Rental Service

S.F. tenants win a battle over rental conversions

2013-06-16 19:20:00

— They are two of the faces of this city's housing crisis. Cindy Zhao, 48, works two jobs to keep her dream of home ownership afloat. Like thousands here, she bought a flat in a tenancy-in-common — a share of a four-unit building that has...

Ken Kahan strives to build 'something you would be proud of'

2013-06-14 21:21:00

The gig: Ken Kahan, 54, is founder and president of California Landmark, a real estate development company that has made its mark throughout the Los Angeles area by acquiring, rehabilitating and building new projects in both commercial and residential...

Notice to terminate a tenancy can't be delivered by email

2013-06-07 19:24:00

Question: I own several apartment properties in my city. I find it very convenient to use email to communicate with my tenants, and they seem to enjoy the ease of using the same method to reply to me. There is no rent control or just cause ordinance in...

Travel tips: Cozy up to the bar and pack extra underwear

2013-06-01 07:00:00

If you are traveling alone, find a restaurant where you can eat at the bar. You can talk to the other people and to the bartender. Better than reading at a table by yourself. Kathleen Milnes Pacific Palisades Always carry an extra pair of socks...

Palm Springs' Downtown PS redevelopment to get underway

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Palm Springs, already in the midst of a long-overdue makeover, is now scrapping an empty downtown shopping mall along once-fashionable Palm Canyon Drive, reopening some closed streets and preparing to showcase the start of its Downtown PS redevelopment....

Landlord must uphold transgender tenant's rights

2013-05-03 00:00:00

Question: I have been renting an apartment to a man named Michael, who recently asked me to start calling him Michelle because, he says, he now identifies as a woman. He has also started wearing makeup and women's clothing. Both the name change and...

Midtown Shopping Center to see improvements after land sale

2013-05-02 05:00:00

The owner of a mid-Los Angeles shopping center that was destroyed by rioters in the 1990s and then rebuilt has acquired more land and seeks to expand and upgrade the mall. Plans call for making the Midtown Shopping Center a more family-friendly meeting...

Santa Monica Clock Tower building sold to Italian investors

2013-05-02 06:30:00

The Clock Tower, a Santa Monica office building beloved by Westside creative firms, has been snapped up by Italian investors who specialize in buying trophy historic properties. Clad in white terra cotta, the 12-story Art Deco-style office high-rise on...

New York firm soon to be downtown L.A.'s biggest landlord

2013-04-26 00:00:00

Sweeping earthquake safety rules imposed in San Francisco

2013-04-18 17:05:00

Some of the most extensive damage and loss of life from recent earthquakes in California have occurred in apartment houses where dwellings sit on top of a ground-level parking garage or a storefront. The shaking undermines the bottom floor, causing the...

Pacoima shopping center intended to boost rookie entrepreneurs

2013-04-18 07:00:00

At a busy but nondescript intersection in Pacoima, a real estate developer is trying to help revive the San Fernando Valley neighborhood with an open-air market and retail complex aimed at small entrepreneurs. The complex on Van Nuys Boulevard at San...

Musical chairs: Jessica Simpson buys Osbourne home

2013-04-12 23:47:00

Want to cover the waterfront or the Golden Gate on two wheels? You'll find the Bike Rental District (that's our nickname, not theirs) near the foot of Lombard Street.

2013-02-23 08:57:00

"You guys are forcing us to punish our tenants," property owner Sam Zherka told New Britain council members Wednesday night. "The mayor has no clue what he's talking about," he said.

2012-11-14 00:00:00

arena to a development company controlled by the Orlando Magic. The garage is at West Church Street and Hughey Avenue and its ground floor is filled with tenants who are largely African American-owned small businesses.

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