LABJ WEEKLY EDITION
Are You Ready for Some (More) Football?
Special Report: Business of Sports
The XFL is back, but the question remains: Do L.A. fans want spring football?
‘Wellness’ Amenities Juice Up Properties
REAL ESTATE: A growing niche for homes and offices
A growing number of properties are being outfitted with personal health and wellness in mind.
Multiple HAIL MARYS
Special Report: Business of Sports
LA’s pro football landscape is littered with (mostly) failed franchises
Cadiz Enters Hemp Business
AGRICULTURE: Water firm, cannabis company team up
Water developer Cadiz Inc. has launched a joint venture to cultivate hemp with California Cannabis Enterprises Inc.
Clear Winners in Battle for LA Sports Dollars
Special Report: Business of Sports
Clippers are climbing, but Lakers and Dodgers are still the teams to beat By MATTHEW BLAKE and JOSHUA NIV Staff Reporters
Holding Pattern Around Boeing
AEROSPACE: Area suppliers wait for end to 737 Max woes
Southern California suppliers to Boeing Co. are in a holding pattern because of the grounding of 737 Max planes.
Water Firm’s Profits Rise
Rates, military contract lift American States Water
Rates, military contract lift American States Water
Snap to Sell $1 Billion in Debt Notes
New funding to be used for possible acquisitions
New funding to be used for possible acquisitions
Sports Center
How Schloessman and LASEC help bring the big games to LA
The Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission helps the city bid for and plan major sports events.
PowerPlant Raises $165M
Firm aims to cultivate healthy food startups
Firm aims to cultivate healthy food startups
Brokers, Investors Post Strong Second Quarter
Demand for industrial, office properties drives profits
Demand for industrial, office properties drives profits
Beyond Meat Loses Sizzle
FOOD: Stock slides as competitors gain ground
Nonprofit Plans Solar Push
MANUFACTURING: New tech powers low-cost panels
GREEN ENERGY Claremont-Pomona Locally Grown Power aims to provide solar power without chasing profits.
Inglewood Meeting Place Fosters Startups
FINANCE: Sip & Sonder builds businesses, community
Inglewood’s Sip & Sonder offers a hub or networking with venture investors — and a strong cup of coffee.
SHARED VISION
Coworking companies benefit by catering to specific industries
Coworking specializes to compete.
Mendocino Taps New CEO
RESTAURANTS: Miles joins from Zoës Kitchen
Mendocino Farms names a fast-casual pro as its new CEO.
Saban Sees Opportunities in Music
ENTERTAINMENT: Mogul places $500M bet on label
Billionaire Haim Saban invests $500 million to launch a world music record label.
Brokers Try Coworking
CBRE, Savills, others add flexible-office operations
Real-estate brokers are trying to get in on the coworking craze.
Ecommerce Attracts Sage
M&A advisory firm helps internet-born brands to grow
Sage Group launches a new practice to help internet-born brands grow.
Home Grower
Cross Campus has the ambition, and it’s seeking the funding to expand through acquisitions in LA and beyond
Locally grown coworking provider Cross Campus plans expansion.
Space Race
Coworking providers have signed more than 20 leases in LA this year
Coworking companies have signed more than 20 new leases in L.A.
TOP COWORKING COMPANIES IN LA
TOP COWORKING COMPANIES IN LA
TEAM PLAYER
Tim Lee I Olive Hill Group
Tim Lee of commercial real estate firm Olive Hill Group has coined a new term: “workstyle.”
LA Port Project is Derailed
Shipping: $130M facility sought to speed operations
Jonathan Rosenthal takes the Port of L.A. to court over nixing new cargo yard.
