Stories for October 1997
Monday, October 20
WESTLA
The Westside is the kind of real estate market brokers and investors dream about: rising rents, buildings bulging with tenants, and speculative fever getting hotter by the minute.
WESTWOOD
After a summer hiatus, the controversial Village Center Westwood project moved forward again last week when developer Ira Smedra submitted a revised Environmental Impact Report to the city of Los Angeles.
wilshire
The 10-mile Wilshire Corridor, stretching westward from downtown Los Angeles to Beverly Hills, remains an area in flux.
Q
When it comes to designing old-fashioned "Main Street" retail projects, one of the nation's most highly regarded architects is Richard Huelsman, president of West Los Angeles-based MCG Architects.
inland
After taking its customary summer breather, the Inland Empire real estate juggernaut has picked up enough steam to finish with another strong year.
nocounty
As Los Angeles continues its urban sprawl, commercial real estate in the Santa Clarita Valley continues to thrive. Corporate relocations and industrial expansions in the northern reaches of Los Angeles County are lowering vacancy rates and triggering cons
mid-counties
The rising tide of international trade through local seaports has ignited a boom in the Mid-Counties industrial market.
URBAN
The construction of the new sports arena in downtown Los Angeles may act as a catalyst for an even larger ambition: the development of Figueroa Street as a entertainment-oriented shopping street.
OVERVIEW
When Jessica Provenz headed to Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade last weekend to go shopping, she wasn't looking for clothes as much as an experience.
downtown
After years of depressed conditions due to departures out of downtown, the office vacancy rate fell to 17.1 percent in the third quarter, according to Grubb & Ellis Co., with several major deals being transacted.
reit
Acquisition of Los Angeles County property by real estate investment trusts during the July-to-September period surged 50 percent over the second quarter, according to preliminary figures provided by Alliance Capital/CB Commercial.
WESTSIDEADD
Also in the third quarter, long-running saga of the Playa Vista project continued to unfold as lenders, investors and developer Robert Maguire circled each other, each in search of the best deal.
ventura
Eastern Ventura County, which for years has been a strong office market, is starting to pick up in the retail side as well.
SFVALLEY
The San Fernando Valley's office and industrial real estate market showed steady improvement in the third quarter, as demand for space accelerated with the improving economy.
SOUTH BAY
The real estate rebound being seen elsewhere in the Los Angeles area is taking its time in the South Bay, where overall office vacancy rates are the highest in the county.
SANGABE
Industrial tenants continue to line up for buildings in the San Gabriel Valley, driving down the area's vacancy rate to the lowest level in years and triggering new development.
malls
In the face of new shopping center alternatives, like Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade and entertainment-heavy Universal CityWalk, more and more traditional malls are repositioning themselves to remain competitive.
Montrose
A few years ago, Montrose Shopping Park looked like it might become a ghost town.