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How a sleepy office park came to be on prime real estate in Monterey.
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How a sleepy office park came to be on prime real estate in Monterey.

  • David Schmalz
  • Nov 2, 2025

David Schmalz here. This week’s cover story is about a place right in the middle of it all, yet it somehow seems invisible.

The story of a failed shopping mall on Monterey’s waterfront held promise in the past, and holds potential in the future.
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The story of a failed shopping mall on Monterey’s waterfront held promise in the past, and holds potential in the future.

  • David Schmalz
  • Oct 30, 2025

HERITAGE HARBOR WAS THE TALK OF THE TOWN WHEN IT WAS BEING BUILT IN 1978, the last remaining puzzle piece of the City of Monterey’s redevelopm…

Potential pitfalls remain for Seaside’s Campus Town project, but it could still break ground next year.
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Potential pitfalls remain for Seaside’s Campus Town project, but it could still break ground next year.

  • David Schmalz
  • Sep 23, 2021

For more than 20 years, the northern border of Seaside has looked like a ghost town, where dilapidated buildings from the former Fort Ord cont…

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Broadway Avenue in Seaside now open to traffic in both directions as $7M infrastructure project wraps

  • James Herrera
  • Updated Aug 30, 2019

Seaside >> The $7 million dollar West Broadway Urban Village infrastructure project is wrapping up and Broadway Avenue is now open in bo…

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Seaside's West Broadway Urban Village infrastructure project nears completion to the relief of existing businesses

  • James Herrera
  • Updated Aug 30, 2019

Seaside >> As work continues on the West Broadway Urban Village infrastructure project on Broadway Avenue in Seaside, the city remains o…

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Meeting for Alisal revitalization set for Thursday

  • Claudia Meléndez Salinas
  • Updated Aug 30, 2019

SALINAS >> There are some elements of the Alisal that Miguel Alcal#xe1; would like to see changed. He wants more street lighting, better…

As downtown falters, developer envisions New Monterey as future economic hub.
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As downtown falters, developer envisions New Monterey as future economic hub.

  • Sara Rubin
  • May 30, 2013

Developer Carl Outzen was somewhat startled to by a mundane scene: a kitchen table with a coffee mug and newspaper set out. “It looked like so…

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