In an effort to save the proposed Paseo Nuevo redevelopment from collapsing, the city of Santa Barbara has decided not to give away a portion of land underneath the Nordstrom building, the site of a separate proposed 112-unit housing project.
Hours after a Noozhawk report about the controversial redevelopment of the mall, City Administrator Kelly McAdoo removed one key element that was snarling the deal.
“We ended up removing the transfer of the parcel of the Nordstrom building,” McAdoo said Monday. “There is still is negotiation that has to happen. This just preserves the negotiation about the Nordstrom parcel at a later date.”…