construction and permanent jobs and badly needed commercial services for the community. A public groundbreaking for the first phase of the development was held in January.

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