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Downtown vs. The Railyards?
Friday, January 11, 2008
It was Thoreau who said that "the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." Downtown property owner Moe Mohanna's desperation, however, is a bit louder. The Sacramento Business Journal's Michael Shaw reported that Mohanna has--through partners and interested parties—sued the City of Sacramento and Railyards developer Thomas Enterprises, "objecting to the entitlement approvals for The Railyards and claiming the project will hurt downtown businesses."
The suit, filed Wednesday in Sacramento County Superior Court, makes broad claims that the project's environmental impact report doesn't address the effect on existing retail locations like K Street, where Mohanna owns properties. The landlord and the city are locked in a battle over those properties.
Although entitlements granted to The Railyards include housing, office buildings and entertainment venues, the suit claims the project is "nothing but a huge, new 1.1 million-square-foot regional shopping mall."
That's one way to make friends and influence people, but Mohanna begins to look less like he's standing up for the rights of the little guy and more like a toddler throwing a temper-tantrum.
Labels: Central, Downtown, Moe Mohanna, Railyards, River District, Sacramento, Sacramento Business Journal, Thomas Enterprises
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