Daily Real Estate News  |   February 28, 2007  |   Disney Sues Over Low-Income Housing Plan
The Walt Disney Co. is suing the Anaheim, Calif., government over its plan to build 1,500 condominiums and apartments, including 225 for low-income residents, in the middle of the Disney Land resort district.

The entertainment company says residents would be out of place in a district designed for tourists.

Hotels, restaurants, and a tourist-friendly retail district called Downtown Disney surround the immediate area. Disney officials want the 26-acre parcel to be developed as an upscale hotel-condominium project.

Proponents of the current plan say the apartment–condo proposal will meet the needs of entertainment workers making modest wages.

— The Associated Press (02/28/2007)