INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT The Downtown Emergency Service Center has yet to win over the International District with plans for a new homeless housing complex at 10th Avenue South and South Dearborn Street. The nonprofit, which provides services to more than 5,000 homeless men and women each year, originally proposed building 160 studio apartments on land owned by the Koh family. Community leaders, whose support DESC needs to get money from the city housing levy, say the ID is already overburdened with social-service agencies, and would like to see more emphasis on attracting affordable and market-rate housing. "We're not ready to endorse them at this point," says Tim Wang, executive director of the Chinatown/International District Business Improvement Area. He says talks with the Koh family and the DESC have moved in a positive direction, with the possibility of decreasing the number of units to 75. DESC will apply for funding in the spring of 2007. MAGNUSON PARK The proposed handover of Hangar 27 at Magnuson Park to Arena Sports, a for-profit indoor-sports complex, has garnered outrage from the groups who'd get the boot from the facility. The city says the building is actually underused and that the groups (themselves often for-profit) only use the structure for a total of 15 days a year. That may be a bit of a low-ball. Rat City Rollergirls use the hangar for eight events a year, spending a full week in the space before each bout. They say more than 30 other events—from powwows to craft fairs—are scheduled for the hangar this year. The plan would require the city to front the money for $6.8 million in repairs and renovations, to be repaid by Arena Sports in rent over 20 years. —AV