Santa Monica’s earthquake-retrofit laws are being bypassed by some building owners, and the city may have trouble enforcing those ordinances and compelling owners to follow required interim or preliminary deadlines. In 2017 the city passed […]

Music entrepreneur buys 1927 four-story brick building at 3355 Barnard Way By Dolores Quintana Scooter Braun, a talent manager and entrepreneur, has purchased the building that used to house the Broad At Foundation’s art collection […]

Hotel would bring 74 rooms to 516 Colorado Avenue A new hotel development has received clearance from the Santa Monica Planning Commission. The proposed project, which was first announced in August 2022, would feature an […]

Home originally designed by Case Study architect Thornton M. Abell  By Dolores Quintana A Santa Monica Canyon home originally designed by Case Study architect Thornton M. Abell and rebuilt by architect Taunya van der Steen-Mizel […]

1650 Euclid Street development from Redcar Properties will include three stories of office space A new office complex is set to rise in Santa Monica, just west of Memorial Park.  Redcar Properties, a local real […]

FILM REVIEWKATH’S OSCAR FORECAST 2023 PART ONE95th Academy Awards March 12th at 5:00PM on ABC In this column and the next, I will give you my unsolicited opinions on which films of 2022 should be […]

Brookfield fails to pay a $465 million loan package for the Gas Company Tower at 555 W. 5th St. and $319 million in loans for 777 S. Figueroa St. A wave of defaults on office […]

Couple plays $600,000 over the asking price for custom-built home Actress Connie Britton, of White Lotus, Nashville, Friday Night Lights and American Horror Story fame, and her partner David E. Windsor, a writer and producer, […]