General Plan Update - City of Inglewood

• Chapter 4 provides an assessment of current market conditions, including taxable
retail and non-retail sales,
• Chapter 5 includes trends of residential, commercial and industrial real estate market
of the City and the region;
• Chapter 6 addresses locational opportunities, including those concerning the Los
Angeles International Airport, Hollywood Park and the lodging industry;
1.3 Regional Setting
Inglewood is centrally located within the Los Angeles Basin. The City of Inglewood is the
northernmost City in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. This region includes the
cities of Inglewood, El Segundo, Hawthorne, Gardena, Lawndale, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa
Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance, Carson, Palos Verdes Estates, Lomita, Rolling Hills, Rolling
Hills Estates, and Rancho Palos Verdes. The South Bay also includes portions of the City of Los
Angeles along the Harbor Freeway and unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County. Inglewood
is bordered by the City of Los Angeles to the north and east, Hawthorne to the south, and LAX
to the west. The City is adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and also about 15
miles from the Los Angeles/Long Beach Port Complex.
Two freeways directly serve Inglewood. The Century (105) Freeway runs from Norwalk to LAX
and is accessible in the southern part of the City. The San Diego (405) Freeway runs from
southern Orange County through the San Fernando Valley and is accessible in the western part
of the City. In addition to direct freeway access, Inglewood is in close proximity to the Harbor
(110) Freeway, which runs from Pasadena through Downtown Los Angeles to the Port of Los
Angeles and the Santa Monica (10) Freeway, which runs east from the ocean in Santa Monica
through Downtown Los Angeles to the Inland Empire. A regional vicinity map is presented in
Figure1-1.
Stanley R. Hoffman Associates, Inc. 2 Economic Conditions and Trends
April 20, 2006
City of Inglewood General Plan Update