by Greg Wasik | Oct 12, 2016 | Los Angeles Real Estate and Appraisal News
…An Orange County developer is proposing one of the most ambitious developments of the current real estate boom in downtown Los Angeles — a massive mixed-use complex with twin towers soaring 58 stories that would dramatically remake the largely low-rise Arts...
by Greg Wasik | Aug 31, 2016 | Los Angeles Real Estate and Appraisal News
…A legal battle had stopped Los Angeles from permitting new granny flats – and thrown hundreds of units already tucked behind local homes into limbo. As the city tries to sort out that dilemma, it has renewed a furious debate at City Hall over what homeowners...
by Greg Wasik | Aug 26, 2016 | Los Angeles Real Estate and Appraisal News
…The parent company of Louis Vuitton paid an eye-popping $122 million last month for the Bijan store on Rodeo Drive, public records show. The sale to LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton is the latest high-profile deal on the Beverly Hills shopping street, which is...
by Greg Wasik | Aug 8, 2016 | Los Angeles Real Estate and Appraisal News
…Celebrity architect Frank Gehry’s big residential and retail project on the Sunset Strip is a go. The city’s planning commission on Thursday voted unanimously to give final approval to a cluster of Gehry-designed buildings at 8150 Sunset Boulevard (at Crescent...
by Greg Wasik | Aug 5, 2016 | Los Angeles Real Estate and Appraisal News
…Something is happening downtown that would shock many renters living in an increasingly expensive Los Angeles: Some landlords are letting tenants live for free. Some construction lenders are growing more cautious, while a handful of landlords are cutting deals...
by Greg Wasik | Jul 25, 2016 | Los Angeles Real Estate and Appraisal News
…Los Angeles moved one crucial step closer Thursday to tightening city rules meant to stop mansionization – the phenomenon of big, boxy homes popping up on not-so-big lots. Neighborhood activists soon complained the rules were riddled with “loopholes” that...
by Greg Wasik | Jul 12, 2016 | Los Angeles Real Estate and Appraisal News
The market for real estate costing $10 million or more has been flooded just as market turmoil and government regulation have discouraged wealthy buyers. Even with every conceivable amenity, the eight- and nine-digit prices attached to trophy homes with helicopter...
by Greg Wasik | Jun 6, 2016 | Los Angeles Real Estate and Appraisal News
…The infamous Holmby Hills, California, estate — which listed for a whopping $200 million earlier this year — is now in contract to sell to its next-door neighbor, Daren Metropoulos, The Wall Street Journal reported. Metropoulos is a principal of the...
by Greg Wasik | Jun 3, 2016 | Los Angeles Real Estate and Appraisal News
…Hollywood producer Megan Ellison is planting roots for her production company, Annapurna Pictures. The producer of critically acclaimed films such as “Zero Dark Thirty” and “American Hustle” recently paid $40 million to purchase five contiguous buildings in...
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