Los Angeles officials just made it easier to convert empty commercial buildings to housing, opening the door to the creation of thousands of apartments across a city clamoring…
Read more Thousands of apartments set to take over empty office buildings with new L.A. ordinanceAs Los Angeles grapples with a housing shortage, it could learn from San Diego, which has proved better at convincing construction companies to build more. The city is…
Read more San Diego is much better than L.A. at building apartments. Here’s whyFuture data centers are driving up forecasts for energy demand. States want proof they’ll get built David, I think you mentioned data centers in one of your answers.…
Read more Future data centers are driving up forecasts for energy demandThe owners of Crypto.com Arena and L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles have filed plans with the city to potentially add another tower to their multibillion-dollar sports and…
Read more Developer plans to add a hotel and hundreds of residences to L.A. LiveSome of the year’s biggest blockbuster games have just dropped or are coming very soon. But among the likes of Borderlands 4, EA Sports FC 26 and Battlefield…
Read more Patapon’s spiritual successor, co-op Lego and other new indie games worth checking outThe City of Ocoee is moving forward with a pickleball facility a developer pitched to the city over a year ago.Originally pitched in April 2024, Vasant Sports LLC’s…
Read more Ocoee moves forward with large pickleball complexA residential skyscraper has been approved in the South Park neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, though it’s unclear how soon construction will begin. The City Council last week…
Read more New 51-story apartment tower in downtown L.A. gets city nodOver the last century, L.A.’s love affair with the single-family home has created a suburban sprawl of epic proportions. Three bedrooms. A white-picket fence. A square of grass…
Read more Will we ever get enough housing? The future holds promiseIn L.A.’s jam-packed real estate market, an acre is huge. Five acres is a dream. But 100-plus acres is historic. The Robert Taylor Ranch, a massive equestrian estate…
Read more 112 acres in Brentwood: Largest estate in decades goes on L.A. market for $70 millionWhen ICE agents raided the construction site of a burned property in Altadena this month, they made no arrests. The man they were after was not there. But…
Read more Altadena ICE raid highlights fears that roundups will stymie rebuilding effortsIn the wake of the devastating Eaton fire that tore through Altadena in January, hundreds of signs sprouted up in the ash-laden yards of burned-down homes: “Altadena Not…
Read more ‘Unfortunately, Altadena is for sale’: Developers are buying up burned lotsGov. Gavin Newsom has signed a controversial bill that establishes siting and design standards for industrial warehouses that, according to supporters, would better protect the health of nearby…
Read more Gavin Newsom signs controversial bill regulating California warehouse developmentA Southern California developer must halt construction of a controversial industrial park in San Bernardino County that has displaced scores of homes, after a judge found flaws in…
Read more Judge halts construction of massive warehouse project after scores of homes demolishedA controversial bill that seeks to protect Californians from artificial intelligence-driven catastrophes has caused uproar in the tech industry. This week, the legislation passed a key committee but…
Read more This controversial California AI bill was amended to quell Silicon Valley fears. Here’s what changedBLOOMINGTON, Calif. — Benjamin and Christine Granillo bought their 2.25-acre property in San Bernardino County four decades ago. They built their home by hand and surrounded it with…
Read more ‘Who’s going to live here?’ What happens when an e-commerce warehouse takes out your neighborhoodAlexa Castelvecchi was glad when she and her roommates found their new apartment about a year ago, in a modern building in Hollywood with a big, sleek kitchen…
Read more In L.A., thousands of newer apartments have rent caps. Tenants don’t always know.WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that developers and home builders in California may challenge the fees commonly imposed by cities and counties to pay for new roads,…
Read more Builders may fight ‘impact fees’ that fund municipal projects in California, Supreme Court rulesA year before the pandemic, Chicago developer R2 announced a partnership with Hogsalt Hospitality, the owners of Au Cheval, Bavette’s, and other Chicago restaurants. They planned to develop…
Read more Hogsalt and Developer R2 Nix Goose Island Entertainment ComplexThe historic Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City could be demolished to make way for a 520-unit residential complex and mixed-used development if the Los Angeles City Council approves…
Read more Historic Sportsmen’s Lodge hotel may be demolished for 520-unit apartment complexKen Kahan makes a living building homes. A specialty? Luxury apartment complexes in Los Angeles neighborhoods such as Palms and Silver Lake filled with mostly market rate units,…
Read more California is building fewer homes. The state could get even more expensive
