Karen S. Kim
MEDIA DISTRICT NORTH -- Zelman Development Co. and five city officials
will participate in a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for the Burbank
Empire Center.
Mayor Bill Wiggins, council members Bob Kramer, David Laurell and
Stacey Murphy, and City Manager Bud Ovrom, as well as Zelman
representatives, will meet at 3 p.m. at the corner of Empire Avenue and
Lincoln Street for the event.
Construction crews already have begun preparing the land for
development.
Burbank Empire Center is bounded by Empire Avenue to the north, Buena
Vista Street to the west, the MetroLink rail tracks to the south and
Victory Place to the east.
The 103-acre, $250-million project involves a shopping center, office
buildings and hotels. The shopping center, which will include Target,
Krispy Kreme, Hometown Buffet and Costco Wholesale, is expected to be
completed by October. The 400,000-square-foot office park is expected to
open by the end of 2001. The two hotels are scheduled to open in early
2002.
