🌱 How 159 new condos could transform a vacant Monterey Park office campus
Monterey Park, California Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning to you Monterey Park! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How 159 new condos could transform a vacant Monterey Park office campus
- What questions will Monterey Park residents ask about Flock cameras tonight?
- Why Monterey Park’s new townhomes buck the usual office-conversion trend
Today's riddle: Why was the pony eating cough drops? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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📰 News we're reading
1. Olson buys Monterey Park office campus as condo conversion plans materialize (therealdeal.com) — A long-vacant Monterey Park medical office campus at Potrero Grande Drive and Saturn Street has been sold to The Olson Company, which plans 159 new condos including affordable and live-work units. The project, already presented to the City Council, would replace the existing buildings with townhomes, shared open space, and a community coworking building, adding much-needed housing in the city. 
2. Monterey Park residents express concerns about Flock cameras, privacy at community meeting (abc7.com) — Monterey Park residents are being invited to a community meeting about the city’s use of Flock automated license plate reader cameras, which have operated locally since 2020. Police and company representatives aim to address privacy and civil-liberties concerns as some agencies, including LAPD, reconsider or end their contracts with the surveillance technology.
3. Two Coasts, Two Very Different Answers to "What Do We Do With Empty Office Space?" (realtytoday.com) — Monterey Park is spotlighted as The Olson Co. prepares to demolish a vacant medical office campus and build the 159-unit Potrero Grande & Atlas townhome community with some affordable and live-work units. The piece contrasts this ground-up approach with New York’s complex high-rise office-to-apartment conversions, showing how local land economics shape redevelopment strategies.
4. Welcome to the new digital divide (gzeromedia.com) — Monterey Park voters recently approved a full ban on new large AI data centers, putting the city at the forefront of a growing North American backlash over AI’s environmental impacts. The article compares that resistance with more enthusiastic views in Asia and Latin America, where AI is often seen as an economic opportunity rather than a threat to jobs or local resources.
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