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Vol. 78 No. 8
Inside This Week
Sister seeks justice for murdered brother BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI
Glendale Star Executive Editor
BUSINESS ......... 16 Chicken N Pickle eatery expands to Westgate
SPORTS ............. 18 The Harlem Globetrotters soar to Arizona
Anger fills Tiffany Johnson when she talks about her late brother, Tyler Wilson. She’s angry with the gunman who killed Wilson in a Westgate Entertainment District parking lot on Jan. 29, 2020; angry at the shopping center’s management for seemingly not caring about the unsolved crime; and angry at the Glendale Police Department, which she said she believes could do more to catch the perpetrator. “Honestly, my family is just going through hell,” Johnson said. The 31-year-old Millennium High School graduate headed to Westgate for a car show. At the entertainment district,
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OPINION..........................12 BUSINESS.......................16 SPORTS ...........................18 FEATURES.......................20 RELIGION ........................24 CLASSIFIEDS ..................27
Wilson was gunned down during an argument over a parking spot. The Glendale Police Department pleaded with the public via Twitter to share information about the incident by calling 623-930-3000 or Silent Witness, 480-WITNESS. There are no new leads. Johnson and her family have parlayed that anger into a mission to catch the killer as well. They created T-shirts and other products. Some were not receptive to Johnson’s ideas. “My kids came up with the idea of painting these little rocks that have kind quotes or they drew SEE BROTHER PAGE 3
Tiffany Johnson with her brother Tyler Wilson. (Photo courtesy of Tiffany Johnson)
Developers break ground on Westgate apartment project BY SCOTT SHUMAKER
FEATURES ......... 22
February 24, 2022
The Glendale Chamber of Commerce and Vision Capital Partners celebrated the groundbreaking on Feb. 17 on the Cardinal 95 luxury apartment complex slated for 10 acres at 95th and Georgia avenues near the Westgate Entertainment District. Several Glendale city officials and staff joined VCP and the chamber to mark the occasion. VCP founder and managing partner Ed Bailey said he expects the 198-unit multifamily development
to be completed next year. VCP will market the new apartments as luxury, but “with the price points of a medium apartment,” he said. The new development is part of a larger 45-acre planned area development called Urban 95, which, Bailey said, was approved for up to 1,400 apartments, as well as retail and office space. The new apartment complex is the first phase of development planned for Urban 95. With the Super Bowl coming to State Farm Stadium next year and construction workers down the street workSEE WESTGATE PAGE 4
Vision Capital Partners founder and managing partner Ed Bailey speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the 198unit Cardinal 95 luxury apartment complex. VCP has been a lender on many projects in and around the Westgate Entertainment District. (Photo by Lori German/City of Glendale)
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