Developer wants Palisades to secede from LA

Faced with fire damage, frozen permits and a City Hall she says can’t scale, a Pacific Palisades developer has made a radical pitch a year after the destruction: break away from Los Angeles. Santa Monica-based developer and reality TV alum Elaine C...

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Trader Joe’s grabs Santa Monica Rite Aid for $22M

Trader Joe’s just made a pricey Santa Monica land play, snapping up a former Rite Aid along Wilshire Boulevard as it continues to expand in Southern California and scoop up drugstore boxes left behind by bankrupt chains. The Monrovia, California–...

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LA’s 10 biggest retail deals of 2025 nearly double, approach $1B

A lot more money changed hands for a lot more square footage in 2025 when it came to Los Angeles County’s largest retail investment deals. Roughly $968 million was spent on 2025’s top 10 biggest trades by dollar volume through September, driven i...

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$26M Brentwood manse on private knoll tops LA signed contracts

A Brentwood mansion billing itself as a private sanctuary on about an acre lot turned the heads of a prospective buyer to land the No. 1 spot among last week’s signed contracts. The 11,000-square-foot residence at 1504 North Kenter Avenue hopped in...

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Ashkenazy buys Beverly Hills Neiman Marcus in latest SoCal acquisition

Ben Ashkenazy is adding to his Southern California holdings with a purchase in the Beverly Hills Golden Triangle.  The real estate developer’s New York-based Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation bought the two-block Neiman Marcus site at 9700 Wil...

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