Tag: CIM Group

New Brookside apartments now available at 701 Hudson building

New Brookside apartments now available at 701 Hudson building

| September 26, 2024 | 0 Comments

In late September, the owner of the three-story Brookside office building at 4750 Wilshire Blvd. announced it had completed the conversion of the top two floors of the building into 68 luxury apartment residences. Leasing has commenced. Construction took about two years. The Los Angeles Department of City Planning approved the project in July 2022, […]

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Preservation paradox: YIMBYs and Brookside reuse project

Preservation paradox: YIMBYs and Brookside reuse project

| June 2, 2022 | 0 Comments

It is an annoying and unfortunate reality that the priorities and prejudices of the YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) movement are set in the Bay Area, and then they are brought to the statehouse by their champion State Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, who recently in a tweet called for an end to […]

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Design Review Board approves former Farmerstower project, other new Brookside residences

Design Review Board approves former Farmerstower project, other new Brookside residences

| June 2, 2022 | 0 Comments

Once again, the property comprising the former Farmers Insurance headquarters and its parking lots adjoining Brookside across from Hancock Park was on the agenda of the Park Mile Design Review Board (PMDRB). This time, on May 5, the staffs of the City of Los Angeles Planning Department and a multitude of other city departments seemingly […]

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Park Mile Design Review Board welcomes newest member

Park Mile Design Review Board welcomes newest member

| February 28, 2019 | 0 Comments

At the regular meeting of the Park Mile Design Review Board on Feb. 21, the board consulted with property owner CIM Group and its architectural and landscape advisers concerning proposed additions and renovations to CIM’s three-story office building at 4750 Wilshire Blvd. Joining the board for his first meeting was Tae-Kyung (Ted) Park, recently appointed […]

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CIM Group presents ‘Wilshire Mullen’ revision to neighbors

CIM Group presents ‘Wilshire Mullen’ revision to neighbors

| August 30, 2018 | 0 Comments

As first reported in the Larchmont Chronicle in May this year, the CIM Group development at and around the former Farmers Insurance tower is now proposed to be entirely residential. Drawings showing “before and after” concepts for the project’s site plan were shared with neighbors at the Brookside Homeowners Association summer community meeting at Memorial branch […]

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CIM to discuss ‘Wilshire Mullen’ revisions with neighbors

CIM to discuss ‘Wilshire Mullen’ revisions with neighbors

| May 31, 2018 | 0 Comments

The CIM Group decision to proceed with an all-residential project in the former Farmers Insurance tower, first reported by the Larchmont Chronicle last month, will be the topic of further discussions with neighbors, starting soon. CIM and its representatives have begun initial contact with neighbors and others who had expressed interest in the project in […]

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