L.A.'s signature open streets event is back again.
Koreatown meets Hollywood route for August 20CicLAVia
CicLAvia returns on August 20 from 9 am to 4 pm with its with its 47th event Koreatown meets Hollywood. Bike, walk, skate, or do basically anything except drive a motorized vehicle for five miles along Vine Street, Melrose Avenue, Western Avenue, and Wilshire Boulevard.
Four activity hubs are planned with this CicLAvia, including Hollywood (on Vine between Yucca and Hollywood), Melrose (on Melrose near Windsor), Western (just south of 2nd Street), and Koreatown (on Wilshire juts west of Vermont Avenue). Also, check out the CicLAvia Interactive Digital Map for a look at businesses and other sights and activities along the route.
Winter Cathedral by MandylightsLightscape
Lightscape is coming back to the 127-acre Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden for the holidays.
The after-dark experience will offer a one-mile illuminated trail, lined with tens of thousands of twinkling lights. Get tickets at www.arboretum.org/lightscape-2023.
C3 at Culver PointeIDS Real Estate Group
If you're reading this, odds are that you're probably outside of the target demographic for TikTok. But the controversial video sharing platform, owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, has made Los Angeles one of its two global headquarters. And unlike the rest of the tech sector, it's still in expansion mode. This week, CoStar reports that TikTok is upping the footprint of its Culver City headquarters by 44 percent. The company has been stationed in a five-level, 120,000-square-foot space since early 2020, and has now leased an additional 53,000 square feet of space. That's good for roughly 173,000 square feet in total (if my math is correct).
Aerial view of ROW DTLAAtlas Capital Group
Speaking of Chinese-owned companies with L.A.area headquarters, Shein has reportedly doubled its presence at the ROW DTLA campus in Downtown. The company now occupies roughly 100,000 square feet of space, according to reports.
Spectrum Terrace in IrvineAmazon
Tech is also increasing its presence down in Orange County, where The Real Deal reports that Apple has leased a new lease for 56,000 square feet of space at the Spectrum Terrace complex. Coupled with Apple's previously 115,000-square-feet lease at the property, that's good for roughly 171,000 square feet of total space (once again, if my math is correct).
The trillion-dollar giant, currently the world's most valuable company, is also in expansion mode in L.A. County. Apple's presence in and around Culver City, already estimated to exceed 500,000 square feet of space, is set to double in the coming years through the construction of the Culver Crossings campus. Set to break ground later this year near at Venice and National Boulevards, the complex will have more than 530,000 square feet of offices when complete.
Here's what we're reading this week:
LA tenants have until Aug. 1 to pay 18 months of back rent "Tenant advocates want the city to scrub rent debts or add further protections" (The Real Deal)
LA Renters Could Face Eviction Next Week Over Early Pandemic Debts "City lawmakers are restricted under state law from pushing back the Tuesday repayment deadline. But tenant advocates say city leaders could have done more to deliver rent relief ahead of time in order to stop evictions over pandemic debt." (LAist)
West Coast Cities Slam Brakes on Housing Production Amid Worsening Crisis Multifamily Construction Starts Fall From San Diego to Seattle After Years of Robust Building (CoStar)
L.A. County property values hit a record $2 trillion, up nearly 6%, assessor says "From that valuation, the county assessor’s office estimates $20 billion in property taxes will fund public services, including schools and medical care." (LA Times)
Advocates Urge Metro To Fix Botched Regional Connector Bike/Walk Facilities "Advocacy groups urge Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins and Metro Board Chair Mayor Karen Bass to 'to move expediently to complete these required and promised pedestrian and bicycle improvements in the next three months'" (Streetsblog LA)
Art Galleries Are Not Reviving a “Desolate” LA Neighborhood "There is, in fact, a neighborhood called Melrose Hill, just not where these new art spaces are located. Technically, Melrose Hill refers to a small triangular area bounded by Melrose on the South, Western on the West, and the Hollywood Freeway, which cuts diagonally from NW to SE — meaning that the only art space actually in Melrose Hill is storefront gallery The Lodge." (Hyperallergic)
Rent control headed for the ballot in California, again After rejections in 2018 and 2020, AIDS Healthcare Foundation tries for third time (KTLA)
L.A.’s past could hold a key to adapting to our extremely hot future "Welcome to the world of 'passive cooling.' Before the advent of air conditioning, keeping cool meant mastering shade, insulation and air movement....That’s why there is so much courtyard housing in L.A. Built for laborers and families that arrived in the early 1900s, the design allowed air to pass from windows to shared courtyards, easing the heat. Housing built in the ‘70s and ‘80s prioritized privacy and density, and as cities had higher noise levels, residents shut their windows and turned on the A/C." (LA Times)
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