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Many Los Angeles property owners and tenants were aware of the Soft Story retrofit ordinances in Los Angeles. If you don't know, in 2015, the city council approved two construction measures regarding Soft Story buildings. The Los Angeles Soft Story retrofitting project was revealed shortly after the new policies were approved. The idea behind this is to make sure that when the next earthquake hits, [...]

The block-sized plan set to be the next Hollywood home for Netflix (well, one of them) is about to be completed. The 3.5-acre development, named the Academy on Vine, will include multiple buildings, including a 20-story tower with 193 residential units, plus office and retail space, all located on Sunset Boulevard just south of the ArcLight and Cinerama Dome. Past developer projections from Kilroy Realty [...]

Developers and town officials get a leg up in the race to construct shelters and flats for the increasing homeless population of LA. There will now be a fresh state law exempting many of these projects from environmental review. Assembly Bill 1197 was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday and instantly came into force. "This legislation will help us make blueprints faster for the [...]

City authorities and property owners in Los Angeles are making strides in retrofitting the kinds of apartment houses that were particularly susceptible in the earthquake in Northridge in 1994. This week, tens of thousands of houses were toppled and damaged by the devastating — and deadly— temblor that hit 25 years earlier. As of this month, 1,500 Soft Story houses have been retrofitted and, according [...]

Yesterday in East Hollywood, a new housing development with a total of 187 support housing units for low-income and homeless people broke ground. Called PATH Metro Villas, the project is located at 340 North Madison Avenue, just a few blocks away from Vermont / Beverly Red Line station. The first part of the construction, to be completed in two phases, will include 65 apartments with [...]

The Wilshire Grand Center— which is opening up to the public today— closely eclipses the U.S. Bank Tower is the tallest skyscraper in Los Angeles. But what could stand out more than the height of Angelenos is the ornamental top of the tower. It's the first high-rise downtown to be built since Los Angeles City Hall in 1928 that won't have a flat roof. Instead, [...]