1600 E. Venice Boulevard (Credit: iStock) Prolific developer Wiseman Residential is planning a 77-unit apartment complex in Venice, which would be one of its larger recent projects. The Sawtelle-based firm is requesting a density bonus and maximum height increase for the development, which would rise at 1600 E. Venice Boulevard, according to records. The requests […]
LA’s new Airbnb rules may price out some short-term renters in beach towns
Airbnb’s Brian Chesky and Mike Bonin, LA city councilman for Venice Los Angeles’ new short-term rental regulations go into effect next month, but questions remain about enforcement in coastal areas like Venice — one of the most popular neighborhoods for the Airbnb-type rentals. The new law is supposed to prevent bad actors from converting apartments […]
Joel Silver-led production company sells old post office in Venice
Joel Silver, Hal Sadoff, and 1601 S. Main Street A Depression-era former post office in Venice that had previously been planned as headquarters for Joel Silver’s movie production and financing company has sold to a United Kingdom-based investor. Silver Pictures Entertainment CEO Hal Sadoff controls the entity that sold the building at 1601 S. Main […]
The City Wants a Venice Hotel to Become Apartments Again
Carl Lambert has owned the Venice Suites since 2005—six years before Google opened up shop on the little bohemian beach and before Snapchat was even a thing. Up until 2005, former residents recall living there for the (now) impossibly low amount of $500 a month with rent stabilization, according to the Los Angeles Times. But […]
No love in Venice for landlord’s apartment-to-hotel conversion plan
The Venice Suites A Venice businessman is facing strong opposition to his plan to permanently convert a rent-regulated building into an extended-stay hotel in the seaside community. Los Angeles city planning commissioners ruled against Carl Lambert’s request to continue to operate the property at 1305 Ocean Front Walk as a hotel, according to the Los […]
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I was never one of those kids who yearned to skateboard. Never saw my brother do it and think, “hey, that looks fun!” Nope. I was the kid who never even learned to ride a bike properly, who prefered coloring indoors to any kind of outdoor activity that required sneakers and/ or sweating. In college, […]