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16 Dec

City Council approves DTLA hotel-residential towers at 1600 S. Flower Street

Five months after clearing the City Planning Commission, a pre-pandemic proposal from Jade Enterprises to build a new hotel and residen...

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16 Dec

L.A. City Council passes ordinance to streamline affordable housing

L.A. City Council voted unanimously to make permanent Mayor Bass’ Housing Streamlining Ordinance, cutting project approval times from s...

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20 Nov

Streamlining Middle Housing: The Latest in Small-Site Development Reforms

California continues its legislative push to address the state’s housing crisis, particularly focusing on “middle-housing” projects tha...

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12 Nov

Developer plans to add a hotel and hundreds of residences to L.A. Live

AEG proposes adding a 49-story tower to downtown L.A. Live with 364 residences, 334 hotel rooms, and restaurants and bars.The project w...

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15 Oct

$2-billion mega-development in Skid Row clears major hurdle with L.A. officials

A proposed mega-development in downtown Los Angeles, which would replace a cold storage facility with a $2-billion residential and comm...

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08 Jul

Governor Newsom signs into law groundbreaking reforms to build more housing, boost affordability

What you need to know: Governor Newsom today finalized his budget that builds and delivers for Californians, signing into law groundbre...

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08 Jul

One of the biggest obstacles to building new CA housing has now vanished

Construction of what will be one of the largest mass timber towers in the world at 1510 Webster St. in downtown Oakland on Aug 7, 2023....

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08 Jul

Affordable housing: How it’s taking shape across the U.S. in 2025

Across the United States, new affordable housing developments are breaking ground in major cities and small towns alike, offering hope ...

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30 Jun

AI to speed building permits in L.A. after wildfires

California launched a new AI-powered tool design to accelerate the process of approving building permits. Recent fires destroyed more t...

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29 Jun

National Affordable Housing Report – May 2025

Through 2027, maturity looms on more than $10 billion in loans backed by fully affordable properties, a new Yardi Matrix study shows.

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