“It doesn’t cost more to have ideas:” Architect Mark Rios on launching a...
Mark Rios (Credit: Rios Clementi Hale Studios) Mark Rios thinks about fashion when he is driving, and when he’s in the shower. The founding partner of the architecture firm Rios Clementi Hale Studios...
View ArticleRemember that former nunnery Katy Perry won in court? She lost $2.6M in the...
Katy Perry and the former nunnery in Los Feliz (Credit: Google Maps, Wikimedia Commons) Katy Perry may have been the “champion” in her property battle against a group of Catholic nuns, but you’re gonna...
View ArticleThis is why the California Association of Realtors is against the Republican...
(Credit: Getty Images) With 277 Republican votes, the House approved a sweeping tax reform package on Thursday, causing concern among California realtors who were rooting against it. The California...
View ArticleNational Cheat Sheet: Why commercial property owners love the GOP tax plans,...
Clockwise from top left: Miami’s hottest neighborhoods for development, commercial real estate owners love for Republican tax plans, retail leases on Rodeo Drive, and WeWork’s co-founder Miguel...
View Article“Million Dollar Listing LA”: Rock-A-Bye broker
Is bigger always better in real estate? This week, the brokers of “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles” find out that may not always be the case. One of the biggest listings of Josh Altman’s career is...
View ArticleKelly Osbourne is renting out her WeHo pad for $20K a month
Kelly Osbourne and the apartment in Sierra Towers (Credit: Getty Images, MLS, Sierra Towers) Surprise, surprise – there’s another celebrity who owns in West Hollywood’s Sierra Towers. And she’s seeking...
View ArticleCannabis Watch: The Standard Hollywood will welcome edible-maker Lord Jones...
(Credit: The Standard Hotel, Lord Jones, Pixabay) Recreational marijuana is days away from being legal in the Golden State and at least one hotelier is gleaming with the potential profits. And with...
View ArticleWanda lists One Beverly Hills for sale – along with four other projects – for...
Wanda chairman Wang Jianlin and a rendering of the One Beverly Hills project at 9900 Wilshire Boulevard (Credit: Getty, Richard Meier Architects) China-based Dalian Wanda Group is now planning to sell...
View ArticlePlot twist: A market-rate developer wants Hollywood apartment tower to be...
(Credit: Office of Planning and Research) This has taken an unexpected turn. Champion Real Estate announced it would make all of the 210 units at 6220 Yucca near Capitol Records in Hollywood fully...
View ArticleJames Franco makes hefty profit on Silver Lake duplex
James Franco and the Silver Lake duplex (Credit: Hidalgo LA, Getty Images) 2430 Hidalgo Avenue (Credit: Hidalgo LA) 2430 Hidalgo Avenue (Credit: Hidalgo LA) 2430 Hidalgo Avenue (Credit: Hidalgo LA)...
View ArticleA wide open lane for commercial brokerage IPOs
Commercial brokerage NKF is being spun off from its parent BGC Partners From TRD New York’s latest issue: Newmark Knight Frank took one step closer to joining the ranks of its publicly traded rivals...
View ArticleLife could soon get a lot easier for developers in West Hollywood
Sierra Bonita Apartments in West Hollywood (Credit: Sierra Bonita Apartments) West Hollywood’s Planning Commission approved a series of proposals during a Nov. 16 meeting that ultimately aim to ease...
View Article“We’re number two, we try harder”: How Brookfield is trying to regain the top...
Bruce Flatt (Credit: Brookfield Asset Management) Brookfield Asset Management would like to be more well known. It just doesn’t want to be too ostentatious about it. The company, which manages $269...
View ArticleYellen to resign from Fed board
Janet Yellen (Credit: Getty Images) From TRD New York: President Trump already announced his pick to replace Janet Yellen as chair of the Federal Reserve, choosing former private equity executive...
View ArticleAthens Group is still interested in Wanda’s One Beverly Hills
Rendering of One Beverly Hills and Jay Newman (Credit: Athens Group, One Beverly Hills) There might still be hope for One Beverly Hills. Just last week, China-based Dalian Wanda Group listed five of...
View ArticleWeWork courts London banks post-Brexit
WeWork’s Adam Neumann and London From TRD New York: WeWork is making aggressive moves in London to sell space to global banks that are uncertain of their plans post-Brexit. The $20 billion co-working...
View ArticleActor Alfred Molina sells longtime Hollywood Sunset Square home
Alfred Molina with his home in Hollywood’s Sunset Square “Feud” actor Alfred Molina sold his 4,420-square-foot home at North Orange Grove in Hollywood’s Sunset Square for $2.8 million, the Los Angeles...
View ArticleCain Hoy Enterprises plans a facelift for its pricey Beverly Hills office...
Rendering of 100 North Crescent Drive (Gensler) A Greenwich, Connecticut firm has a new vision for its dilapidated office building at 100 North Crescent Drive. Cain Hoy Enterprises filed plans to...
View ArticleBank of America claims top spot among lenders during 1H 2017: report
Dan Emmett of Douglas Emmett, Jonathan Gray of Blackstone and the building at 1299 Ocean Boulevard Bank of America lent over $1 billion across three dozen commercial properties in the Los Angeles...
View ArticleKathy Griffin finally splits from Hollywood Hills mansion after axing the ask
Kathy Griffin and the Hollywood Hills mansion (Credit: Coldwell Banker) She claims to be blacklisted all over town after severing a fake head that resembled President Trump. But she has no problem...
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