L.A. kills plans for Bulgari hotel in Benedict Canyon

L.A. kills plans for Bulgari hotel in Benedict Canyon

Los Angeles city officials on Wednesday halted a developer’s efforts to build a luxury resort on a Benedict Canyon mountainside. City Planning Director Vincent Bertoni notified developer Gary Safady that the city... Read more »
Over 40,000 eviction notices have gone out in L.A. this year

Over 40,000 eviction notices have gone out in L.A. this year

At Promenade Towers, a Bunker Hill apartment complex with 611 units that bills itself as “an urban oasis in the heart of downtown,” tenants received 371 eviction notices from late January through... Read more »
Opinion: Airbnb drives up L.A. housing prices. Here’s how we can push back

Opinion: Airbnb drives up L.A. housing prices. Here’s how we can push back

Airbnb is back in the headlines in Los Angeles: Thousands of short-term rental hosts are breaking the law, and the city isn’t taking the problem seriously enough. If this sounds like a... Read more »
Opinion: How renting in L.A. could go from bad to worse

Opinion: How renting in L.A. could go from bad to worse

Renting in Los Angeles is about to become more difficult for many people. The last of Los Angeles’ pandemic-era renter protections expired Feb. 1. For the first time since April 2020, owners... Read more »
Opinion: Why is housing unaffordable in L.A.? Here’s the sorry history

Opinion: Why is housing unaffordable in L.A.? Here’s the sorry history

The high cost of housing is driving Southern California’s biggest challenges. Income is not keeping pace with housing costs. It hasn’t for at least two generations, and the problem of unaffordable shelter... Read more »
Opinion: Why is housing unaffordable in L.A.? Here’s the sorry history

Opinion: In L.A., real estate envy is all too real. I can’t stop looking at Zillow

I was leaving a friend’s housewarming party on a street of nice single-family homes in Los Angeles a few years back when my curiosity got the best of me. I pulled up... Read more »
Take cash to leave a rent-controlled apartment? People do in L.A.

Take cash to leave a rent-controlled apartment? People do in L.A.

In 2022, not long after a new owner bought the Highland Park rental home where Ana Lopez, 66, lives with her husband, the tenants began receiving offers to leave. At first it... Read more »
With Their Choice of L.A. Offices, Here’s What Investors Buy

With Their Choice of L.A. Offices, Here’s What Investors Buy

Invitations were sent out to the biggest players, but no one came to the party.  The party was an auction, and JMB Realty was the host. The Chicago-based investment firm was looking... Read more »
Skanska Divests Newly Built L.A. Offices for M

Skanska Divests Newly Built L.A. Offices for $71M

Skanska has sold 9000 Wilshire, an office building it developed in Beverly Hills, to a company based in Europe for approximately $71 million. Completed earlier this year, the project broke ground in 2020 and represents... Read more »