Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

Curbed LA brings word that the city’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee (PLUM) has approved the Wetherly Project, which will be on Wetherly and Almont drives along West 3rd (in proximity of the Four Seasons at Doheny), with some slight scaling back: Expect 12 stories (versus 14), with 95 condos and 238 parking [...]

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On the first level; click any images to expand
Mostly, I’m going to let these pretty pics speak for themselves—a tour of Satine’s new mega, close to 4,000-square-foot space at 8132 West 3rd Street. Owner Jeannie Lee and team have broken the shop into a series of shopping vignettes—shop in shop, shoe salon, TV and living [...]

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I wondered what, if anything, was going on at 8231-8243 West 3rd Street, the City View Project by Abramson Teiger Architects, (rendering shown here) since the previous building was torn down in July. Through a hole in the plywood I took this photo, which shows work done on the foundation and not much else. I [...]

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The Mid City West Community Council Land Use Committee is meeting tonight, Wednesday, July 22 at 6:30pm (National Council of Jewish Women, 543 North Fairfax Avenue, Room 103).
On the agenda: The modification of The Golden State’s CUB permit to allow beer and wine consumption between 11am-5pm; Hatfield’s application for continued sales/consumption of alcohol from [...]

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Racked LA has just posted the rendering for the new shopping complex at 8231-8243 West 3rd Street, which Abramson Teiger Architects refer to as the West 3rd Street City View Project. The blog reports Abramson Teiger broke ground yesterday. No more new info (“2 levels of above ground parking over ground floor retail space,” as [...]

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There have been no formal plans filed with the city yet, but B and F Associates LLC, which has owned the Regency Fairfax Theaters building on the northwest corner of Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue for 10-plus years, has its sights on turning the theater and handful of other shops into a 71-unit condo [...]

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And scene. Wow, that really did happen fast. The block of 8243 West 3rd Street between Sweetzer and Harper is gone, but for a mass of debris at its center. Now, on to watching the three-level retail and parking structure get built.
» Real Estates—Teardown Started at 8243 West 3rd Street
» Real Estates—Readying for [...]

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The ceiling is gone from building; click to expand
The teardown on the north side of the block of West 3rd Street, between Sweetzer and Harper, has begun with the removal of the ceiling; Ethel owner Deborah Wolsh was told the materials were all being taken to recycling and that the rest of the teardown would [...]

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Racked LA brings news that the City Council’s Planning and Land Use Committee has approved Vornado Realty Trust’s revised plan for the expansion of the Beverly Connection on Tuesday, with completion slated for 2010 year’s end.
What this means? Well the company’s plan for residential high-rises was nixed last year, but it has gotten [...]

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Looks like we’re another step closer to witnessing the teardown of the block of shops on West 3rd Street between Sweetzer and Harper Avenues, north side of the street. A temporary walkway has been erected out front, and the teardown was slated for the end of June, so imagine it will be coming down soon…
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Thank you to readers who emailed and commented, alerting me to this robbery and shooting that took place Monday night. The following description of the crime is from the LAPD Blog:
“On June 29, 2009, at around 11:20 p.m., a 31 year-old woman was walking east on 3rd Street near Kings Road, going to a friend’s [...]

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Caruso’s Burton Way Project rendering
Some updates on Rick Caruso’s Burton Way Project and Genton Barth Real Estate Group’s Wetherly Project.
Curbed reports that the mixed-use Burton Way project at La Doux Road, which will house 88 apartments and a Trader Joe’s, “was approved (with some conditions) yesterday by the planning and land use management committee, a [...]

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