By Dolores Quintana Two days ahead of the state’s deadline, the City Council of Santa Monica last month approved the required 6th Cycle Housing Element Update for the years of 2021 to 2029 and the […]
By Tom Elias, Columnist For more than 40 years, Democrats in Sacramento have talked fervently about reforming the 1978 Proposition 13 and some of its landmark limits on property taxes, but time and again they’ve […]
The One pulled from Los Angeles Superior Court foreclosure sale By Dolores Quintana An infamous mega mansion in Bel Air continues to be at the center of a lengthy legal battle. As reported by the […]
Westside Real Estate Scene October 25, 2021 By Dolores Quintana Good RX, an app based healthcare company, will be moving into their new office space at the former Santa Monica Papermate Pen Factory at 2701 […]
They say that every seven years all the cells in your body renew themselves. Likewise, seven years ago SMart published this article about adaptive reuse which, as is typical of our many topics, is still […]
Agency looking into goal of building 10,000 units of affordable housing By Dolores Quintana LA Metro has received a report looking into a goal of building 10,000 units of affordable housing during the next 10 […]
550,000 + square foot campus planned for Culver-Los Angeles border By Sam Catanzaro Apple is doubling down on its Westside presence, planning to build an over 500,00 square foot regional headquarters. As reported by Variety, […]
Quarter of conversion projects in pipeline located in former offices By Dolores Quintana Adaptive reuse of already existing buildings is on the rise in 2021 and is expected to grow even more in 2022. The […]
Westside Real Estate Scene October 18, 2021 By Dolores Quintana In Santa Monica, framing is complete for a new development of mixed use apartment buildings at the corner of Broadway and Cloverfield Avenue as reported […]
City seeks public participation in new HUD-funded program By Dolores Quintana The City of Santa Monica is moving forward with a new program to place 100 people who are currently in temporary shelters into permanent […]
