Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Rick Caruso; Jay-Z and Beyoncé; State Sen. Lena Gonzalez and Assembly member Tina McKinnor; Stephen Kotler and Josh Flagg

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LA’s buzziest real estate stories in 2025

Clockwise from top left: Eric and Wendy Schmidt and Spelling Manor; James Packer with 630 Nimes Road; Paris Hilton with 71 Beverly Park; Beverly Hills Estates' Jack Harris and Michael Fahimian with Carolwood Estates' Drew Fenton and Andrew Beyer with 11740 Crescenda Street

Residential

LA resi makes rounds of Westside for 2025 highlights

Mayor Karen Bass and developer Elaine Culotti

Development

Developer wants Palisades to secede from LA

Former Rite Aid at 1331 Wilshire Boulevard, Rite Aid’s Matt Schroeder, A&G Real Estate’s Erik Potocek and Trader Joe’s Bryan Palbaum

Trader Joe’s grabs Santa Monica Rite Aid for $22M

Calabasas (91302) Home Appreciation Rates

Calabasas home values jump 59% in Q3, outpace LA County market

Lakewood Center with seller Macerich CEO Jackson Hsieh and buyers Pacific Retail CEO Steve Plunge, Lyon Living CEO Frank Suryan Jr. and Silverpeak's Brett Bossung

LA’s 10 biggest retail deals of 2025 nearly double, approach $1B

Aaron Kirman and Cindy Ambuehl with 1504 North Kenter Avenue in Brentwood

$26M Brentwood manse on private knoll tops LA signed contracts

Ben Ashkenazy with 9700 Wilshire Boulevard

Ashkenazy buys Beverly Hills Neiman Marcus in latest SoCal acquisition

BISON Partners’ Philip Voorhees; Lincoln Property Company’s Nicole Audette; JLL’s Dillon Bergum and Paul Brindley

JLL makes two SoCal moves on investment sales, capital markets teams

MGR Real Estate's Michael G. Rademaker with Granite Properties' Will Hendrickson; Orange City Square

MGR buys Orange office complex for $89M

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky with SoFi Stadium in Inglewood

LA Airbnb prices surge in anticipation of 2026 World Cup

Skims' Kim Kardashian and Kingsbarn Realty Capital's Jeff Pori with 1601 Vine Street; Tishman Speyer’s Rob Speyer and Kilroy Realty’s Angela Aman with 345 North Maple Drive; Douglas Emmett's Jordan Kaplan and 10900 Wilshire Boulevard; Barings' Mike Freno and 12150 Millennium Drive

Hollywood deal “Skims” along top, downtown lags on LA’s biggest office sales

Keyes Real Estate’s Brad Keyes and Josh Stein-Sapir with rendering of 15113 West Sunset Boulevard

Post-fire Palisades site tees up mixed-use comeback

2555 La Mesa Drive in Santa Monica,  Amir Jawaherian of The Agency and James Mormile and Kurt Rappaport of Westside Estate Agency

Focus on TRD Data: $23M Santa Monica home sale tops seaside city’s charts

Focus on TRD Data: Priciest Home Sales in Santa Monica in 2025

Lessons on leadership from John Aaroe

Hackman Capital Partners' Michael Hackman and Jamison's Jamie Lee with 725 South Figueroa Street and 735 South Figueroa Street

Rumblings of a deal for EY Plaza — but will it stick?

Witkoff's Alex Witkoff and Pimco's Emmanuel Roman with The Park Santa Monica

Pimco, Witkoff firm in default on $400M loan tied to Santa Monica apartments

John Aaroe, luxury brokerage owner and agent to the stars, dead at 74

Callahan & Blaine's Edward Susolik with Newport Gateway