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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Real Estates—Wetherly Project Approved by PLUM, Now 12 Rather Than 14 Stories
September 24th, 2009 · No Comments · NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, REAL ESTATE
Tags: Planning and Land Use Management Committee·PLUM·Real Estates·RTKL·Wetherly Project
Shops—Inside Satine’s New Boutique, Lotsa Pretty Pics
September 9th, 2009 · No Comments · FASHION, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
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 [...]
Tags: A.L.C.·Alaia·Alexander Wang·Andrea Lieberman·Anthropologie·Bacini·Balmain·Doughhboys·Eamon Ore-Giron·El Carmen·Erin Wasson for RVCA·Jeannie Lee·Kiss My Bundt·Life with Bird·Little Next Door·Satine·Seneca Rising·Seven Bankhead·Shops·Tasca·Whitely Kros
Real Estates—8231-8243 West 3rd Street, Anything Happening?
September 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, FASHION, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, REAL ESTATE
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 [...]
Tags: 8231-8243 West 3rd Street·Abramson Teiger Architects·Real Estates·West 3rd Street City View Project
Neighborhoods—Mid City West Land Use Committee Meeting Tonight, Golden State, Hatfield’s and More
July 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · City, DRINK, EAT, EVENT, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, Neigborhood
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 [...]
Tags: 5410 Wilshire Boulevard·640 North La Cienega Boulevard·Events·Hatfield's·Meetings·Mid City West Land Use Committee·Mid-City West Community Council·Neighborhoods·Suzanne Tracht·Suzpree·The Golden State
Real Estates—Rendering for 8231-8243 West 3rd Street Complex
July 22nd, 2009 · 9 Comments · COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, FASHION, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, REAL ESTATE
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 [...]
Tags: 8231-8243 West 3rd Street·8243 West 3rd Street·Abramson Teiger Architects·Real Estates·West 3rd Street City View Project
Real Estates—Possible 71-Unit, 12,000-Sq-Ft Retail Taking Place of Regency Fairfax Theaters
July 17th, 2009 · 4 Comments · COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, FILM, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, REAL ESTATE
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 [...]
Tags: B and F Associates LLC·Ira Handelman·Real Estates·Regency Fairfax Theaters
Real Estates—8243 West 3rd Street Down for the Count
July 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, REAL ESTATE
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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
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Tags: 8243 West 3rd Street·Real Estates·Shops·Teardown
Real Estates—Teardown Started at 8243 West 3rd Street
July 13th, 2009 · 3 Comments · COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, REAL ESTATE
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 [...]
Tags: 8243 West 3rd Street·Deborah Wolsh·Ethel·Real Estates·Shops·Teardown
Shops and Eats—Beverly Connection Expansion Approved
July 9th, 2009 · 12 Comments · COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, DRINK, EAT, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, REAL ESTATE, SWEAT
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 [...]
Tags: Beverly Connection·Real Estates·Shops and Eats·Vornado Realty Trust
Real Estates—Readying for Teardown on West 3rd
July 7th, 2009 · 5 Comments · COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, REAL ESTATE
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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Tags: Real Estates·Shops·West 3rd Street Teardown
Crimes—Woman Robbed and Shot at West 3rd and Kings Road
July 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · City, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
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 [...]
Tags: Crimes·Detective Robert Palacios·Woman Robbed and Shot
Real Estates—Rick Caruso’s Burton Way Project Approved, Delayed Vote on Genton Barth’s Wetherly Project
June 17th, 2009 · 5 Comments · COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, REAL ESTATE
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 [...]
Tags: Genton Barth Real Estate Group·LA City Council·Paul Koretz·Planning and Land Use Management Committee·Real Estates·Rick Caruso·Trader Joe's·Wetherly Project

