On Sunday, September 15 from 10 am to 3 pm, the next CicLAmini event is coming to Lincoln Heights. The car-free, open streets event will span Broadway between Avenue 18 and Lincoln Park Avenue.
Route for the September CicLAmini in Lincoln HeightsCicLAvia
Once again, here's the rules: only people-powered vehicles allowed. That means no electric scooters, skateboards, hoverboards, unicycles, motorcycles and other non-people-powered vehicles are permitted. However, Class 1 e-bike pedal-assist is allowed, Class 2 e-bikes are allowed when throttle is powered off, and Class 3 e-bikes are allowed when pedal-assist is powered down.
Fashion Nova is moving to Beverly Hills.
407 N. Maple Drive in Beverly HillsCoStar
Cushman & Wakefield announced this week that Fashion Nova, currently based out of Vernon, has paid $118 million to acquire a 175,000-square-foot office building at 407 N. Maple Drive. The property will become the company's headquarters.
The acquisition was brokered by Mike Condon, Erica Finck, and Reid Gratsch of Cushman & Wakefield.
Here's what we're reading this week:
Aerial view of Fourth & Central looking westStudio One Eleven / Adjaye Associates
Mega-developments like Fourth & Central are L.A.’s future, some say "A hallmark of the design is a residential tower, built on the back side of the Little Tokyo Mall and designed by renowned Ghanaian British architect David Adjaye. Originally planned for 44 stories, the tower has been scaled back to 30 stories “in response to community concerns,” according to Continuum. Once planned for 449 residential units, it will now have 335.To make up for that loss, a proposed 68-room hotel and an equal number of extended-stay apartments have been replaced by a 26-story tower with 250 residential units on the south side of Fourth Street." (LA Times)
Will private donors help California pay for new wildlife crossings? "The cost of wildlife crossings can vary widely. The elaborate wildlife crossing in Agoura Hills, which traverses the freeway, carries a price tag in the neighborhood of $100 million — the most expensive wildlife crossing in the world. A simpler crossing for large mammals, under a roadway, starts at around $250,000, according to the Center for Large Landscape Conservation." (LAist)
Nearly 400 commercial properties sit empty in Long Beach; those in power really want to change that "In the city of Long Beach, hundreds of slivers of property go unused and sometimes blighted. In Downtown alone, more than 90 properties totaling about 1.25 million square feet sit empty.In an effort to remedy this, city officials with Long Beach’s Economic Development Department announced Thursday their launch of the Vacancy to Vibrancy Real Estate Map, an online tool that identifies vacant commercial properties for inbound businesses.The idea is to save everyone some shoe leather. Similar to what’s used in the private sector, like CommercialCafe and Loopnet, the online map details basic information about the vacant property, such as its square footage, monthly cost to rent (per square foot) and ways to contact the property manager." (Long Beach Business Journal)
View looking southwestOttinger Architects
Housing department says Beverly Hills violated law "After the Beverly Hills City Council denied a 19-story mixed-use development with affordable housing from moving forward with its application, the city received a notice from the California Department of Housing and Community Development that its denial violated state housing laws. Additionally, developer Leo Pustilnikov’s attorney Dave Rand said the developer is now strongly considering litigation against the city." (Beverly Press)
Metro’s FY25 Adopted Budget Book is now online "The $9.0 billion balanced budget was developed with considerable input from riders and was approved by the Metro Board of Directors this past May after a public hearing held earlier that month. This budget emphasizes Metro’s commitment to improving public safety and the customer experience at a time when we expect many significant projects to be completed." (The Source)
L.A. Upgrades Manchester Blvd Bike Lanes, Closing Gap "During resurfacing, the city appropriately closed a gap in its protected bikeway network through Westchester, as approved in the city's Mobility Plan - but sidewalks there remain heavily damaged" (Streetsblog LA)
Roscoe Boulevard peak-hour bus lanesMetro
Roscoe Blvd Bus-Priority Lanes Are Open "At 10.4 miles (20.8 lane-miles) Roscoe Boulevard now has the most bus-only lane mileage of any street in Southern California" (Streetsblog LA)
Activists protest at Councilmember's Highland Park home over housing deal "Under the agreement, the City will pay $15 million to subsidize lower rents for many tenants, who faced large increases. Hernandez also committed $250,000 of council office funds to help pay the tenants' unpaid rent...However, activists wanted to force the owner to sell the building to the City through eminent domain, as was proposed in 2020 by Hernandez’s predecessor, Gil Cedillo. Critics also said the City Council deal gave the landlord too much power and allows evictions." (Eastsider)
Ex-LA City Councilmember José Huizar now due to surrender for prison in the fall "Prosecutors said Huizar used his powerful position at City Hall to enrich himself and his associates, including admitting to accepting a $600,000 bribe from a real estate developer to settle a pending sexual harassment lawsuit against the former councilmember." (LAist)
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