[1] In 1987, the Los Angeles Times reported that the "bet on the wrong side of the Harbor Freeway" was paying off with the construction of new office towers, including the $170 million Transpacific Center.

[2] The area was now being referred "The West Bank" and the Los Angeles Times noted that Asian financing was behind the highrise construction in the neighborhood.

[3] In October 1988, consultants were hired to develop a strategy to create an identifiable community out of a "confused no-man's land between the Harbor Freeway and the Westlake District".

[4] In 2007, developer Geoff Palmer was attracting criticism for his apartment complexes because they did not include a low-income housing component.

[9] According to the Los Angeles Times, Central City West is a 465-acre area downtown designed as a "self-contained urban village."