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# Offers made on Main Street development
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/offers-made-on-main-street-development/
- Published: 2003-04-21T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:05:14.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Real Estate & Housing, Main St, #archive-import

*Union talks entering sixth week*

*By Property owner Jacobs reviewing bids BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON Daily Press Staff Writer*

One of the last undeveloped pieces of Main Street could soon be in the hands of a new owner.

Developer Howard Jacobs, who owns property on the north end of Main Street that has been approved for a residential and commercial complex, is reviewing several offers from developers.

Jacobs put the property up for sale for $27 million in November.

“There are a number of offers and he is contemplating which direction to go,” said Ron Harris, Jacob’s real estate broker. “Virtually all of the offers are from local, Los Angeles players.”

The development site occupies the entire block between Neilson Way and Main Street, and Bay Street and Bicknell Avenue, as well as another parcel across the street. The larger site, on the west side of Main Street, was the former location of the Pioneer Boulangerie Bakery.

Jacobs, who is suing the city Members of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice said they called the vigil because they were worried about the quality of assisted living at the 150-resident home and the subpar wages paid to workers.

> “Staff workers at Oceanview lack honesty and compassion.” — –LORRAINE PARNES Wife of resident

“Ultimately it comes back to the patient,” Rev. William Jarvis Johnson said last month. “We believe that if workers are treated fairly, then the patients will get better care.”

The vigil was canceled at the last minute when the company agreed to talk to the union.

In a press release sent out before the vigil was called off, CLUE publicized Oceanview’s history of “patient care deficiencies.” On Feb. 27, Oceanview was fined $12,000 by the L.A. County Department of Health Services for negligence and abuse of a resident, the press release said.

Golden State Health Centers spokesman Dan Durazo acknowledged there had been a recent incident but said patients at Oceanview receive the best care possible.

In January, a certified nursing assistant “willfully disregarded” instructions to use a hoyer lift to transfer a patient, he said. The patient was injured, but received immediate medical care and the nurse was fired, Durazo said.

Oceanview is appealing the citation filed by the Department of Health Services in relation to the mishap, Durazo said.

ADepartment of Health Services spokeswoman said she could not comment Tuesday on specific citations, but confirmed Oceanview has received complaints.

She also said the agency investigated the site and issued citations for violations of state code but that all complaints had been corrected and no issues were currently outstanding.

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*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 21, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/042103.pdf?ref=smdp.com)