City hopes to start revival at Carousel

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long ignored
Editor’s note: This is part two of a four-part series. Over
the past year, staff writer Mason Stockstill has conducted
dozens of interviews, reviewed thousands of pages of
documents and visited the California Institution for Men
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Plans recently filed with city developers would transform
the 43-acre Carousel Mall into the centerpiece for a
wider downtown revival. The project would bring some
1,800 residents into as many as 750 residential units.
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When Correctional Officer Shayne Allyn
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California Institution for Men in Chino, it
wasn’t the first time he’d been accused of misconduct.
But it was the first time he faced any consequences.
Ziska was convicted in February by a U.S.
District Court judge on charges of conspiracy,
civil-rights violations and violent crime in aid
of racketeering. He was sentenced last month
to 17 years in federal prison.
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Ziska allowed inmates associated with the
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Seal Beach-based developer James Watson sees
upscale residential and mixed-use properties in his plan
for San Bernardino’s new downtown. The project includes 120,000 square feet of retail space, and would
house 1,800 residents at the site of what is now
Carousel Mall.
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City hopes to start
revival at Carousel
By Jim Steinberg | Business Editor
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t’s early morning and the light is still soft. The sound of cascading
water provides an urban escape. Two men pass each other on the sidewalk by the rushing water. One, in his late 20s, is an accountant walking to pick up a train to downtown Los Angeles.
The other, in his early 60s, is walking into a nearby clothing store he
owns.
In this hypothetical scenario for tomorrow, both have rejected the vision
of a house with a big yard. They are living their dream in downtown San
Bernardino.
Plans recently filed with city developers
would transform the 43-acre Carousel Mall
into the centerpiece for a much wider revival.
The project, tentatively called Court
Street West, envisions fountains and a meandering stream running through much of
the project. There will be a gazebo surrounded by water with pedestrian bridges
crossing over to it.
City streets would punch through the
mall, opening it up.
It will bring some 1,800 upscale residents
into as many as 750 residential units.
The project comes at a time when rising
crime is at the forefront of public discussion
in San Bernardino, where there have been
34 homicides this year.
Seal Beach-based developer James Watson, who has upscale residential projects in
northern San Bernardino and is planning
town houses near Carousel Mall, said “it
will take a minimum of 500 middle-class
homeowners in downtown San Bernardino
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to make a notable difference” in the social
and economic landscape.
Jim Morris, Mayor Pat Morris’ son and
chief of staff, said “We are excited about the
vision laid out here. It is the product of a developer listening to the city and a developer
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