Novelist Roger L. Simon seeks buyer for colorful estate
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View ArticleNational Cheat Sheet: Compass gets boatload of funding, failing malls drag...
Clockwise from top left: TRD‘s Shanghai event, Downtown LA’s Million Dollar Theatre, the skyline of North America’s least affordable city, and WeWork’s Adam Neumann. From TRD New York: Compass raises...
View ArticleRoommate-matching startup Roomi raises $11M in Series A round
Dan Keegan and Ajay Yadav From TRD New York: Online roommate finder Roomi raised $11 million in a Series A round, as investors continue to pile into shared-living startups. Atami Capital led the round,...
View ArticleActress Eva Longoria snags Beverly Crest home for $14M
Eva Longoria and her home on Deep Canyon Drive in Beverly Crest (Credit: MLS, Getty Images) Maybe she found a hunky gardener on this side of town. “Desperate Housewives” actress Eva Longoria dropped...
View ArticleWhy commercial real estate owners will salivate over the Republican tax plan
Jeffrey DeBoer and Paul Ryan From TRD New York: There’s a lot to love in the GOP tax plan for the commercial real estate industry. Commercial property owners would see several benefits under bills from...
View ArticleAdidas is coming to the Row DTLA
The Row DTLA (Credit: Atlas Capital Group, Adidas) There’s another major tenant heading to the Row DTLA. Adidas announced it will be opening a new office at the Downtown complex near the Arts District...
View ArticleAmazon Does Dallas: Texas city tops new ranking for best HQ2 location
Dallas and Jeff Bezos (credit: fcn80) From TRD New York: Trying to figure out the best city for Amazon’s HQ2 has become a virtual cottage industry since the tech giant announced it was planning a...
View ArticleBob Shapiro’s Woodbridge Group is under investigation by the SEC for $1B...
Bob Shapiro with the Owlwood Estate (Credit: Getty Images) UPDATED, Tuesday, November 14th, 2017, 4:35 p.m.: Woodbridge Group of Companies, a real estate investment company led by Robert Shapiro, is...
View ArticleRodeo Drive is the second most expensive shopping district in the nation: report
Rodeo Drive (Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Getty Images) Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills is the second in most expensive retail location in the nation based on rental value, a new report from Cushman &...
View ArticleAirbnb’s “easy growth” may be ending
(Back photo: Open Grid Scheduler/Flickr; front photo: Pixabay) From TRD New York: For the time being, at least, Morgan Stanley believes the future for hotels is looking brighter, while the newness of...
View ArticleWanda’s One Beverly Hills gets six-month permit extension
Rendering of One Beverly Hills, Wang Jianlin (Wanda Group/Getty Images) The city of Beverly Hills isn’t quite ready to give up on One Beverly Hills just yet. The Beverly Hills City Council granted...
View ArticleWeWork co-founder on $20B valuation: “Who gives a shit?”
Miguel McKelvey From TRD New York: WeWork’s $20 billion valuation is the talk of the town, but the company’s co-founder Miguel McKelvey is evidently tired of hearing about it. “You can say OK it’s your...
View ArticleMall landlords are welcoming online retailers and startups
Westfield Century City (Credit: Westfield Group) As the retail market undergoes a major shift and consumer preferences change, mall landlords are increasingly finding themselves renting their...
View ArticleFlorida leads US in foreign residential purchases
(Credit: Getty Images) From TRD New York: Despite Latin American buyers cutting back on home purchases in Florida, the state remains the top destination for foreign buyers purchasing U.S. residential...
View ArticleNotorious socialmedialite Jake Paul snags Calabasas mansion
Jake Paul with his Calabasas mansion (Credit: Redfin, Getty Images) Watch out, Calabasas. There’s a new bad boy coming to town – and it’s not Justin Bieber this time. YouTube star Jake Paul dropped...
View Article“Can you not?” Corcoran broker rejects LeBron James
From TRD New York: A Corcoran Group agent is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame after a video of him swatting away basketball star LeBron James on the New York City subway went viral. James Michael...
View ArticleCalifornia Home Builders wants to build a third major project in Warner Center
Property for the third Warner Center project (Credit: Google Maps) Developer California Home Builders filed plans today to build its third mixed-use project at 6109 N. De Soto Avenue in Warner Center,...
View ArticleTrump Org. falls in ranking of city’s top private companies
Donald Tr**p with the Tr**p Soho hotel and Tr**p Golf Links at Ferry Point From TRD New York: President Tr**p’s ascension to the White House has coincided with his company’s decline among the city’s...
View ArticleHines joins Martin family’s Westside development in $200M+ deal
Hines CEO Jeffrey Hines and a rendering of the Martin Expo Town Center (Credit: Gensler) Hines is coming on board as a co-developer of a West Los Angeles megaproject, The Real Deal has learned. The...
View ArticleHotel union claims Onni’s Level Furnished Living is operating as an...
Level Furnished Living project (Credit: Onni Group) It’s safe to say this group is not looking to rent L.A.’s “most expensive penthouse.” A coalition of Los Angeles groups — including the powerful...
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