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‘The physical incarnation of the new L.A.’ gets ready for launch By Joe Piasecki Playa Vista as seen last week from the Loyola Marymount University campus. Photo by Michael Kraxenberger. It isn’t every day that the leader of a sprawling metropolis takes time out to preside over the grand opening of a movie theater. But this wasn’t just any multiplex, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti would explain. Last Thursday the nine- screen Cinemark Playa Vista and XD theater became the first business to open in Runway at Playa Vista — the $260- million retail and entertainment complex that, by linking the 460- acre development ’s burgeoning technology mega -center to what will eventually be 6,000 new homes and apartments, completes Playa Vista as essentially a city unto itself. Less than two years after its April 2013 groundbreaking, Runway is only months shy of substantial completion. A 36,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market is set to open as early as May. Sixteen other businesses — restauran...

By Andrew McIntyre Law360, New York (January 2, 2015, 2:53 PM EST) -- Douglas Emmett Inc. has purchased a 468- unit apartment complex in Honolulu for $146 million, the Santa Monica, California- based real estate investment trust announced earlier this week. For Douglas, which invests in properties in Los Angeles and Honolulu, the deal significantly expands the company’s multifamily footprint in the latter of those markets, according to the company's Dec. 30 announcement. The property, Waena Apartments, is close to downtown Honolulu and comprises 24 buildings. The apartment complex recently received a $22 million renovation that included a new solar electric system and new community center. The seller is San Francisco, California- based Carmel Partners Inc., which invests in multifamily properties in Hawaii and across the U.S. lower 48 states. Douglas said it made the purchase using its line of credit and plans to seek financing on the property. The apartments, a mix of two...

Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide Buy Photo Predawn at Crosstown Concourse (Photo: Tom Bailey/The Commercial Appeal) Buy Photo We know, the Crosstown Concourse  grand opening is not until Saturday, but at least 23 of the 37 announced tenants are already moved in. We decided to spend a day there to see what it's like. Crosstown Concourse is not to be just another a mixed-use commercial building, and not just because it's so big at 1. 1 million square feet or such a physical improvement over the vacant, blighted hulk that the  Sears distribution center had been. More: Crosstown Concourse boosts Memphis 's office sector "Better together'' is the redevelopment's catch phrase. Crosstown Concourse aspires to create a kind of mojo among tenants and visitors.  The idea is to use art, performances, programming, and even the design of the building's public spaces to have tenants and visitors engaging each other, to be in relationship.  More: ...

Danish firm  Schmidt Hammer Lassen  has released visuals of its first US project: a mixed-use development in Detroit, Michigan, bound by two glazed towers overlooking the city's historic theatre district . Schmidt Hammer Lassen was commissioned for the  Monroe Blocks scheme by developer Bedrock Detroit , and is working on the design with local architects Neumann Smith and engineering firm Buro Happold . Two glazed towers will stand at either end of the 1.25- hectare development boarding Monroe Avenue , the city's historic theatre district . Its oldest remaining theatre , the National Theatre by renowned Detroit architect Albert Kahn , stands on the site. It was built in 1911 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The future of the theatre and its role in the development are yet to be decided. The 35- storey office tower  and 26- floor residential block will be accompanied by three mid-rise buildings of between six and 15 storeys containing further apartm...

Text size: campus Events Begin Sunday with University Convocation, Block Party, Continue until Sept. 1 Aug. 17, 2017 Enjoy water events, games and treats at Rec 'N Wild on Thursday, Aug. 24. At last year's event, David Kim (left), Amy Whitaker and Steven Robinson cooled down with flavored ice. The University of Texas at Dallas has expanded its annual welcome back for new and returning students with Weeks of Welcome (WOW) events that include a block party, comedy show, poetry jam, water games and plenty of free food. Organized by various campus departments, Weeks of Welcome will include more than 45 events over two full weeks. “We have been expanding over the years to where we now have two full-blown weeks of welcome-back activities. There will be something for everyone, whether it’s dancing at a block party, participating in water games, watching a movie with your friends or just cooling off with a frozen treat,” said Tineil Le...

Buy Photo Crews are working three shifts weekdays and Saturdays to finish Little Caesars Arena, the firm overseeing construction says. (Photo: Clarence Tabb Jr . / The Detroit News) Buy Photo Dozens of the contractors building Little Caesars Arena have been fined a total of $2.9 million as of March for frequently not hiring at least 51 percent of Detroiters at the ongoing construction site , according to the latest data collected by the city. And that total is expected to be even higher during the push to complete construction of the $862. 9 million sports and entertainment complex by early September, based on the monthly data compiled by the city agency monitoring the workforce agreements on construction sites, said Portia Roberson, director of the city’s Office of Human Rights. An average of 27 percent of total hours worked at the arena site were performed by Detroit residents from April 2015 to March 2017, the latest monthly data available. It’s been two years, August 2015, ...