This story was originally published by The Frontline Observer
Where citrus orchards once thrived in the shadow of the San Bernardino Mountains, roughly one billion square feet of warehouses now sprawl across the vast, sunbaked landscape of the Inland Empire. As that number continues to grow, the West Campus Upper Plateau Project, spearheaded by the Lewis Group of Companies, illustrates the gravity of the issue.
For some, industrial and mixed-use developments represent economic progress. For others, these projects—often anchored by warehouses—are the very mechanisms that perpetuate the region’s harmful status quo…