Developer Occupies Calabasas Site in Protest to Stop Auction

Developer Occupies Calabasas Site in Protest to Stop Auction

Los Angeles County officials are said to have scheduled an auction for a 27.4-acre site atop the Calabasas hills. However, the owner of the site is refusing to budge, occupying the property... Read more »
Long Beach Seeks Aerospace Developer for Land Near Airport

Long Beach Seeks Aerospace Developer for Land Near Airport

Wanted: Builder to redevelop a 17-acre parking lot and slice of Long Beach Airport for aeronautical use. The City of Long Beach has issued a request for proposals to develop the lot... Read more »
Developer Snags Retail, Office Building at Huge Discount

Developer Snags Retail, Office Building at Huge Discount

A joint venture of Farpoint Development and MCZ Development is under contract to pay a little more than $20 million for a retail and medical office building. The move to swoop in... Read more »
Developer Allegedly Defaults on Planned Calabasas Project

Developer Allegedly Defaults on Planned Calabasas Project

Solar farm developer Clinton Brown has allegedly defaulted on a loan at a Calabasas site where he wants to build a 200-home subdivision, The Real Deal has learned.  The property, at 27250... Read more »
Developer Revealed as Buyer of M Beverly Hills Mansion

Developer Revealed as Buyer of $36M Beverly Hills Mansion

Jack Nourafshan, CEO of Los Angeles-based Reliable Properties, is the buyer that took home a $36 million mansion in Beverly Hills from the daughter of a former Uzbekistan president, The Real Deal... Read more »
Developer Ilan Kenig Sues Rabbi Pinto for “Hostile Takeover”

Developer Ilan Kenig Sues Rabbi Pinto for “Hostile Takeover”

Last year, Ilan Kenig needed a $100 million credit line. His multifamily development company, FMB Development, was bleeding cash and needed money to get multiple projects off the ground. Kenig looked to... Read more »
Developer Panku Scores M Refinance on Irvine Apartments

Developer Panku Scores $82M Refinance on Irvine Apartments

Panku, a real estate development firm run by Alex Wang, has refinanced an apartment complex in Irvine — the first project the company completed.  Western & Southern Life Assurance provided a five-year,... Read more »
The Shocking Collapse of Chinese Real Estate Developer Evergrande

The Shocking Collapse of Chinese Real Estate Developer Evergrande

China Evergrande, once the titan of China’s real estate industry, has come crashing down, its meteoric rise followed by a dramatic and complex collapse. This event has sent shockwaves through the Chinese... Read more »
Spec Developer Todd Glaser Buys Newport Beach House for M

Spec Developer Todd Glaser Buys Newport Beach House for $9M

In a flip of the trend, a Florida man has bought a California house.  South Florida spec developer Todd Glaser bought a waterfront Newport Beach house for $9 million, he confirmed to... Read more »
Who Is Los Angeles Developer and Landlord Neil Shekhter?

Who Is Los Angeles Developer and Landlord Neil Shekhter?

Neil Shekhter once held some of the most coveted land in the U.S.  He had apartments in Santa Monica and Beverly Grove, where one-bedroom units now average nearly $4,000 a month. And... Read more »