LA plunks down $150K to assess makeover of defunct Oceanwide Plaza

Los Angeles will spend $150,000 to spur a makeover of the graffitied Oceanwide Plaza in downtown. The City Council voted to use the funds to hire a consultant to analyze the proposed redevelopment by KPC Square of a hotel at the blighted towers at 1101 South Flower Street, City News Service reported

The Fall Kitchen Trends Designers Say Clients Want Right Now

Kitchens are warming up with richer materials and softer lighting.

Western brokerage head Peter Hernandez out at Douglas Elliman

The head of Douglas Elliman’s Western region is out, The Real Deal has learned.  Elliman parted ways with Hernandez on Tuesday, according to sources familiar with the situation. Hernandez had been a senior executive at Elliman since 2017, when Elliman acquired Teles Properties in 2017 as part of a m

As the Bayeux Tapestry Heads to London, Textile Art Makes a Comeback

For the first time in 900 years, the famed medieval work is out of France. It’s causing a “complete frenzy.”