Local News in Brief : Burbank Puts 6 Firms on Developer List

The Burbank City Council on Tuesday voted to have six companies advance to a second round in the selection of a developer for 41 acres of downtown Burbank.

Council members said they wanted to expand a list of four companies that City Manager Bud Ovrom and community development officials chose from nine companies that initially submitted proposals.

That list included:

Triple Five Development Enterprises, an Edmonton, Canada, company that proposed a retail-entertainment area with an aquarium, dolphin arena, miniature golf course and day-care center.

The Alexander Haagen Co., one of the largest developers of retail malls in Southern California, which proposed a retail and office project.

PS Development Co., which proposed a 1.2-million-square-foot commercial office park and 247,000-square-foot shopping center.

The Price Club and Kornwasser and Friedman Shopping Center, which proposed a retail and entertainment complex.

The council Tuesday added:

A partnership of Kumagai Gumi Land California, the Christiansen-Geiger development firm and Dicker Wormington Properties of Fullerton, which proposed a retail, office and entertainment area, along with an overhead rail line that would connect downtown Burbank to the Burbank Airport.

Watt Commercial Development of Santa Monica and Cusumano Development Co. of Burbank, which proposed a 1-million-square-foot office area, a shopping center and a 250-room hotel.

The firms are required to submit detailed proposals by the end of November, and the council is expected to make a final decision in January.