Architect Adrian Smith and Donald Trump unveil renderings of Trump Tower Chicago at a news conference in 2003 (Credit: Getty Images) About a year before the 2005 groundbreaking for Trump International Hotel & Tower, Trump Organization executive Charles Reiss met the late Chicago real estate broker Bruce Kaplan and his colleague, Leslie Karr. The Trump […]
Details emerge for Vantage Property’s Gensler-designed project
Vantage Property CEO Edward Fox and a rendering of 2255 Sawtelle Boulevard (Credit: Gensler via Urbanize) Vantage Property Investors is wasting no time in developing its latest Gensler-designed project. The West L.A. Sawtelle Neighborhood Council has published Vantage’s plans for the 135,000-square-foot commercial property in Sawtelle, three months after Vantage proposed it. The plans reveal […]
SPF:architects lists its distinctive Culver City office HQ
Judit M. Fekete-Pali (top), and Zoltan E. Pali (bottom) with a rendering of 8609 Washington Boulevard SPF:architects designed its distinctive Culver City building, and now it has decided to put the property on the market. The 30,000-square-foot building at 8635 Washington Boulevard is being marketed for sale for around $40 million, The Real Deal has […]
For Travis County, Texas, Opportunity is definitely calling
From left: Palm Beach County and Los Angeles (Credit: Wikipedia) Real estate investors and developers are raising hundreds of millions of dollars for projects in the thousands of Opportunity Zones scattered around the country. But not all areas offer the best return for investors. With that in mind, what are the top counties in the […]
Ratkovich Cos. partnership secures $30M for sprawling San Pedro market project
Ratkovich Company’s Wayne Ratkovich and a rendering of the San Pedro Public Market The Ratkovich Company and Jerico Development have secured $30 million to go toward the development of the sprawling San Pedro Public Market project. Osprey Investors provided the latest funding, according to the Daily Breeze. The money will cover the design and permitting […]
Beacon Capital inks cloud-based software firm to big lease in Glendale
ServiceTitan CEO Ara Mahdessian and Beacon Capital Partners CEO Alan Leventhal with 800 North Brand Boulevard (Credit: Crunchbase and Beacon Capital Partners) In November Beacon Capital Partners bought a 21-story tower in Glendale, and now the firm has signed a cloud-based software company to a 125,000-square-foot lease in the space. ServiceTitan inked the deal at […]