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Oscar's Hollywood - Winter 2024 Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Feb. 8, 2024 One of the most recent additions to rental housing is the Hollywood Arts Collective-a 152-unit community for artists in the heart of Hollywood on Hollywood Boulevard between Wilcox and Schrader. Just steps away from the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the ... Continue reading » Permalink
From The Publisher - Summer 2023 Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Sep. 27, 2023 Since the beginning of Discover Hollywood Magazine, our mission has been to highlight and encourage readers to go beyond the obvious and experience the unique culture and lore of this place called Hollywood. Instead of "everything under the sun," we ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood - Winter 2023 Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Feb. 1, 2023 BARDAS Investment Group and Bain Capital Real Estate have announced plans for the $600 million redevelopment of the Television Center at 6311 Romaine Street in the heart of Hollywood that will transform the historic facility into a modern ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood - Summer 2022 Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Jul. 29, 2022 As Hollywood emerges from the throws of the pandemic, how are our businesses rebuilding and reimaging? The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has, and will continue, to convene hundreds of experts and leaders all committed to the objective of improving ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood - Winter 2021-22 Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Jan. 4, 2022 While the conversation, "We need more affordable housing" is one we hear over and over, Thomas Safran & Associates has been providing such for decades. Indeed, since the firm was founded in 1974, they have built over 6,000 units. Today they have ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood - Summer 2021 Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Jul. 5, 2021 CBS Television City at Beverly & Fairfax is about to enter the future as TVC2050. Los Angeles based Hackman Capital Partners has a planned $1 billion plus investment to modernize the complex, create thousands of entertainment jobs, and reaffirm ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood - Fall/Winter 2020 Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Dec. 7, 2020 This year's Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Summit went virtual and brought news of new projects and controversial topics to the main stage. Over 120 projects have been developed or are in the pipeline compared with 80 in 2019. ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood - Spring 2020 Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Apr. 27, 2020 The Hollywood Renaissance continues, as evidenced by the influx of hotels, apartment complexes and mixed-use buildings. The Heart of Hollywood project is in its early stages and will focus on a grand vision for the Walk of Fame. The eastern end of ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood - Winter 2020 Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Dec. 30, 2019 THE GRASS IS GREEN IN HOLLYWOOD Starline Tours is the largest celebrity tour company in Los Angeles. At 50 years old and headquartered in Hollywood next to the Chinese Theatre, they offer a variety of celebrity-oriented tours. They will now offer a ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood - Fall 2019 Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Oct. 2, 2019 I am more than happy that the Hollywood & Highland shopping center has been acquired by a real estate development company and private equity firm with a solid history of success. DJM, the real estate developer has decades of experience in ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood - Summer 2019 Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Jul. 2, 2019 "HEART OF HOLLYWOOD" RECEIVES $4 MILLION BOOST FOR WALK OF FAME IMPROVEMENTS The City of Los Angeles' Board of Public Works has selected the design and architecture firm Gensler to design a "Master Plan" for the Hollywood Walk of Fame, kick-starting ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood - Spring 2019 Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Apr. 4, 2019 About 5 years ago, Hollywood had about 97,000 square feet of Class A office space. That was before companies like Netflix, Viacom, Fender and NeueHouse, to name few, located their businesses in Hollywood in Class A office space. Netflix alone has ... Continue reading » Permalink
Gubler Retires after 26 Years of Chamber Leadership Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Dec. 21, 2018 The Hollywood Chamber's long-time President and CEO, Leron Gubler, will be retiring as head of the Chamber at the end of the year. Gubler has led the Chamber for more than 26 years and is the longest-tenured leader in the history of the ... Continue reading » Permalink
Hollywood is Innovative and Hip, Unique, Entertaining, and Iconic Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Oct. 1, 2018 Hollywood is "Innovative and Hip"; "Unique"; "Cool"; "Fun"; "Entertaining"; "Iconic"; "Center of the Action"; "Exciting"-These are a few words describing today's Hollywood from the residents, workers and visitor respondents to the Hollywood Survey ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Jul. 5, 2018 I recently attended the opening of The Argyle, an 18 story mid-century modern-inspired tower next to Capitol Records that has 114 artfully curated apartments and panoramic views from the Hollywood Sign to the Pacific. I took a photograph from the ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Apr. 4, 2018 Special Report by Marty Shelton Since the opening of the METRO Redline subway in 2000 running from Downtown Los Angeles to North Hollywood, Hollywood has seen a revitalization that continues today. In recent years, the area has become the live/work ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Jan. 2, 2018 Let's hear it for Hudson Pacific Properties spectacular new Sunset-Bronson Studios building on Sunset Blvd. If you are not aware, Netflix now occupies not only the entire 14 story building that is called "ICON" but the historic former Warner Bros. ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Oct. 6, 2017 Two new hotels opened in Hollywood last month - the Kimpton Everly with 216 rooms and the Hampton Inn Hollywood with 112 rooms. With the Dream Hotel that opened in July, more than 500 rooms have been added to the Hollywood market this year. This is a ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Apr. 1, 2017 The results are in and more than conclusive. Measure S, which, by all accounts was a misguided moratorium on new and affordable housing that Los Angeles desperately needs, was defeated. I have always tried to see the positive aspects of things like ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Dec. 21, 2016 Paramount Pictures, an integral part of Hollywood for more than 100 years, is making a $700-million investment that will allow the studio to advance its facilities with the newest technology, create entertainment jobs in Hollywood and preserve the ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Nov. 1, 2016 Print Magazines. Are people still reading print magazines? A fact that is not bandied about in the exhilaration of the Internet is that magazine readership has actually risen during the past five years and over the past 15 years, almost corresponding ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Aug. 12, 2016 What is the #1 Tourist Spot in the United States? Why the Hollywood Walk of Fame of course! According to Business Insider, the Walk of Fame is the most visited landmark ahead of such other icons as Mount Rushmore, the Lincoln Memorial and The Statue ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Dec. 22, 2015 Netflix, the world's leading Internet TV network, and Hudson Pacific Properties have announced an agreement in which Netflix will lease a significant portion of the new ICON office tower at Sunset Bronson Studios. The growing Southern California ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Oct. 12, 2015 Hollywood Leads the Way. Watching Kilroy Realty's Columbia Square and Hudson Pacific's Hollywood Icon take shape on Sunset Blvd. is easy because of their highly visible locations. Equally impressive, however, is J.H. Snyder's $138 million, 244,000 ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Jun. 25, 2015 As the Publisher of a magazine devoted to promoting the unique culture and lore of Hollywood, it's a pleasure to see the Palladium Residences project coming along. Not only will it provide badly needed new housing, but it will restore and celebrate ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Apr. 1, 2015 Get A Job! That's what the Silhouettes wailed on their 1957 R & B #1 record. Jobs, especially the lack of them, are a big time conversation in 2015. Yet, in Los Angeles County, Tourism and Hospitality is the fastest growing industry adding more ... Continue reading » Permalink
Oscar's Hollywood Posted By Oscar Arslanian - Dec. 16, 2014 The recent news that media titan Viacom is moving its cable networks to Hollywood is truly a big time step forward in the on-going renaissance taking place in our town. The company is taking 180,000 square feet of space and moving their cable ... Continue reading » Permalink