LAPD Chief Michel Moore and 1925 North Marianna Avenue (Credit: Google Maps) Camfield Partners wants to build a large new warehouse and office in El Sereno for storing evidence and equipment for the Los Angeles Police Department. The Laguna Hills-based firm filed plans with the city for the 80,000-square-foot warehouse earlier this month. It would […]
City signs off on another emergency homeless shelter
Mayor Eric Garcetti and 1426 Paloma Street (Credit: Twitter and Google Maps) City officials have approved another emergency homeless shelter in Downtown Los Angeles, the area of the city where homelessness is the most acute and visible. The new shelter in the Fashion District will include 115 beds and could open within three months, NBC […]
Los Angeles awards $63M for 10 affordable housing projects
The LA County Board of Supervisors and Meta Housing Corporation’s Lamp Lodge redevelopment in DTLA The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved $63 million in funding for 10 affordable housing projects across the county. The 10 projects total 684 units of housing. Five of them are located in the city of L.A., the […]
Olympia’s digital signage and balconies may get the axe at LA City Council
Shenglong Group Chairman Yi Lin, a rendering of Olympia and City Hall (Credit: Wikipedia) City Century will likely be forced to tweak its three-tower Olympia project in Downtown Los Angeles if it wants approval from the City of L.A. The L.A. City Planning Commission approved the $1 billion project last week but is asking the […]
Latest mall redevelopment project, this one from Forest City, is a go
The Redondo Beach City Council and the South Bay Galleria Forest City’s South Bay Galleria Mall in Redondo Beach is the latest dying mall headed for redevelopment. The Redondo Beach City Council unanimously approved a large-scale redevelopment of the mall that will add new retail space and hundreds of residential units, according to Urbanize. Forest […]
Barry Shy moves ahead on long-planned 32-story DTLA tower
Developer Barry Shy and a rendering of the tower Developer Barry Shy is moving ahead with a 33-story apartment tower in Downtown Los Angeles. Shy has filed permits for the 239-unit development. The City of L.A. approved the 920 S. Hill Street project, called Hill Street Lofts, in April 2018. Shy first proposed it in […]