The project that will determine much of San Bernardino’s economic future is unofficially on hold, and it may stay that way for a while.
That is, how to develop the 43-acre site that was home to the Carousel Mall for more than 50 years, before it became a symbol of the decline of San Bernardino’s downtown.
San Bernardino officials have made it clear that they want office, residential, and retail built on the parcel immediately east of Interstate 215. They believe that a mixed-use development of that kind will draw people downtown to work and shop, something that hasn’t happened in years…