This list of future occupants of UCLA"s Research Park continues to flesh out.

This week, UCLA announced the launch of the "SoCal Quantum Alliance" with USC, Cal State San Marcos, Caltech, JPL, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, Pasadena City College, HRL Laboratories, Boeing, Monarch Quantum, Cisco, IBM and the Aerospace Corp.

"Industry collaboration is central to the alliance’s mission," explains the school's announcement. "By connecting major companies with universities, startups and other industry partners, the alliance will accelerate the translation of scientific breakthroughs into applications that strengthen California’s economy and expand its leadership in quantum-enabled technologies."

Research Park, formerly the Westside Pavilion shopping mall, will also house  the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy. 

Aerial view looking northeastPaul Vu

The former Sunset Strip branch of the Pendry Hotel has been rebranded as the Sun Rose. With it comes a rebrand of the adjacent condominium complex, where 12 homes remain up for sale. 

The Sun Rose Residences, located at 8420 Sunset Boulevard, include a mix of three- and four-bedroom units. They come with on-site amenities including concierge service, a rooftop pool, a fitness center, a garden deck, and dining services by Wolfgang Puck. Of course, the address and the amenities will cost you - penthouse units at the building have sold for $21.5 million and $14 million.

Aerial view looking westStudio One Eleven / Adjaye Associates

The Fourth & Central development in Downtown Los Angeles has yet to complete the entitlement gauntlet, but it continues to flesh out its project team. 

This week it was announced that prominent South L.A. firm SoLa Impact has signed on to develop the affordable housing associated with the project (utilizing modular construction through its partnership with Model/Z.), while the Downtown Women's Center will provide services for residents.

The project will include 250 affordable units out of a total 1,589 homes. The complex is also slated to include offices and commercial uses.

Here's what we're reading this week:

Could LA beaches become a national park? Officials want you to weigh in "Lawmakers will use the findings to decide whether to designate the stretch of coastline — which includes the Santa Monica Pier, Ballona Creek and RAT Beach — a national park." (LAist)

Councilmember Nithya Raman to run for L.A. mayor, challenging onetime ally Karen Bass "On Saturday, Raman portrayed the city government as unable to tackle high housing costs, fix broken streetlights or address the stubborn homelessness crisis. City agencies, she said, “can’t seem to manage the basics.”

The San Fernando Building in Downtown Los Angeles, which was converted to housing through the adaptive reuse ordinanceWikimedia Commons

Thousands of apartments set to take over empty office buildings with new L.A. ordinance  "Developers still face obstacles, including higher construction costs, the city’s Measure ULA tax, and declining rental prices." (LA Times)

Eyes on the Path: L.A. City Adding New Access Points to Chandler Path "New accessible ramp under construction at Strohm Avenue" (Streetsblog LA)

LA leaders want to increase frozen streetlight repair budget but need property owners to buy in "The strategy involves another council approval and convincing property owners to pay more in a yearly assessment on their property tax bill. If it works, Miguel Sangalang, head of the Bureau of Street Lighting, said the city could double its streetlighting field staff, expedite repairs to aging infrastructure and purchase more solar streetlights to help eliminate the growing scourge of copper wire theft." (LAist)

VA terminates leases of West L.A. land, leaves land used by Brentwood School’s athletics in limbo "VA terminates Brentwood School lease on its West Los Angeles campus as it pursues Trump’s plan to establish a National Center for Warrior Independence housing 6,000 veterans by 2028." (LA Times)

View of the Downtown skyline from above MacArthur ParkShutterstock

LA apartment rent growth stalls for third straight year "2025 rent growth of 0.1% was the lowest across three years of growth below 1%" (CoStar)

Once again, more people were killed in collisions on LA streets than by homicide last year "Traffic collisions in the city of Los Angeles killed 290 people last year, and more than 150 fatal collisions involved pedestrians, according to Los Angeles Police Department data. It's also 60 more people than died by homicide last year." (LAist)

Eyes on the Street: Bikeway Construction on Broadway at 6th Street "Paving and protected bike lane work began January 2026 along segments between Ocean Avenue and 9th Street and will continue eastward through mid-April 2026. Sidewalk replacement is also ongoing along Broadway and adjacent downtown streets." (Santa Monica Next)

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