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A Plan To Make You Puke: They Want To Put A Costco At Westfield’s “The Village”

Written by Girard on November 1, 2009 - 6 Comments
Categories: Development, In The News, Local Businesses

In an article which to me feels like they are putting out feelers to see what the community reaction will be, the Daily News puts forth a piece which details pending negotiations between Costco and Westfield to bring a Costco to the southeast corner of Victory and Topanga.

I suggest all Woodland Hills residents read this article closely.  The Village is supposed to be nice.  I think Costco is great, but the reality is that Warner Center is not the place for the disgusting mess that Costco creates.  One only need to look to the Costco in Canoga Park to see an example of the blight that Costco allows to run rampant.
Councilman Dennis Zine is quoted in the article:

Zine conceded there could be community opposition to building one of the popular stores at what is already a busy intersection.

I believe that is a red herring, in that yes the intersection is already absolutely a disgusting traffic nightmare for North/South traffic, but it’s far from the compelling reason to not allow the development of a Costco at the site.  Westfield will no doubt already have to address traffic concerns with the city whatever they end up building there.

They also mention in the article that there are a few alternate locations in mind:

Potential sites also included the Catalina Yacht factory and the Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne property at the southeast and northwest corners of Canoga Avenue and Victory Boulevard, respectively.

It is my honest belief that a big box warehouse store at Topanga and Victory would be a major step backwards for our community.  The Catalina factory property would be a better choice, in my opinion, in that it is adjacent to the relatively buried Home Depot.

I am actually a big fan of Westfield, but I was disgusted when I read this.  See the Daily News article here.

I’d really like you to post your comments on this one.  If I’m out of line in my objections, let me know.

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