Category Archives: Real Estate

Palisades Civic League Meets Monday

The Pacific Palisades Civic League will meet via Zoom on Monday, November 22, at 7:30 p.m. because of the current stay-at-home, social distancing edicts. (The meetings are generally held the fourth Monday of each month.) This is a perfect opportunity … Continue reading

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Pacific Palisades Land Use Committee Reviews Controversial House on Ida Street

The Pacific Palisades Land Use Committee, chaired by Howard Robinson, reviewed the disputed house construction on Ida Street in the Marquez Knolls neighborhood. The committee presented its  final report at its October 28 meeting. According to Robinson, the nearly four-story tall … Continue reading

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Actress Hilary Swank’s Palisades Home for Sale

Hilary Swank has a history in Pacific Palisades. Years ago, she was a frequent customer at the beloved Mort’s Deli, a few blocks up Swarthmore Avenue from the one-thousand square-foot house where she lived at the time. Mort’s was where … Continue reading

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Massive Venice Housing Project, Opposed by Community, Goes to City Council’s PLUM Committee

The Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC) and the Venice Land Use Planning Committee (LUPC) have rejected the proposed Reese-Davidson Project. The project would include 140 units of permanent supportive housing project, located on 2.6 acres and listed at four different addresses: … Continue reading

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Palisades Civic League Meets Today

The Pacific Palisades Civic League will meet via Zoom on Monday, September 27, at 7:30 p.m. because of the current stay-at-home, social distancing edicts. (The meetings are generally held the fourth Monday of each month.) This is a perfect opportunity … Continue reading

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American Legion Hall (Built in 1965) to Undergo a Major Renovation

  Starting on Monday, September 27, the venerable American Legion Hall on La Cruz Drive will undergo a six-month renovation. Anyone needing to reach someone at Post 283 can still call (310) 454-0527. The three officers — Kevin Niles (adjutant), … Continue reading

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It’s Official, Seven Arrows Elementary Purchases Aldersgate

Seven Arrows Elementary, a private kindergarten through sixth grade school, has purchased the Aldersgate Retreat Center on Haverford in Pacific Palisades, it was announced on August 24. The school had secured a rental agreement for the 2020-2021 school year. In … Continue reading

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Palisades Celebrity Real Estate Shuffle

By BERNICE FOX Special to Circling the News Brooke Shields Puts her Palisades Home up for Sale Brooke Shields has been renting out her house in the Upper Riviera for several years. She and her writer-producer husband, Chris Henchy, mainly live … Continue reading

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Cryptocurrency Billionaire Purchases $83 Million Riviera Home from Palisades Developer 

Spec developer and Palisades architect Ardie Tavangarian has sold a 20,000 sq.-ft, six-bedroom mansion with 18 bathrooms on one acre in the upper Riviera section of Pacific Palisades for $83 million. The only pricier sale this year in California was … Continue reading

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Nonprofit We See Greatness in You Acquires Suspect Residential Property in Castellammare

Several residents in Castellammare were surprised to see Terrance Burney in a video announcing that his nonprofit, “We See Greatness in You,” had acquired two vacant properties on Porto Marina Way in Pacific Palisades. He wrote on his video feed, … Continue reading

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