LA’s luxury market extends to children’s playhouses
Daisy Ha’s playhouse (credit: Barbara Butler) In Pasadena, $100,000 may not be enough to buy a home but it’s more than enough to build the perfect luxury playhouse. Lawyer Daisy Ha spent $95,000 this...
View ArticleBeny Alagem’s condo tower proposal will appear on the November ballot
Beny Alagem and a rendering of his 26-story tower (credit: New York Social Diary, Beverly Hills Garden & Open Space Initiative) Beverly Hills is one step closer to getting its first skyscraper....
View ArticleLive next door to Mark Wahlberg for $45M
The Beverly Park property A massive 11-bedroom Beverly Park mansion has hit the market for $45 million — and it has an unusual perk in the form of a celebrity neighbor. The 19,000-square-foot property...
View ArticleSubmarket Snapshot: Condos in Downtown Los Angeles in Q1 2016
The progress on construction of the Metropolis project as of April 3 (credit: Hunterkerhart.com) Because no new condo inventory formally launched in Downtown Los Angeles in the first quarter, the area...
View ArticleMost Popular on The Real Deal
Current reader favorites: 1. Olive Hill pays $65.5M for Culver City campus 2. These are 9 developments under construction near Skid Row 3. More than 30% of L.A. millennials still live with their...
View ArticleFormer home of Caitlyn and Kris Jenner sells for $2.4M
A photo posted by Caitlyn Jenner (@caitlynjenner) on Sep 8, 2015 at 8:51am PDT Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ real estate moves is never easy. A Calabasas property once owned by Caitlyn Jenner and...
View ArticleThe National Retail Market Report is live!
From the New York site: Remember when the Internet’s biggest proponents began to make bold assertions that brick-and-mortar stores and print magazines would become a thing of the past? In 2016, we beg...
View ArticleNew app aims to be the Airbnb of movie location scouting
Brian Tan (credit: Wrapal, Shoot Publicity Wire) Unsure about allowing strangers to sleep in your house but still want to make a quick buck? Enter Wrapal, the self-proclaimed “Airbnb of location...
View ArticleBisnow sells for $50M to private equity firm
From left: Ryan Begelman, Mark Bisnow and Will Friend From the New York site: Bisnow, the commercial real estate media company best known in New York for its newsletters and techno-thumping early...
View ArticleGlendale residents rally against proposal for Aloft Hotel
Aloft Hotel in El Segundo It’s westward ho for Starwood Hotels’ Aloft brand, which recently opened its first L.A. outpost in El Segundo and has another planned for Glendale. But apparently some...
View ArticleVereit beats expectations, reduces debt load
Glenn Rufrano From the New York site: Vereit, the struggling real estate investment trust formerly known as American Realty Capital Properties, continues to make baby steps towards normalcy. The...
View ArticleBeck buys Mandeville Canyon house for $3.2M
A photo posted by Beck (@beck) on Sep 24, 2015 at 4:32pm PDT Famed musician and Scientologist Beck recently acquired a Mandeville Canyon property for $3.2 million — about $500,000 above its asking...
View ArticleThis week in renderings: Banco Popular, 11750 Wilshire
Standard Development residential conversion of the Banco Popular building includes a structure on the building's roof with restaurant space, a recreation room, a fitness room and an outdoor swimming...
View ArticleSubmarket Snapshot: Homes in Pacific Palisades in Q1 2016
A property listed at 14215 Evans Road in Pacific Palisades (credit- the Agency) The sales volume for luxury homes in the Pacific Palisades remained flat in the first quarter, compared with the same...
View ArticleThe real estate chiefs who get paid the most
From the New York May issue: CEO pay may be increasingly coming under the microscope these days, but real estate’s top NYC executives are still raking it in. Although public companies are changing...
View ArticleThe Santa Monica Museum of Art is moving to the Arts District
An exhibit at the SMMoA (credit: SMMoA) Putting some more “art” in the Arts District, the Santa Monica Museum of Art will be moving to Downtown L.A., the institution announced Friday. The museum’s new...
View ArticleHere are 10 of the biggest proposed developments in LA County
Rendering of the Reef development at 1933 South Broadway (credit: The Reef) While parts of Los Angeles County — we’re looking at you, DTLA — already look like crane city, there is a wealth of projects...
View ArticleSame stores, different streets
New York City’s Fifth Avenue, San Francisco’s Union Square, Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road, Chicago’s Magnificent Mile on Michigan Avenue, and Beverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive are among the most expensive retail...
View ArticleSnapchat CEO and supermodel Miranda Kerr buy Brentwood home for $12M
A photo posted by Miranda (@mirandakerr) on Mar 4, 2016 at 2:51pm PST He’s got the supermodel and now the swanky mansion too. Snapchat CEO and Silicon Beach’s premier fratstar Evan Spiegel bought a...
View ArticleMore LA homes are going under the knife
Modern homes in L.A. (credit: LA Mesa Home Source, Spring Woodpaper) It’s like plastic surgery, but for houses. More than ever, Los Angeles homeowners are opting for pricey home renovations over...
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