tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24294398.post3656014179421407082..comments2008-06-29T11:11:34.854-07:00grhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201891791568746231noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24294398.post-24466654497895841512008-06-29T10:23:00.000-07:002008-06-29T10:23:00.000-07:00"While non-Japanese landlords of Little Tokyo properties have become common, this sale of the large shopping mall on Alameda Street will lead to a cultural change: Korean businesses, including a grocery, spa and electronics store, will replace the current Japanese tenants, said Ryan Oh of Coldwell Banker, who brokered the deal for the new owners." - LA Business..Article<BR/><BR/>Too bad the Japanese tenants have to go. <BR/><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mall31-2008may31,0,1284077.story" REL="nofollow">LA Times Article</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.labusinessjournal.com/article.asp?aID=48408356.5072595.1634984.3314129.5761769.127&aID2=125759/" REL="nofollow">LA Business Article</A>P3http://www.blogger.com/profile/12538161625924915610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24294398.post-59133513204712822942008-06-28T22:40:00.000-07:002008-06-28T22:40:00.000-07:00Yeah, Little Tokyo is pretty much like San Francisco's Japan Town now. Koreans bought the New Otani. The Japanese Village Plaza was sold around the same time to another non-Japanese owner. And then I heard 3-D investment, the same people that bought the SF J-Town mall, bought the Little Tokyo Mall (The one that <BR/>has the parking garage above it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24294398.post-77156367516325388972008-06-28T13:36:00.000-07:002008-06-28T13:36:00.000-07:00This mall IS dying. Maybe it was a good thing the building has been sold to Korean American investors? <BR/><BR/>I'm optimistic even though the days of Godzilla statue in the Yaohan toy section are long gone. I miss the bowling.Inland Empiricalhttp://inlandempirical.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com