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10.06.15 Volume 14 Issue 281
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Buyer identified for Haggen/Albertsons location BY MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
Gelson’s Market wants to purchase the grocery store located at the corner of Lincoln and Ocean Park Boulevard following the bankruptcy of current owner Haggen. Haggen has filed paperwork with the courts to establish procedures for selling many of its former stores. Gelson’s has been identified as a potential buyer for the Santa Monica store, but the process allows for others to make offers on the business. According to Haggen, the company has requested an Oct. 19 date for the court to rule on its proposal to auction assets outside its Pacific Northwest territory. Haggen identified two “stalking horse” bidders for several Southern California stores. A stalking horse
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bid is a way for an auction seller to establish a minimum threshold for its assets. The seller handpicks from a pool of bidders in advance of the actual auction. Some incentives could be provided to the stalkinghorse bidder but once a bidder is chosen, other potential bidders can submit competing offers in excess of the stalking-horse offer. Potential bidders have until Oct. 26 to submit an indication of interest to participate, bids are due by November 2 with an auction scheduled for Nov. 9. If no bids are received for the stalking horse packages, or the stalking-horse bidders are the high bid for those assets, a sale hearing will be scheduled for Nov. 13. Otherwise, a hearing will be held to consider the results of the auction on Nov. 24. SEE GROCERY PAGE 6
Santa Monica’s ‘Dean of Clean’ dies Community remembers former promenade maintenance supervisor
Team Santa Monica’s Dave Kelsheimer to join Team USA swimming staff for 2016 Games BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer
BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer
CHRISTMAS IS COMING Matthew Hall editor@smdp.com
Holiday preparations have begun in Santa Monica. Officials have closed the parking lot at 5th and Arizona to prepare for the construction of the seasonal ice rink and accompanying festivities.
Sitting at a poolside table this summer at Santa Monica Swim Center, Dave Kelsheimer marveled about two of his most talented athletes. He rattled off KELSHEIMER their swimming SEE SPORT PAGE 7
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He spearheaded the team that swept sidewalks and washed walkways in one of the region’s most popular shopping destinations, but no job was beneath Eddie Greenberg. He called the Third Street Promenade the “crown jewel” of Santa Monica and cared for it as such, whether he was picking up trash, helping a tourist with directions or striking up a conversation with a homeless person. Greenberg, a former promenade maintenance supervisor who SEE OBIT PAGE 9