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Eats—Name of La Brea Dining Restaurant Revealed

January 18th, 2010 · No Comments · EAT

Heard from Conroy Commercial back in November that Japan’s La Brea Dining was taking the former Fifty’s Furniture spot at 8050 West 3rd Street and now there’s a poster fronting the space with Robata JINYA (here’s the JINYA page on the La Brea Dining site, with information on two other JINYA locations). Looks promising.
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Shops—Baby Boutique Eggy Coming to Former Orchid Wrangler Space

November 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · BABY, COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, FASHION, HOME, REAL ESTATE

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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Real Estates—Building at West 3rd and Crescent Heights Revealed, Plus Japanese Restaurant Incoming Next Door

November 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments · COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, EAT, REAL ESTATE

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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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Eats—Surya Closing in December, The Burger Factory Taking Its Place

November 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments · COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, EAT, REAL ESTATE

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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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Eats—Panini Cafe Looks Like a No-Go, Surya Space For Lease, Date on D’Amore’s

July 24th, 2009 · 11 Comments · COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, EAT, REAL ESTATE

A rendering of the restaurant space at 3rd and Crescent Heights
Some restaurant/real estate tidbits from around the neighborhood. First, a number of people have either inquired or noted that there doesn’t seem to be any progress at the restaurant space at West 3rd Street and Crescent Heights, which was supposed to be Panini Cafe. A [...]

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Shops—Party Paper Life Consolidates on La Cienega

June 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, DECOR, HOME

Stationery, wrapping and overall party supply spot Party Paper Life has consolidated its operations to the south side of the building at La Cienega and Blackburn, leaving an expansive space across from Borders for lease. Conroy Commercial seems to be handling, though the property shown online is the space Party Paper Life moved into, while [...]

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Real Estates—Lee’s Liquor and Breadsticks For Lease

June 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, DRINK, EAT, REAL ESTATE

I don’t know how long Lee’s Liquor Store and Breadsticks have been at 8570-8572 West 3rd Street, but it’s as long as I can remember. The two spaces, across from Cedars Sinai, are now up for lease via Conroy Commercial, either together for $10,000/month or separately for $6,500/month for the 1,100-square-foot Lee’s space or $6,000/month [...]

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City—Last Week’s ‘Race for the 5th’ City Council District 5 Forum

February 16th, 2009 · 15 Comments · City, Politics

Candidates Robyn Ritter Simon, Ron Galperin, David ‘Ty’ Vahedi; click to expand
Last week’s ‘Race for the 5th’ City Council District 5 forum brought out about 150 audience members, a more diverse, younger and bigger crowd than January’s forum put on by the Beverly Wilshire Homes Association.
This forum, moderated by Ted Miller of Conroy Commercial [...]

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Eats—Panini Cafe Still Coming

January 14th, 2009 · 5 Comments · EAT

Took these photos of the Panini Cafe construction not too long ago, and it seemed to be in the same state it’s been in for quite sometime. Conroy Commercial reports that the restaurant is still coming to the corner of West 3rd Street and Crescent Heights (the old Splash Spa space), but has come up [...]

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Real Estates—Former Magenta, Rodan vs Griffith, Fifty’s Furniture and Party Paper Life Spaces

January 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments · REAL ESTATE

You’ve probably seen that Conroy Commercial handles much of the commercial real estate in the neighborhood. The following is a round-up of various spaces under the real estate investment brokerage’s purview:
Formerly women’s boutique Magenta at 7952 West 3rd Street is 1,000 square feet and leasing for $3.15 per square foot. Do the math, that’s [...]

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