Sony BMG Takes Over CAA Office Space In Beverly Hills
Personnel from Sony's and BMG's labels, publishing and licensing will move into the 65,000 square foot space, which has been empty since CAA moved to its new HQ in Century City in 2007. Sony BMG has signed a 10-year lease.
Celebrity Real Estate Buys & Sells
BeverlyHillsPeople reported a month ago that John Stamos purchased a 10th floor unit in the Eastern Columbia building in downtown Los Angeles for $900,000. Stamos is in good company. Johnny Depp, Frankie Muniz, Sidney Sheldon, Lucinda Williams and Tom Sizemore have also purchased units in the building.
Jamie Fox has sold his three-bedroom Tarzana home for reportedly $2.23M. He is currently living on a 40 acre spread in Thousand Oaks.
Tennis star Pete Sampras has sold his $23M Beverly Hills home to "Will and Grace" co-creator Max Mutchnick and attorney Erik Hyman.
Katherine Heigl, star of "Grey's Anatomy" has listed her Los Feliz home for $1.75 million.
Comedian John Cleese has finally sold his Montecito ranch for $16.5 million to Craig McCaw, ex-husband of Wendy McCaw, owner of the Santa Barbara News-Press. It was initially listed for approximately $26M.
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AVAILABLE:
Beverly Hills Office Space
Canon Drive 90210
Small privates offices Marty Halfon,
Keller Williams
Beverly Hills (310) 432-5742
Glorious Pacific Palisades Home with Ocean Views $3.99M
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Incredible house with smashing ocean views, pool, spa and fountains. Located in a small gated community of Pacific Palisades. This property is detailed for both gracious living and California comfort.
Floor plan is wonderful, with perfect flow for entertaining and quiet family evenings at home. There are stylish, top-of-the-line appointments throughout.
Elegant living room and formal dining room with rounded windows to the view. Generous second floor study enclosed with antique doors. The master suite is absolutely stunning. Dramatically sited to the views with two seating areas and opening onto a romantic, landscaped terrace. The master bath is huge with ocean views and exquisite appointments.
Property also includes membership in the beautiful Summit Club. MORE INFO
Joan Sather - Sotheby's International Realty
Phone: 310.255.5450 joansather@aol.com
Kennedy Wilson Completes Preferred Stock Offering
Offering Oversubscribed and Increased from $40 Million to $50 Million
BEVERLY HILLS, CA, May 30 PRNewswire Kennedy Wilson, Inc., an international real estate investment and services firm announced that it has raised $50 million of new equity through the issuance of convertible preferred shares. The offering, as announced on May 6, 2008, was oversubscribed and increased from $40 million to $50 million.
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Century Project Construction Gets Under Way On Avenue Of The Stars
The 42-story Century City high rise condo project will sit on nearly four acres of landscaped garden property. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, this new addition to the Westside skyline features sweeping views from downtown L. A. to the Pacific.
This project features two and four bedroom residences priced from $3,500,000 to over $10,000,000.
More info at The Century website
Beverly Hills AUTOS
Automobile Dealerships in Beverly Hills Area
Porsche BH
8423 Wilshire Blvd.,
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
310.557.2472 option 4 website
BH BMW
8825 Wilshire Blvd.,
Beverly Hills, CA
90211
310.358.7827
Neda - #1 BMW Salesperson in U.S. website
Bentley BH
8833 & 8845 W. Olympic Blvd.,
Beverly Hills, CA
90210
888.291.5533 website
Lexus BH
9230 Wilshire Blvd.,
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
310.274.5200 website
Martin Automotive Group
12101 W. Olympic Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90064
800.601.5063 website
Rolls Royce BH
8833 & 8845 W. Olympic Blvd.,
Beverly Hills, CA
90210
888.291.5533 website
Watch video of the "Sexy Hair" commercial playing on the Jumbotron featuring Katharine McPhee.
Beverly Hills FASHION
Lust4Luxe Handbags Lives Up
to Their Name
"Lily Clutch"
Lust4Luxe Handbags launched a Fall/Winter collection that more than lives up to their name. In a world of handbags that imitate current trends, Lust4Luxe stands out as a label whose ethos is grounded in time-honored manufacturing using only the best materials with colors and styles pushing boundaries and revealing surprises – like a revolutionary built-in lighting system.
Theodore Beverly Hills opens it new location at 336 North Camden Drive.
Herb Fink, owner of Theodore was co-founder of the Rodeo Drive Committee back in the day still has the eye for design.
Theodore has always been in the forefront of today's fashion, setting trends and showcasing top designers such as Alexander McQueen, Ann Demeulemeester, Helmut Lang, Roberto Cavalli and Blumarine.
Theodore's new store again sets them apart. You'll love what you see and love how you feel in Theodore Fashion. Stop by the new store.... you wont be sorry. Theodore pics Theodore Beverly Hills future website
Locations:
Theodore / Theodore Man
OLD - 451 North Rodeo Drive , B.H. 90210
NEW-332 Camden Drive, B.H. 90210 310.274.8029
Theodore / Theodore Man
4734 Admiralty Way, M.D.R. 310.578.5214
Theodore
4719 Commons Way , Calabasas 818.591.4299
Theodore
189 The Grove Drive, L. a.'s 323.935.1636
V Vintage is a small boutique located in a charming old world New Orleans style building in the heart of Beverly Hills. Jill Garland, owner and designer opened Vintage just a few months ago.
Located on the second floor, V Vintage offer one of a kind items from purses
to costume jewelry, belts and clutches from the likes of Judith Leiber and Kenneth Jay Lane or vintage Lucite, Bakelite, Chanel, Dior and many others. The most important thing to know is that you have to have an appointment to get in, as this is not your ordinary store.
Word has spread fast as Jill Garland is working long hours taking care of clients coming in from around the country. In a city where fashion is King or should I say Queen, this is the place you can find one of a kind items that you really make you stand out from the rest of the crowd.
V Vintage is located at
427 North Canon Drive, Suite 216
Beverly Hills.
Call 310.786.8277 for an appointment. V Vintage products V Vintage website
Introducing
Blue Art Jeans
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Our fair district is home to fashion heavyweights of all kinds. From Chanel to Bebe every great fashion story has a paragraph here. Therefore it's no wonder that the world's most ambitious denim line has its roots in Beverly Hills.
Blue Art is a brand new denim line that's taking no prisoners. Based in Beverly Hills the jeans are made from only the best fabrics that could possibly be found on planet earth. Rare Japanese "kaihara" and Italian "candiani" are so hard to come by that Blue Art is only able to produce each style by few hundred pairs. Blue Art story Blue Art Website
Beverly Hills Hair Salons
Find the best hair salons in and around Beverly Hills West Hollywood and Hollywood.
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Beverly Hills Dry Cleaners
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First Watch Leasing:
Financing
Luxury Timepieces
Leasing program delivers watch of one’s dreams at
affordable monthly payments.
Los Angeles —First Watch Leasing, a new financing company, is making it affordable and attainable for consumers to wear the timepieces they’ve only dreamt about.
With lease-to-own and lease-and-return options, First Watch Leasing allows customers to wear timepieces whose costs would otherwise be out of reach. The EliteLease program mirrors the financing that astute shoppers have used for years to acquire a range of luxury goods.
First Watch Leasing is available at West Time in Beverly Hills READ FULL ARTICLE
Louis Vuitton 295 North Rodeo Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 310.859.0458
Michael Kors 360 North Rodeo Drive,
Beverly Hills, CA 310.777.8862
Levis 316 North Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills , CA 90210 310.246.9044
Neiman Marcus 9700 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills CA 90212
310.550.5900 877.634.6263
Prada 343 N Rodeo Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 310.278.8661
Ralph Lauren 444 North Rodeo Drive,
Beverly Hills, CA 90210 310.281.1500
Canary Hotel in
Downtown
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara's New, Fashionable Address
SANTA BARBARA, CA The Edward Thomas Collection of Hotels (ETC) announces the January
2008 hatching of Canary Hotel steps from State Street and the cultural hub of town. Canary Hotel joins its sister hotels in Santa Monica, Shutters on the Beach and Hotel Casa del Mar, as one of California's chicest nests. Owned by "second generation" hoteliers, Thomas and Edward Slatkin, their family were the former proprietor of the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Canary Hotel is fun, yet elegant, a private island in the heart of the shopping and cultural district in downtown Santa Barbara. FULL STORY & PHOTOS
Beverly Hills ENTERTAINMENT
Batman - "The Dark Knight"
View Batman/Joker trailers View Batman Feature Trailer
"Looped" at the
Pasadena Playhouse
Starring "Rhoda" stars Valerie Harper
and Ray Buktenica
Shockingly, though a major old movie buff, I knew scant little of the legendary Tallulah Bankhead before this week’s opening of “Looped” at the Pasadena Playhouse. I was most anxious to see the play, though, because it stars one of my favorite actresses, Valerie Harper. (“Rhoda,” for you Martians out there.) Read Karen Salkin's Review
Karen with Valerie Harper and
one of her favorite
“Rhoda” co-stars,
Ray Buktenica,
who played her
sister Brenda’s
boyfriend, Benny Goodwin.
Valerie Harper and co-star Chad Allen,
late of “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.”
The summer is here and gas is
$5.00 a gallon. Many families are looking for fun places to go while staying close to home.
Find out the fun places to go and the great deals that are out there. Whether its Disneyland in Anaheim, Sea World in San Diego or the L. A. Zoo, we are on the lookout for family fun spots.
If you have any suggestions, email us and we will post your ideas.
Beverly Hilton Hotel…
Take Tea in the Lobby Lounge
Recently, Karen Salkin discovered a wonderful tea room located in the Lobby Lounge of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Read Karen's review in her Out-to-Lunch column this week in BeverlyHillsPeople.
BeverlyHillSPeople Rates
The Counter L. A.'s #1 Place
to Get a Burger
The Counter has given new meaning to "Have it Your Way" The choices are tasty the combos are mind blowing. The Sauces, The Toppings, The Cheese's.. Love the Mini Cheeseburgers, and the Turkey Chili. Got to have the Milk Shakes....The service is great!?
Luau Restaurant Opens on Bedford Drive in
Beverly Hills
Original Salt & Pepper Shakers
BeverlyHillsPeople has learned that one of the most famous restaurant is reopening in Beverly Hills. Colors on Bedford Dr which was once home to the Hamburger Hamlet and the GingerMan is gone. Construction has started on a new restaurant. If you have lived in Beverly Hills for some time you may remember The Luau Restaurant. This classic was located on Rodeo Drive from 1954-1978 and owned by Steve Crane, one of Lana Turner's husbands.
The new owner is Andy Hewitt of Il Sole, Chef is Mako of Mako’s on S. Beverly Drive and Loree Rodkin is doing the design.
