Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

Back in March, Beverly Hills Bohemian expressed concerns about Chado Tea’s future in the neighborhood: “I recently asked the owner/manager of Chado Tea Room about their business, in light of the recession and the on-going exodus of businesses from the area, when she informed me that their lease is up in two years and she [...]

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Some food news from last week’s Mid City West Community Council Land Use Committee meeting. The most interesting being the possibility of Ratner’s Deli coming to 8480 West 3rd Street, just east of La Cienega and by the Smokin’ Joint. Along with applying for a “CUP for on-site sale and consumption of a full-line of [...]

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While the Ross Dress for Less [may] will be closing its 3rd and Ogden location ([if] for the proposed and hotly contested Casden Properties project [breaks ground]), the discount retailer will be ‘opening soon’ at the Beverly Connection, and is currently hiring, per signage on the west and south sides of the shopping center. A [...]

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Tt Collection’s pop up has popped down (just east of Toast), and Tide’s ‘Style is an option. Clean is not.’ campaign has taken its place, also covering the former Rodan vs Griffith storefront. Curious how that sum compares to a month of rent for the property owner…any knowledgeable ad sales peeps out there have an [...]

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Antiques store American Garage, specializing in Americana, folk art, industrial and rustic offerings, has left its 7934 West 3rd Street space for a TBA appointment-only location “to keep pace with these every changing times,” says its site, beginning February 1. Though American Garage was in that space for quite some time, its note seems [...]

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The ‘for lease’ sign is gone on the former Pixie Market space at 7950 West 3rd Street, right next to the Green Easy. The storefront window has been covered up, but for a vintage ‘Shaves and Haircuts’ sign (offering leaching, cupping and bleeding for $.25) hanging front and center. Inside, it’s been torn out to [...]

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Fornarina closing in April, from Racked LA
A bounty of closure news from Racked LA of late. The blog reports that Italian brand Fornarina is closing up its 8000 Melrose Avenue boutique at the end of April, as well as all operations in the US, noting that the brand’s boutiques are still “thriving in Europe.”
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A B+S reader alerts me to a notice received for a January 20 1pm hearing before the Zoning Administrator at City Hall for case number ZA-2009-3179 (CU), a proposed commercial project at 8055 West 3rd Street, the northwest corner of West 3rd Street and Laurel Avenue. This is the building with Baskin-Robbins and Lancer Automotive. [...]

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Get word from Conroy Commercial that baby shop Eggy will be moving into the 8365 West 3rd Street space, which used to house the Orchid Wrangler. No doubt, Eggy’s merch looks incredibly adorable, but also not cheap. Which is not to say that you couldn’t get out of there with a great gift under $50, [...]

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It’s unclear who will be the next tenant at the building at West 3rd Street and Crescent Heights (Panini Cafe?), but now we at least get to see the top half of it, gray with tall glass ceilings wrapping around it.
I heard from a neighboring business that a well-known Japanese restaurant was [...]

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So, back in July, I noticed that the Surya India space at 8048 West 3rd Street had been listed via Conroy Commercial, but received no response from Conroy on the restaurant’s status. At the time, a call to the restaurant failed to yield any info either.
Today, Squid Ink reports that Surya is [...]

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Initially aiming for fall 2009, the Farmer Market Self Storage now indicates a Mid 2010 completion. Commenters made a good point about the transient nature of LA, creating a definite storage need. There’s also those of us in buildings with very little closet space and zero storage. The upside it that it [...]

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