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The Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza locally known as the Crenshaw Mall is back on the market as of this week. Downtown Crenshaw announced that the agreement by LivWrk and DFH Partners to buy the mall had been terminated on December 11, putting the future of the sprawling plaza back into question.
The South LA mall’s purchase has been in a rocky state for a while now, in part due to the development company behind the bid and its connection with President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Previously, amidst a wave of activism, a community coalition had attempted to purchase the property and keep it in local control, but that multi-million-dollar big was rejected. Then in April, Deutsche Bank accepted a $100 million bid for the property from massive developer CIM Group, but ultimately that bid too was scuttled when CIM was criticized for partnering with Kushner as well, reported L.A. Taco.