Watt's $600 million planned City Center complex for sale. (real estate developer Ray Watt; proposed high-rise complex in Los Angeles, California)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: October 25, 1993| Author: Berton, Brad | Copyright information

Project victim of soft real estate, financial markets

Major developer Ray Watt has slapped a "For Sale" sign on his planned $600 million-plus Watt City Center highrise complex near downtown L.A.

His Watt City Center project, on a 6.48-acre Harbor (110) Freeway-front site, becomes yet another victim of today's dismal real estate and financial markets.

Watt and partner Kent Merselis, operating as W&M Partners Development Corp., spent five years and untold mi...

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