Greater Los Angeles Region: Projects and Developments - Page 25

dragonsky · #**481** Posted **Jun 22, 2016, 1:43 AM**

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L.A.-based hub will help create factory sensors

Los Angeles will become the headquarters for a federally funded institute devoted to developing sensors that make manufacturing more efficient.

President Obama announced the project, which will receive $140 million in public and private funding, Monday at the SelectUSA summit in Washington, D.C.

A consortium of researchers in Los Angeles will coordinate the work of five regional centers — one at UCLA and outposts in Texas, New York, Washington and North Carolina. Dozens of companies across the country will participate and invest in the initiative, including Google, Microsoft and Northrop Grumman.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...nap-story.html

dragonsky · #**482** Posted **Jun 23, 2016, 4:41 AM**

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dragonsky · #**483** Posted **Jun 25, 2016, 1:10 AM**

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California Passes France As World's 6th-Largest Economy

California is now the sixth-largest economy in the world, surpassing France, thanks to a robust state economy and strong U.S. dollar.

California was the world’s eighth-largest economy in 2014, Irena Asmundson, chief economist of the California Department of Finance, said in a phone interview on Friday. “California did exceptionally well in 2015.”

California is home to diverse strong economies, including Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Manufacturing and agriculture have performed well despite a severe drought, Asmundson said.

California has outpaced the rest of the country on job growth, California’s finance department said in its June bulletin this week. Gross state product was $2.46 trillion in 2015, with 4.1% of growth in real terms, it added.

http://fortune.com/2016/06/17/califo...rgest-economy/

dragonsky · #**484** Posted **Jun 25, 2016, 5:01 AM**

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It’s official. Bottega Louie is opening its second location in West Hollywood, and with David Cooley as a partner.

In a press release today, Cooley, best known for opening The Abbey 25 years ago, said he will be a partner in the WeHo Bottega Louie. “I have been approached many times about partnering on this space but none of them felt right,” he said. “A globally known culinary destination like Bottega Louie is the perfect addition to Santa Monica Boulevard.”

Earlier this year Cooley acquired Here Lounge, adjacent to The Abbey, and work is underway to convert it to “The Chapel,” at part of The Abbey.

http://www.wehoville.com/2016/06/22/...ooley-partner/

Top 10 US Yelp Restaurants of 2011!
https://www.yelpblog.com/2012/01/top...urants-of-2011

dragonsky · #**485** Posted **Jun 25, 2016, 5:14 AM**

Irvine-based In-N-Out Burger can thank its die-hard fans for making it the “best burger” brand in the country for the second year in a row, according to a Harris Poll released Thursday.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/h...rger-poll.html

dragonsky · #**486** Posted **Jun 29, 2016, 2:20 AM**

Here Are New Renderings of the Rebooted Mid-Wilshire Tower
http://la.curbed.com/2016/6/28/12053...-udr-steinberg

dragonsky · #**487** Posted **Jun 30, 2016, 2:21 AM**

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Revived Forum's dominance of L.A. concert business likely to continue

It’s only been two years since the Forum was resurrected in Inglewood, but the famed music venue has quickly grabbed a sizable chunk of the Los Angeles-area concert business.

The revived 17,500-seat oval-shaped hall boasted 20 concerts in the L.A. area during the first half of 2016, accounting for 36% of arena concerts here, the Forum said Wednesday.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...nap-story.html

dragonsky · #**488** Posted **Jun 30, 2016, 1:50 PM**

Wilshire Towers in Koreatown Undergoing Residential Conversions
http://urbanize.la/post/wilshire-tow...al-conversions

dragonsky · #**489** Posted **Jul 1, 2016, 2:43 AM**

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dragonsky · #**490** Posted **Jul 2, 2016, 3:03 PM**

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CSUSB Palm Desert Campus to Expand

That is if a master plan unveiled by the university is approved by the board of trustees. "We are planning to build out for eight-thousand students, including resident halls some more classroom buildings, some administrative offices and some athletic fields, it's going to be like a real campus here very shortly," campus dean Sharon Brown-Welty said. If approved, the campus would be so big, it would allow the university to support and additional 7,000 full-time students.

Some of the new features will include a library, student housing, at least nine more academic buildings, athletic fields and so much more. The expansion is all in an effort to establish California State University, Palm Desert as an independent Cal State University campus. "The goal is that this university is the first choice for our Coachella Valley students, when they are considering a four-year university,” Brown-Welty said. University officials are hoping that having a campus in the valley can attract more students to stay in the valley to get their education," she added.

http://www.kmir.com/story/32304758/c...mpus-to-expand

dragonsky · #**491** Posted **Jul 3, 2016, 4:25 AM**

Unique Mixed-Use Development Rises in Beverly Hills
http://urbanize.la/post/unique-mixed...-beverly-hills

dragonsky · #**492** Posted **Jul 4, 2016, 3:05 PM**

11-Mile Makeover of the LA River is Moving Right Along
http://la.curbed.com/2016/7/2/120644...-20-army-corps

dragonsky · #**493** Posted **Jul 6, 2016, 1:42 AM**

Hooman Nissani buys 8.5 acres in Playa Vista for $83M, plans massive mixed-use project
http://therealdeal.com/la/2016/06/16...d-use-project/

dragonsky · #**494** Posted **Jul 6, 2016, 4:42 AM**

Incredible Time-Lapse Video Shows Fireworks Across Los Angeles
https://www.facebook.com/chrispzero/...0389721319905/

dragonsky · #**495** Posted **Jul 7, 2016, 2:04 PM**

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Refurbishment Planned for Culver City Office Building

Sony Pictures Entertainment will officially relocate its corporate offices to a new building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in 2017. Sony Pictures Plaza, designed by the late architect Maxwell Starkman, features more than 260,000 square feet of office space in an eight-story structure at 10000 W. Washington Boulevard.

http://urbanize.la/post/refurbishmen...ffice-building

dragonsky · #**496** Posted **Jul 9, 2016, 3:38 PM**

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Carson might get outlet mall on land once eyed for NFL stadium

The City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday night to begin exclusive negotiations with Macerich Real Estate Co. to develop a portion of the 157-acre site alongside the 405 Freeway. This is the second time in four years the city has entered into an agreement for a freeway-facing outlet mall on the property that stretches from Del Amo to Avalon boulevards.

The Santa Monica company wants to erect a 500,000-square-foot outlet center with 150 high-end stores that would take up a fourth of the site. Macerich promised to front the city $1 million to cover fees for preparing the documents to pass over control of the land, and $250,000 of that is slated to go into the city’s community nonprofit fund.

The city hopes the momentum from the project will entice developers to build out the rest of the property, though it isn’t yet clear when construction will begin, and the deal could potentially fall through again — though Macerich has already invested about $2 million in its initial studies of the site, according to the city.

http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/...or-nfl-stadium

dragonsky · #**497** Posted **Jul 10, 2016, 2:37 PM**

You Can Now Enjoy a Lovely Walk Around Marina del Rey's Oxford Basin
http://la.curbed.com/2016/7/8/121291...a-del-rey-park

dragonsky · #**498** Posted **Jul 11, 2016, 2:10 AM**

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The proposed development, called the Alla Road Creative Campus, would consist of a trio of two-story buildings near the western terminus of the Marina Freeway. Plans call for approximately 155,000 square feet of office space, in addition to a one-acre outdoor courtyard and a parking garage for 600 vehicles.

Continental and Mar Ventures are marketing the proposed campus as an extension of the creative office boom in nearby Playa Vista, which is now home to companies such as Google and Yahoo. The two companies have previously collaborated on a number of projects in the South Bay, including the 15-acre Elevon complex in El Segundo.

http://urbanize.la/post/office-campus-planned-del-rey

dragonsky · #**499** Posted **Jul 13, 2016, 2:23 AM**

New Century Plaza Towers Slated for Summer Groundbreaking
http://urbanize.la/post/new-century-...groundbreaking

dragonsky · #**500** Posted **Jul 13, 2016, 3:42 AM**

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Rams to inform fans they've sold out season tickets, will begin selling single-game tickets

Those deposit holders were contacted in waves on a first-come, first-served basis, and roughly 24,000 of them bought the entire allotment of 70,000 tickets. By the time the franchise got through the first six hours of deposits, the season tickets were gone.

“To sell out of season tickets in the first six hours upon our return to Los Angeles is both humbling and a reminder of how excited Angelinos are about the return of the Rams and the NFL,” Kevin Demoff, Rams chief operating officer, said in an email to The Times. “As both Los Angeles’ first pro sports team and its newest sports team, the bond between this team and the community is evident and strengthening each day.”

This week, the Rams will begin selling single-game tickets, making those available first to the deposit holders on the list who have yet to be contacted, again in the order they placed their deposits earlier this year.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/rams/l...nap-story.html