Development
Hotels, housing and big dirt: who builds what in Palm Springs, and who decides.
Demolition begins at the Town & Country Center, clearing the way for Palm Springs' new downtown fire station
Excavators are tearing down part of the historic complex where the city plans its replacement Fire Station No. 1, three months after the council approved a $4 million acquisition and the preservation board signed off on removing two buildings.
October 1 arrives with the Dream Hotel restart in doubt
The amended city agreement set today as the date construction would resume on the long-stalled downtown project. Two prior milestones are already missed, and a financing deadline has arrived unresolved.
Agua Caliente purchase of half the Bel Air Greens site stalls the city's housing review
The tribe bought about half of the closed 35-acre golf course in April, The Desert Sun reported, placing it in tribal trust and outside city review. The Planning Commission dropped the 74-home proposal from its September 22 agenda.
Long-delayed Dream Hotel misses another deadline, and the city is done waiting quietly
The hotel project near the Convention Center has burned through years of extensions. This month the city placed the developer in default of its agreement.
Council approves $3 million commitment for affordable senior housing
Wakeland Housing's Calle Rolph Village would bring 72 income-restricted homes for older residents to church-owned land near East Alejo Road.
Decision on tribal-land warehouse complex near Highway 111 pushed to fall
The Desert Mountain View business park would put nearly 3 million square feet of warehouses on tribal land. A planned June joint meeting was postponed; the tribe has the final say.
Nine months after the State of the City, Palm Springs has a new mayor, a retiring manager and three seats on the ballot
Ron deHarte's December address promised a city moving forward. Since then, the leadership has turned over and the open files have piled up.