Feb 23 2009
By Bob Howard
Olympic Studios
SANTA MONICA, CA-Developer Neil Shekhter of NMS Properties thought small to create his recently opened Olympic Studios, a project of 165 two-story lofts where the units average 375 square feet and rent for $1,061 to $1,327. Shekhter has rented out [...]
Nov 05 2008
Schwarzenegger Tours Solar Rooftops in Los Angeles
Milan P. Rubenstein Milan Properties Blog
California Governor Visits Staples Center, Contessa Food Plant
Gov. Schwarzenegger (right) tours Contessa’s new food manufacturing plant with Contessa CEO John Blazevich.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger made appearances on not one, but two rooftops Tuesday to tout major solar power systems [...]
Sep 11 2008
Red Mountain Retail and Allied Retail Partners have selected real estate investment management firm Buchanan Street Partners to structure all necessary capital for the $218.4 million development of El Portal Entertainment Center in South Gate, about 15 miles south of Downtown Los Angeles.
The nearly 500,000-square-foot regional multimedia-themed regional shopping center is being designed to target [...]
Sep 02 2008
California lawmakers passed a bill aimed at cutting carbon-dioxide emissions by rewarding cities and counties that prevent urban sprawl and improve public transportation.
The bill’s proponents and transportation experts say it is the first measure in the nation to link government transportation funding with urban planning and CO2-reduction goals. Senate Bill 375 contends that cutting back [...]
Aug 26 2008
WOODLAND HILLS, CA-The Western Region of the Houston-based Dinerstein Cos. has unveiled plans for a $130 million, 438-unit LEED Silver-certified luxury apartment project called the Millennium Warner Center that is slated to be ready for occupancy by summer of 2010. Josh Vasbinder, Beverly Hills-based West Coast partner with Dinerstein, tells GlobeSt.com that the company closed [...]
Aug 07 2008
Proposed law would require large, privately built commercial and residential projects to use environmentally sound practices.
February 16, 2008 in print edition B-1
Los Angeles, known for its choking smog and fuel-burning gridlock, is poised to adopt one of the toughest green building ordinances [...]