Westside Today Headlines http://www.westsidetoday.com/news-s2/1/real-estate.html Fri, 24 May 2013 05:38:31 -0700 en-us Copyright 2013, Westside Today http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/zRT_iomC78Y/laurie-nussbaum-joins-fountainview.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-9415/laurie-nussbaum-joins-fountainview.html Wed, 08 May 2013 05:38:31 -0700 Laurie Nussbaum, a longtime member of the Los Angeles Jewish community, has been named Director of Marketing for Fountainview at Gonda Westside, the future luxury continuing care retirement community (CCRC) coming to Playa Vista.As head of the on-site marketing team, Nussbaum will coordinate marketing, sales and outreach to introduce The Los Angeles Jewish Home’s newest continuing care community and serve as liaison for prospects, depositors, design consultants and community members during its...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-9415/laurie-nussbaum-joins-fountainview.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/TAaEcGnM4bk/another-game-maker-comes.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-9379/another-game-maker-comes.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:38:31 -0700 Cloud Imperium Games, led by Chris Roberts, has opened an office in Santa Monica to help create Roberts' new space sim game, Star CitizenT. The new office in Santa Monica will be part of a distributed development approach for Star Citizen that spans from Montreal to Austin, Texas to the Los Angeles area. "I'm a big believer in utilizing small, very focuseddevelopment groups," says Roberts. "Each studio is working on key features of the game. In Santa Monica we're working on some o...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-9379/another-game-maker-comes.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/5RoVyvMFRqM/spruce-up-your-living.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-9101/spruce-up-your-living.html Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:38:31 -0700 As rent-it-yourself sites like airbnb, vrbo, and homeaway are on the rise, so is competition among would-be landlords to make their rentals appealing. Here are some tips for refurbishing, redecorating and refreshing your extra space to get it rental ready.Dinner for OneBette Davis once opined that the secret to a successful marriage was separate bathrooms. In the case of housemates, the key is separate kitchens. Create a guest house kitchen or an in-room kitchenette with BrylaneHome’s Kitch...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-9101/spruce-up-your-living.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/hGX4rc_bjyE/headlines-from-around-the.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-9016/headlines-from-around-the.html Sun, 17 Feb 2013 05:38:31 -0700 BRENTWOODPolice in Brentwood are urging the public to be on the lookout for a burglar who poses as a worker for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, distracting homeowners while his accomplice searches the targeted home for valuables. The duo made off with an undisclosed amount of cash and silverware from a residence in the 600 Block of South Bundy Drive on Jan. 7, and police fear they may be targeting other homes in the area. The phony DWP worker was described as a white man with brow...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-9016/headlines-from-around-the.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/3XHk9Ow6OLE/phyllis-diller-estate-sells.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-8860/phyllis-diller-estate-sells.html Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:38:31 -0700 The elegant Brentwood estate of the late comedy legend, Phyllis Diller, has been sold for $9.35 million, according to public records. That was significantly less than September’s asking price of $12.5 million. The Country English-inspired residence had been Diller’s home since 1965 and included a telephone room, a salon with a stage, an organ room, eight bedrooms and five bathrooms in 9,266 square feet of living space. Diller died in August at the age of 95.http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-8860/phyllis-diller-estate-sells.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/jqJ6DDxEItM/christopher-l-muno-joins.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-8506/christopher-l-muno-joins.html Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:38:31 -0700 Christopher L. Muno has joined the national real estate law firm Pircher, Nichols Meeks as an associate in the firm’s Los Angeles real estate practice group.Prior to joining Pircher, Nichols Meeks, Muno worked as a real estate associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn Crutcher LLP. A member of Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California, Muno received his J.D. in 2009 from University of Chicago Law School. He graduated cum laude from Boston College in 2005 and holds a...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-8506/christopher-l-muno-joins.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/qjigCocrJ_o/la-open-call-cbs.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-8408/la-open-call-cbs.html Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:38:31 -0700 Are you a passionate amateur baker? Can you whip up an impressive cake, tart or loaf of bread? You may be the perfect candidate for an exciting new competition baking series on CBS!!Amateur skilled bakers will compete against one another in baking challenges that will test every aspect of their baking skills. At the end of the competition, one baker will ultimately be crowned the winner. The series follows the trials and tribulations of the competitors – young, old, from every background and e...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-8408/la-open-call-cbs.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/uLLRyby8AaA/hrc-settles-19k-case.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-8217/hrc-settles-19k-case.html Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:38:31 -0700 Housing Rights Center (HRC) as part of its HUD funded Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) Private Enforcement Initiative Project, settled a $19,000 lawsuit on behalf of a prospective tenant who was denied housing because he had children.The prospective tenant, a married man with two children, contacted HRC after he was informed by the property owner that his family could not rent the available 3-bedroom apartment in Santa Monica because his children were a liability. HRC conducted an investi...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-8217/hrc-settles-19k-case.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/BJaFDLCdTwQ/michael-edlen-on-local.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-8209/michael-edlen-on-local.html Mon, 15 Oct 2012 05:38:31 -0700 Q: Michael, is it our imagination, or is the housing market beginning to move up again?A: Yes, with some caveats. Nationwide housing markets are definitely in better shape than they had been for 3-4 years. Locally, the Westside is no exception. With a substantially higher sales volume so far this year as compared with 2011, and a shorter time on the market in general, Westside prices are somewhat higher now than they were last year. In Brentwood, the average price per square foot is nearly 3% hi...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-8209/michael-edlen-on-local.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/2JrooaX5AwI/genetic-roulette-the-gamble.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-8199/genetic-roulette-the-gamble.html Sun, 14 Oct 2012 05:38:31 -0700 Jeffrey Smith’s Genetic Roulette, an engaging film about GMOs. Live music before the screening by Label GMO performer Rob Herring. After the film, David King, Master Gardener and founding director of the Seed Library of Los Angeles, will lead a panel discussion focusing on questions from the audience. Sweet and savory food prepared by Real Food Daily will be served at the after party in the library courtyard. Co-hosted by California Right to Know, Co-opportunity Natural Foods and Real Food Dai...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-8199/genetic-roulette-the-gamble.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/J5mljDlyXVM/raphael-bostic-named-director.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-8123/raphael-bostic-named-director.html Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:38:31 -0700 The USC Price School of Public Policy has tapped Raphael Bostic as the new director of the Judith and John Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Public Enterprise (http://www.usc.edu/schools/price/bedrosian), a research center that promotes effective governance at all levels.A professor in the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy since 2001, Bostic returns to campus after serving three years as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-8123/raphael-bostic-named-director.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/ZbfecCyDufc/nadel-architects-promotes-mark.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-7977/nadel-architects-promotes-mark.html Thu, 13 Sep 2012 05:38:31 -0700 Nadel Architects has promoted Mark B. Mikelson, AIA, LEED AP senior vice president to director of the firm’s retail division. Mikelson, who has over 27 years of experience in retail development and is a licensed architect in Nevada, Arizona and California, will head the division out of the Nevada office, where he previously served as managing principal. In his new position, Mikelson’s responsibilities will include providing a unified vision for the retail division, standardizing how the firm...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-7977/nadel-architects-promotes-mark.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/NRYyBADFuyI/michael-r-ray-joins.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-7781/michael-r-ray-joins.html Thu, 09 Aug 2012 05:38:31 -0700 Michael R. Ray has joined the national real estate law firm Pircher, Nichols Meeks as a partner in the firm’s corporate and real estate private equity practice areas. Based in the Los Angeles office, Ray was previously a corporate partner with Husch Blackwell LLP.Ray’s practice focuses on advising clients in connection with domestic and cross-border commercial transactions and business ventures, public and private offerings of securities, and the representation of real estate private equity...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-7781/michael-r-ray-joins.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/XAUhI4S-5SA/lee-associates-negotiates-6.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-7744/lee-associates-negotiates-6.html Wed, 01 Aug 2012 05:38:31 -0700 Lee Associates, the nation’s largest broker-owned commercial brokerage firm, has closed on a $6.3 million office sale in Santa Monica The 14,860-square-foot building is located at 1617 Broadway.The buyer, Sumo Properties, LLC., was represented by Dave Wilson and James Wilson, both Principals of Lee Associates West Los Angeles. The building currently is 100 percent leased, with Innovative Artists, a talent and literary agency, as the main tenant. The seller, SZS Crossroads Associates, LLC., w...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-7744/lee-associates-negotiates-6.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/O_KNrqwXzwk/anne-alexander-joins-pircher.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-7730/anne-alexander-joins-pircher.html Mon, 30 Jul 2012 05:38:31 -0700 Anne Alexander has joined the national real estate law firm Pircher, Nichols Meeks as an associate in its Los Angeles office. Alexander, who specializes in land use and environmental law, is an addition to the firm’s real estate practice.Prior to joining Pircher, Nichols Meeks, Alexander was with Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, where she represented lenders, financial institutions, businesses and property owners in a broad array of land use, real estate and environmental matters since early 2009...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-7730/anne-alexander-joins-pircher.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/tosj8tnAVME/landry-design-group-wins.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-7605/landry-design-group-wins.html Thu, 05 Jul 2012 05:38:31 -0700 LDG earned Grand Awards for the Best On the Boards Custom Home and for Bath Design and Merit Awards in the categories of Custom Home 5,000-10,000 sq. ft., Custom Home over 10,000 sq. ft., and International On the Boards Project bringing the group's total to 51 Gold Nuggets.Winner of the Grand Award for Best On the Boards Custom Home, the Franklin Residence is a 7,500-sq.-ft residence nestled between Hollywood and Beverly Hills. A steep driveway and subterranean parking for five cars are carved i...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-7605/landry-design-group-wins.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/G-qEW6KORSY/eye-on-brentwood.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-7656/eye-on-brentwood.html Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:38:31 -0700 World Loses Two Different Conservatives in March as Andrew Breitbart and James Wilson Pass AwayJohn Q. Wilson, a well thought of conservative, who did insightful work on the importance of character and private virtue among people targeted by public policies and private virtues died on March 2nd at age 82. Andrew Breitbart, half Wilson’s age, died a day before Wilson on March 1. Breitbart left four children and a wife in Brentwood where he operated multiple partisan internet sites which reli...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-7656/eye-on-brentwood.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/jQmXCBCCbbE/c-w-driver-named.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-7365/c-w-driver-named.html Mon, 21 May 2012 05:38:31 -0700 C.W. Driver has been named construction manager for the City of Beverly Hills Public Works Warehouse and Shops project, a $7.8 million expansion plan to be located at 9357 Third Street near Civic Center Drive in Beverly Hills.When completed in January 2013, the facility will become an essential services facility that will allow the City’s maintenance and communications departments to operate in case of an emergency or natural disaster. C.W. Driver has begun working with RTK Architects on the p...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-7365/c-w-driver-named.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/cOoec-KHFkw/joan-frei-appointed-to.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-7104/joan-frei-appointed-to.html Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:38:31 -0700 Joan Frei, senior vice president and director of business development for Nadel Architects, has been promoted to state program chairperson for the Southern California chapter of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC - the global trade association of the shopping center industry.). Frei will manage the overall annual calendar for the region, coordinating with local program and next generation chairs, as well as assisting with the development of new regional programs. Frei has be...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-7104/joan-frei-appointed-to.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/KghVMXtqfOY/real-estate-2012.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-6613/real-estate-2012.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:38:31 -0700 Brentwood Real Estate in 2012 by Elyse ArbourHappy New Year! Wishing you Health, Peace and Prosperity throughout the New Year. The following are my thoughts regarding Brentwood real estate in 2012:• It is a great time to be a buyer as interest rates are at historic levels. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 3.91% this week! Moreover, prices are down considerably from the peak and as a result affordability is far better than it has been in years. • With the economy growin...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-6613/real-estate-2012.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/uufY0LbnTqk/2011-casden-industrial-and.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-6385/2011-casden-industrial-and.html Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:38:31 -0700 The University of Southern California Lusk Center for Real Estate’s (http://www.usc.edu/lusk) annual analysis of industrial and office real estate in Los Angeles County, Orange County and the Inland Empire shows signs of a slow market recovery.The 10th Annual Casden Southern California Industrial and Office Forecast finds that all three areas experienced job growth and increased demand for both property types in 2011. An analysis of each area’s submarkets found lower vacancy rates in 11 of 1...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-6385/2011-casden-industrial-and.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/8T3xH4uqdoo/get-more-bang-for.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-6370/get-more-bang-for.html Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:38:31 -0700 HGTV's new and improved Bang for your Buck is coming to Los ANgeles in search of enthusiastic and energetic homeowners who have renovated an unconventional space in their home in the past 5 years to feature on the show. The more unconventional the renovation, the merrier. Spaces can range from an at-home spa, an over the top dressing room, an indoor bowling alley or pool, a top of the line home theater, a greenhouse, or whatever you've created. As long as the space is unconventional the Bang fo...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-6370/get-more-bang-for.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/bjel6HXaK3I/mary-peralta-named-program.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-6353/mary-peralta-named-program.html Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:38:31 -0700 The University of Southern California Ross Minority Program in Real Estate, a comprehensive continuing education program that trains real estate leaders in traditionally underserved communities, has appointed Mary Peralta as the new head of day-to-day operations.Mary Peralta, a longtime staff member with the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, has been named program manager and oversees curriculum administration, student recruitment and admission, and the program’s community and industry relation...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-6353/mary-peralta-named-program.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/LzipEdE7OtU/richard-landry-behind-the.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-6293/richard-landry-behind-the.html Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:38:31 -0700 Richard Landry's sumptuous new book, Private Estates- New Architecture by Landry Design Group, is now on available.For more information on Landry, his book and his firm's work: www.LandryDesignGroup.comhttp://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-6293/richard-landry-behind-the.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealEstate-WestsideToday/~3/GvXJ8cvSZw0/huff-gooden-and-hga.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-6193/huff-gooden-and-hga.html Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:38:31 -0700 Huff + Gooden Architects have been selected as lead design architects and HGA Architects and Engineers (HGA) as the executive architect for the expansion and renovation of the California African American Museum (CAAM), located in Exposition Park. The $67.3 million project will include 77,000 square feet of new construction, as well as a renovation of 26,000 square feet of the existing museum. The project has completed the design phase and is awaiting funding for future phases of work.Huff + Go...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s2-6193/huff-gooden-and-hga.html