timschochet
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Real estate developer Rick Caruso is running for mayor of Los Angeles. Many of you probably don’t know who this is, so:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Caruso
So why do I care about this? First because in my industry of commercial real estate, there is nobody I admire more than this guy. In the field of shopping center development he is the most innovative builder that I’m aware of, a true visionary. Here is The Grove in Los Angeles as a prime example of his work:
https://thegrovela.com
Second, somewhat like Michael Bloomberg (whom I also admire), Caruso was previously a moderate Republican and is now a centrist Democrat. He is the anti-Trump in every way. More importantly, he is a pro-business Democrat. He was an advisor to the Biden Administration on recovery from Covid, and he stressed the need to help small businesses. In today’s climate in which so many Democrats are moving more and more to the left, Caruso is a throwback to the Dems of old- and exactly what we need.
I don’t know anything about his personal life, except that he’s a big time USC guy and donor. Well nobody’s perfect. But hopefully, unlike some of the other guys I’ve admired in the past and turned out to be losers (Cuomo, anyone?) he’s not a schmuck. Guess we’ll see. For now I hope to see him elected. LA’s got a lot of issues to resolve.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Caruso
So why do I care about this? First because in my industry of commercial real estate, there is nobody I admire more than this guy. In the field of shopping center development he is the most innovative builder that I’m aware of, a true visionary. Here is The Grove in Los Angeles as a prime example of his work:
https://thegrovela.com
Second, somewhat like Michael Bloomberg (whom I also admire), Caruso was previously a moderate Republican and is now a centrist Democrat. He is the anti-Trump in every way. More importantly, he is a pro-business Democrat. He was an advisor to the Biden Administration on recovery from Covid, and he stressed the need to help small businesses. In today’s climate in which so many Democrats are moving more and more to the left, Caruso is a throwback to the Dems of old- and exactly what we need.
I don’t know anything about his personal life, except that he’s a big time USC guy and donor. Well nobody’s perfect. But hopefully, unlike some of the other guys I’ve admired in the past and turned out to be losers (Cuomo, anyone?) he’s not a schmuck. Guess we’ll see. For now I hope to see him elected. LA’s got a lot of issues to resolve.