Al Leibovic Plans North Hills Multifamily Project

Al Leibovic Plans North Hills Multifamily Project

Developer Al Leibovic is planning a multifamily development for a parcel in North Hills next to one he built over the past decade.  The health care executive filed a new application with... Read more »
Sutter Health Upsizes Plans for Emeryville Medical Center

Sutter Health Upsizes Plans for Emeryville Medical Center

Sacramento-based healthcare giant Sutter Health has unveiled updated plans for the Emeryville Medical Center at Horton and 53rd streets that show the hospital at the center of the campus rising 17 stories... Read more »
Best Western Plans Revived in Jefferson Park

Best Western Plans Revived in Jefferson Park

An empty lot in Jefferson Park is poised to become the site of a new hotel.  Property owner Hitendra Patel filed plans with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning to build... Read more »
Relevant Group Slims Down Affordable Housing Plans

Relevant Group Slims Down Affordable Housing Plans

Relevant Group modified its plans for an affordable housing complex west of the 110 freeway in Westlake.  The Los Angeles-based firm filed a new application to construct a five-story building at 1316... Read more »
UCLA Unveils Plans for Westside Pavilion Conversion

UCLA Unveils Plans for Westside Pavilion Conversion

The University of California, Los Angeles is moving deeper into the adaptive reuse game with redevelopment plans for a former shopping mall in West Los Angeles.  A newly released environmental study outlines... Read more »
Tishman Speyer Updates Housing Plans in Santa Monica

Tishman Speyer Updates Housing Plans in Santa Monica

Tishman Speyer’s plans for two development sites in downtown Santa Monica have undergone a makeover.  The New York City-based firm has revealed revised proposals for property at 1323 and 1338 Fifth Street... Read more »
Connecticut Homeowner Plans To Build 3 Apartments in Her Backyard Shed

Connecticut Homeowner Plans To Build 3 Apartments in Her Backyard Shed

In Connecticut, a homeowner hopes to use a density bonus rule in the state’s affordable housing law to turn a backyard barn into three separate apartments despite prickly opposition from neighbors. Rose... Read more »
California Nonprofit Plans To Build Homes Out of Straw for Low-Income Residents

California Nonprofit Plans To Build Homes Out of Straw for Low-Income Residents

A nonprofit is hoping to ease the California housing crunch with a building method that is centuries old—stacking bales of straw. Just Places, which is partnered with another housing nonprofit, People First,... Read more »
Insurance Commissioner Candidates Share Plans For Industry

Insurance Commissioner Candidates Share Plans For Industry

The average gap between the insurance payouts offered to Pacific Palisades residents who lost their homes in last year’s fire versus what it will cost them to rebuild shakes out to $603... Read more »