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Los Angeles Commercial Real Estate

4652 Hollywood - office building between Hollywood and Silverlake.  Traditional office space on first floor and creative loft like space on the second floor.  Well suited for professionals in the entertainment industry

Hollywood Hillhurst - retail storefronts and creative office space in Los Feliz area of Los Angeles

Los Angeles Real Estate Resources

CraigsList - many Los Angeles properties listed for sale

Curbed LA - a Los Angeles real estate blog, very good resource
Dr Housing Bubble - their tagline: "How I leaned to love Socal and forget the bousing bubble."  Lots on interesting market info.

Housing Tracker - uses MLS data to provide month-over-month comparisons of median price and inventory levels.  Los Angeles market data is available.

L.A. Times - real estate section/classifieds

L.A. Land Blog - good real estate blog by the L.A. Times

Los Angeles Apartments for Rent - if buying is not for you, check out our apartment rental page

Lusk Center for Real Estate - University of Southern California

TheMLS.com - search current listings on the Los Angeles Multiple Listing Service website as a guest  A well done site, loads fast and has many property photos.

Realtor.com - search for Los Angeles real estate and realtors

Realty Times - Los Angeles real estate market conditions report, frequently updated by local agents

RentSlicer - interesting site that takes Craig's list rental listing and provides a google map overlay, and the ability to pull up rent statistics for the various Los Angeles sub-markets

sfvrealestate.blogspot.com - real estate blog with a focus on the east San Fernando Valley

SkyscraperCity Forum - message board with good info on Los Angeles real estate projects

General Real Estate Resources

Adaptive Reuse Projects in the City of Los Angeles - city run website that maps out projects that are completed, under construction, or under consideration
AnotherF@ckedBorrower - if you do decide to buy a home, don't let this happen to you.  Keep you mortgage expenses within your budget.

Google Maps - toggle back and forth between the regular and satellite views in order to getter a better view of Los Angeles neighborhoods

The Housing Bubble Blog - are we in a housing bubble?  Here's a good resource to help you decide for yourself

Inman - real estate news -  daily articles are viewable, prior articles require a subscription to view, but you can always google news search the headlines of interest

Trulia - real estate search engine

Zillow - home valuation estimates presented in a map layout format

Real Estate Agents & Brokerage Firms

Ron Wynn - well known agent that focuses on the Westside

Bob Taylor - focusing on the areas northeast of Downtown L.A. (Eagle Rock, Highland Park, etc).  Very good website.

Stephanie Vitacco - specializes in the San Fernando Valley

CJ & Jay Cole - specializing in the Venice area, they have an excellent website that profiles area attractions

Coast & Canyon Realtors - covering the Topanga Canyon market since 1978.

Boardwalk Realty - covers the Westside

Tierra Properties - provides both residential & commercial services.  Website has nice profiles of various L.A. communities.

The Value of Architecture - specializes in architecturally significant Los Angeles properties.  Nicely done website.  Some of these properties really are amazing.

Richard Schulman - a top agent with the Keller Williams Westside office

Jody Graff - agent specializing in Burbank, Toluca Lake.  Also has a very insightful blog: sfvrealestate.blogspot.com

Caron Schwartz - specializing in the Wilshire corridor between Westwood and Beverly Hills.  Website has interesting descriptions of all of the hi-rises along this corridor

The Loft Exchange - specializing in Downtown Los Angeles loft & condos for sale or lease

Design & Renovation Resources

Montana Avenue Interiors - interior design company that specializes in loft interiors, small spaces & high-rise condos.

 

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Los Angeles Residential Real Estate Developments & Projects

Azzurra Del Rey - high-rise condos in Marina Del Rey

Bank Lofts San Pedro - in the San Pedro section of Los Angeles, loft conversion of the historical Bank of San Pedro building

Barker Block - loft conversion of a city block of industrial buildings that used to house the Barker Furniture Company.  Located in the Artist's District of Downtown Los Angeles.

Bella Villaggio Condos - new condos in West L.A./Mar Vista on National Blvd, near Barrington Ave.

Biscuit Company Lofts - loft conversion of the 1925-built National Biscuit Company Building, in the Arts District of Downtown L.A. 

BLVD6200 - a large mixed use project in Hollywood.  Will include apartments, retail & restaurants

Brentwood Villas - new Brentwood condos on Barrington Ave., just north of Wilshire Blvd

Broadway Hollywood Lofts - loft/condo conversion of a 1920's era Broadway Department Store building at the corner of Hollywood Blvd and Vine in Hollywood
The Brockman - condo/loft conversion of a 1917-built Downtown Los Angeles building.

The Californian on Wilshire - luxury high rise in the Wilshire Corridor near Westwood

The Carlyle on Wilshire - a new luxury high-rise in Westwood, on the location of the former Century Wilshire Hotel

Centre Street Lofts - lofts in San Pedro in a mixed-use building

The Century - luxury Century City high-rise that is in the early stages of development.  To be built on the site of the former St. Regis Hotel.  Plans call for a 40-story high-rise on nearly four lusciously landscaped acres.

The Chapman - flats for sale in this refurbished 1912 built property, at the corner of Broadway and 8th Street in Downtown Los Angeles

Club California Condos - a condo conversion project in Westwood.  The former Club Cali apartment building is going condo

Concerto - Downtown Los Angeles condo project that will feature two 27-story high-rise towers

The Cove - hi rise condo tower in Marina Del Rey

Del Rey Terrace - condos in Marina Del Rey

Dogtown Station - lofts for sale in Venice Beach

Eastern Columbia Lofts - loft conversion project of the turquoise art-deco 1930s high-rise on Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles

El Dorado Lofts - conversion of the historic El Dorado Hotel (built in 1913) into loft residences.  Located on Spring Street in Downtown Los Angeles.

Element - new lofts in the Marina Del Rey loft district

Elleven South - condo project in Downtown L.A's South Park district.

Evo - new construction, luxury 23-story condo high rise in Downtown Los Angeles

Flower Street Lofts - lofts for sales adj. to Staples Center in Downtown L.A.  This is a re-use project of the old UPS building, originally constructed in 1936.

Fuller Lofts - located in Lincoln Heights (just north of Downtown L.A.), this is a 1920's warehouse for the W.P. Fuller Paint Company that has been given an adaptive reuse into live/work lofts, condos and a ground floor cafe.

Grand Lofts - Downtown L.A. loft project in the old Western Auto Supply Headquarters building (built 1924). 

1000 Granville Ave. - condominium project in Brentwood

Habitat Pacific - from Habitat Group Los Angeles, a 15-unit condo complex featuring modern architecture, near the corner of Venice Blvd and Centinela in Mar Vista
Harper West Hollywood - new loft inspired units that are located around the historic 1923-built Ramona apartments in West Hollywood

The Hollywood - new condo development in Hollywood.  Modern design architecture, and a sales pitch that focuses on the entertainment industry

Indigo - new condos in Marina del Rey.  The developer is John Laing, who is also building the Element lofts next door to this property

Larchmont Lofts - new condo/loft project near Larchmont Village in Los Angeles

LennarWilshire/Gallery Lofts - loft project adjacent to the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art in the Miracle Mile district

Library Court - new condo/lofts in heart of Downtown Los Angeles

Little Tokyo Lofts - Downtown Los Angeles lofts built in the industrial space of the old Westinghouse building

The Lofts @ Hollywood & Vine - new loft condominiums at the 1930s-built Equitable Building in Hollywood

Luma-South - new construction 19-story high-rise condo/lofts in the South Park section of Los Angeles.  Located at 11th & Hope, it's related to the Elleven-South building across the street.

Market Lofts - condo/lofts being built above a new Ralphs grocery store in Downtown Los Angeles

Mercury Rising - condo conversion of the 1960s built Getty Oil Building at Wilshire & Western

Mura - a 190 unit condo property on the edge of Little Tokyo in Downtown Los Angeles.  Developed by Pulte Homes.

NoHo14 - new 14-story hi-rise condo building in the North Hollywood Arts District

Ostrich Farm Lofts - live/work loft condos in South Pasadena

Pan American Lofts - Downtown Los Angeles condo/loft conversion of a architecturally significant Beaux-Arts style property dating from 1895.  I think the windows on this building are really interesting.  

Paragon - new condos on Crenshaw Blvd, a block and a half south of Wilshire Blvd.

Park Fifth - landmark project in Downtown Los Angeles, slated to be the tallest residential tower west of Chicago

Park Wilshire - high rise condos in the Wilshire Corridor between Westwood and Beverly Hills

Pier Pointe - two blocks from the Venice Beach Pier, a Lennar Urban condo project that will feature a converted high-rise.

Princeton Lofts - new live/work lofts in Venice

Redwood Lofts - new lofts in Marina Del Rey

The Remington - luxury condos in Westwood (sold out)

The Roosevelt Lofts - loft conversion of the classic 1922-built Breaux-arts Roosevelt Building at the corner of 7th & Flower in Downtown L.A.
Rowan Lofts - conversion of a Downtown Los Angeles 1912-built office building into Lofts

Santee Village - Downtown Los Angeles loft community comprised of multiple old-time manufacturing buildings that have been renovated 

Savoy - new luxury condos and lofts, encompassing an entire block in Downtown Los Angeles

Sky Lofts - The 12th-22nd floors of this office tower at 801 S. Grand Ave in Downtown L.A. are being converted to lofts.  This will give this building a mix of retail (bottom floor), residential, and office users.

SolairWilshire - new high-rise condos in Koreatown/Mid-Wilshire, with a focus on modern design

Steel Lofts - located in Marina del Rey, this new loft building features modern design and steel construction

The Summit on Sixth - new luxury condo high-rise in Koreatown . Wilshire Center

Sunset Silverlake - modernist style lofts in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles
Tara Village - condominiums for sale in Tarzana

Texere Plaza - loft conversion with ground-floor retail, of a 1924-built property.  On South Figueroa Street, near the 110 Freeway.
Textile Building - loft conversion that is part of the larger Santee Village re-use development in the Downtown Los Angeles Fashion District
Toy Factory Lofts - Downtown L.A. Lofts

2121 Lofts - new lofts and townhomes on East 7th Place in the Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles

Venice Art Lofts - live/work lofts in Venice Beach

Vero - new condos in Downtown, just west of the 110 Freeway (we like the address, 1234 Wilshire Blvd.)
Villa Bella - new condos on Sunset Blvd in Pacific Palisades

The Villa Rose - new condo building in West L.A. on S. Saltair Ave, east of Bundy and south of Santa Monica Blvd.

VUE - luxury high-rise on the waterfront in San Pedro.  The Caryle Group is a partner in this development.
Westfield Century City - New Century Plan - this is in the early planning stages.  Website outlines a proposal to remodel the Century City Shopping Mall, including the addition of hi-rise condos

1100 Wilshire - high profile office-to-condo conversion on the western end of Downtown Los Angeles.  Also of interest is the 1100Wilshire Message Board.

3670 Wilshire Blvd - luxury hi-rise project in Mid-Wilshire/Koreatown.  They have an interesting slogan: "The real downtown of L.A. is linear, it's Wilshire Boulevard."
9900 Wilshire - proposed project in Beverly Hills for two luxury high-rise towers on the former Robinson's-May department store site adjacent to the Beverly Hilton Hotel.  Richard Meier (of Getty Center fame) is the architect.