Who is in charge? Residents impacted by January’s Palisades and Eaton fires have serious questions around whether those in leadership positions have the capacity to see the multi-year, mega rebuilding effort through to its conclusion. A survey from the Urban Land Institute, UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate and USC

It was a who’s who of wealth managers, lawyers and commercial real estate executives at the Real Estate Family Office & Private Wealth West conference this week. Panelists talked about tariffs, trade and interest rates in back-to-back discussions at the Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point. There were

The city of Los Angeles said Friday it is looking to global infrastructure consulting firm AECOM to assist with long-term fire recovery efforts as criticism mounts around leadership and next steps for rebuilding in the Pacific Palisades. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced in a statement AECOM would “expand its

Yard signs across the Eaton fire burn zone declare “Altadena is not for sale,” but recent lot purchases indicate the contrary.  Real estate records and local sources point to developers buying a majority of the burned lots in Altadena, the Los Angeles Times reported. So far, 145 burned lots have

Los Angeles’ Historic South Central neighborhood could get two new mid-rise affordable housing buildings.  Pasadena-based Garwood has filed plans with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning to develop 1708 and 1715 South Wall Street into more than 200 units of affordable housing, L.A. Yimby and Urbanize Los Angeles reported.

Rancho Palos Verdes has waved the white flag in its standoff with YIMBY reforms. The Rancho Palos Verdes City Council voted Tuesday to keep the zoning changes it adopted in its housing element last April rather than wade into uncharted legal territory to block a 16-unit development maligned by neighbors

Airline, hotel and concession companies are banding together to overturn Los Angeles’ newly approved minimum wage hike for tourism workers in the lead-up to the 2028 Olympics.  The Los Angeles Alliance for Tourism, Jobs and Progress is the latest group speaking out against the recently passed ordinance, with a rally

In its latest deal in Silicon Beach, Clarion Partners has sold an office campus to Barings for nearly $151 million.  Barings bought i|o at Playa Vista, a creative campus at 12150 Millennium Drive, for $150.7 million, Bisnow and L.A. Business First reported. The 307,000-square-foot mixed-use complex opened in 2010 and

RH CEO Gary Friedman’s Beverly Hills pad, nicknamed “The Promontory,” has returned to the market for $39.5 million. The executive, who helms the upscale home furnishings retailer formerly called Restoration Hardware, previously tested a nearly $45 million price on 1500 Gilcrest Drive at the end of 2023 before taking it

The Strick House, the only home in North America designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Oscar Nieyemer, is on the market.  The former Santa Monica residence of filmmaker Joseph Strick is available for just under $20 million, Robb Report reported. The home, located at 1911 La Mesa Drive, was completed in