Appeals Court Orders VA to Build Homeless Veteran Housing

Appeals Court Orders VA to Build Homeless Veteran Housing

The Department of Veterans affairs must build more than 2,500 housing units on its West Los Angeles campus, a federal appeals court has ruled.  Last week, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of... Read more »
Trump’s plan to build houses on federal land, explained

Trump’s plan to build houses on federal land, explained

“We’re generations past the federal government building affordable housing because we found that the private sector does a better job at it and can leverage the investment better,” Dworkin said. “Having the... Read more »
States are making ADUs easier to build. Now it’s up to municipalities to follow suit.

States are making ADUs easier to build. Now it’s up to municipalities to follow suit.

The national housing shortage, the benefits of increased density, an ongoing shift in consumer tastes toward smaller homes closer to where the urban action is, and other factors have pushed state legislators... Read more »
Artisan Ventures OK’d to Build Apartment Tower in Hollywood

Artisan Ventures OK’d to Build Apartment Tower in Hollywood

Artisan Ventures has beat back an appeal trying to thwart its plans to build a 25-story apartment highrise in Hollywood. The Santa Monica-based developer won support from the Los Angeles City Council,... Read more »
Why low inventory is the perfect time to build

Why low inventory is the perfect time to build

As the housing market fluctuates, inventory levels are a critical factor for builders, developers and buyers. While low inventory might seem like a challenge, especially for buyers, it presents a unique opportunity... Read more »
Thrive Living to build first US Costco with apartments

Thrive Living to build first US Costco with apartments

Thrive Living has broken ground in Baldwin Hills on the first Costco Wholesale store in the nation to be covered by apartments. Thrive, a Los Angeles-based unit of Magnum Real Estate Group... Read more »
In Southern California, the race is on to build data centers

In Southern California, the race is on to build data centers

Where Wilshire Boulevard begins in downtown Los Angeles, thousands of miles of undersea fiber-optic cables disappear into an ordinary-looking office tower. One Wilshire is the mother of all data centers in the... Read more »
Shopoff OK to Build Homes and Hotel in Huntington Beach

Shopoff OK to Build Homes and Hotel in Huntington Beach

Shopoff Realty Investments got the nod to build 250 homes and a 215-room boutique hotel atop a former oil tank farm in Huntington Beach. The Irvine-based developer led by Bill Shopoff was... Read more »
Program offers Long Beach homeowners low-interest loans to build ADUs

Program offers Long Beach homeowners low-interest loans to build ADUs

Eager to boost the supply of affordable housing, city officials in Long Beach devised a program that could help a limited number of homeowners build an extra unit on their land. But... Read more »
Opinion: L.A. can build more housing without looking like New York

Opinion: L.A. can build more housing without looking like New York

With the typical cost of a home in Los Angeles soon topping $1 million, and the state’s median rent approaching $3,000, there’s a sense of doom around how unaffordable California has become.... Read more »