Condos

Improvements in store for rival downtown Glendale malls

2013-04-25 00:00:00

Long-time rival shopping centers Americana at Brand and the Glendale Galleria are tying the knot with splashy new improvements on Brand Boulevard in downtown Glendale. The changes come as the side-by-side malls usher in new premium tenants —...

Dense Century City to get rare new single-family homes

2013-04-22 22:09:00

A vacant lot in Century City, one of the most densely developed neighborhoods in Los Angeles, will be filled with single-family homes by its new owner. The 1.75-acre parcel at the corner of Century Park West and Solar Way was purchased for about $13...

Elderly couple's sons pressuring them to get a reverse mortgage

2013-04-12 23:34:00

Dear Liz: I try to watch out for my neighbors, a married couple in their early 90s. Two of their three sons, who are both in their 60s, want them to get a reverse mortgage. The couple's house is paid off as well as their cars. They pay all their monthly...

Dodgers pitcher Hyun-jin Ryu buys downtown condo

2013-04-05 11:37:00

Hyun-jin Ryu, the Dodgers' new starting pitcher from South Korea, has bought a unit at the Ritz-Carlton Residences at L.A. Live. The two-bedroom, three-bathroom condominium has 2,082 square feet of living space. Features include 10-foot-high ceilings,...

Comedian Rita Rudner has a real grabber

2013-03-29 20:17:00

Rita Rudner is applying her comedic talent to the sale of her Dana Point beach house, and the result is a spot-on parody of a home marketing video. Her husband, director-writer Martin Bergman, featured the Monarch Bay home in the 2011 film "Thanks,"...

Serena Williams sells Westwood condo for $1.8 million

2013-03-20 10:38:00

Tennis champ Serena Williams has sold her Westwood condo for $1.755 million. The Wilshire Corridor building, constructed in 2001, offers concierge service, a valet, a pool and spa and a gym. The open-plan unit of 2,403 square feet features city views,...

$1 Laguna Woods condo taken off the market; no serious offers

2013-03-11 18:53:50

Offbeat listing photos: 'Designer' bathroom bags a would-be buyer

2013-02-16 07:30:00

A condominium in San Pedro listed at $399,000 was marketed as having a designer kitchen, but it seems the Louis Vuitton-like bathroom was the showstopper. The walls and ceiling of one of the 1,429-square-foot unit’s three bathrooms were hand-...

Daum: Wingnuts, guns and liberals

2013-02-07 00:00:00

On the recommendation of several friends, I spent the better part of a recent weekend ("better part" as in the time I could have been doing something better, like having brunch or washing the dog) learning about what to do in the event of a world...

Right time to buy a home goes beyond money

2012-12-30 00:00:00

Dear Liz: I am 28 and single with no children. I graduated from law school a few years ago and have a relatively stable job at a small law firm. I had previously thought I would wait to buy a house until I'm married, but now I don't think I should...

KB Home to build more residences at Playa Vista

2012-12-13 11:20:00

KB Home plans to build more than 100 residences in the final phase of the Playa Vista community near Marina del Rey. KB Home bought land from Brookfield Residential Properties Inc., the new master developer of Playa Vista. Brookfield gained command of...

Midori Ribbon owners wrap West Hollywood condo in light, pattern

2012-12-08 06:00:00

Aya Sumika, who played FBI agent Liz Warner on "Numb3rs," and Trevor John, an illustrator, moved into a just-built, two-bedroom condo in West Hollywood as newlyweds in 2007. "There was nothing interesting about it architecturally," Sumika said of the...

Overlooking Lake Fairview northwest of downtown Orlando on a heavily commercial stretch of North Orange Blossom Trail is something residents haven't seen in a while: new condominium units being offered for sale.

2013-05-12 00:00:00

Kathryn Kovitz Arnold has been selected as the chair of the real estate practice at Shefsky & Froelich. She succeeds Anthony Licata who is becoming chair for the firm's private client practice. Arnold has been with the firm for 24 years and is chair of the condominium practice.

2013-05-03 00:00:00

The Smashing Pumpkins lead singer and chief songwriter Billy Corgan sold one of his two Chicago-area properties, a vintage, 3,700-square-foot condominium unit on the Gold Coast, for $2.5 million.

2013-01-16 00:00:00