David Cury has become somewhat of an enemy of Waterfront residents. The oft-maligned developer of the Railroad Avenue live-work units deserves his rather poor reputation around the city however. It his delay and inaction in renovating the historic buildings along the Waterfront (buildings he owns the rights to) that keeps “blight” a term and reality that we must continue to deal with. (David Cury has also had a lucrative business relationship within the city with Councilmember Ed Balico in the very recent past.)

There are fifteen live-work units on Railroad Avenue. David Cury is the owner of seven of them: units 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 12 (counting up from the intersection of Railroad and Sycamore, where the Powder Keg is unit 1). Only two of the fifteen units are owner-occupied, one being the Viktor Manrique realty office on the northern end (unit 15). Four others are owned by Hercules residents.

I have to admit that there is no effective point (or goal) to this post — this is merely public information. The only point I can try to stipulate on this issue is that although David Cury is an owner of several units along Railroad Avenue, Cury does not act like a neighbor or community member. His delays and inaction with the restoration of the historic buildings have been troubling, and will continue to be so until the City forces action (e.g., eminent domain). Meanwhile, his relationship with homeowners and residents is non-existent.