Eagle Rock/Highland Park
The Sparkletts building, a white, Moorish Revival-style complex that served as a bottling plant for nearly 100 years, has become the city’s latest historic landmark. The City Council on Wednesday approved Historic-Cultural Monument status for the distinctive 1929 building in the 4500 block of E. Lincoln Avenue, on the Highland Park-Eagle Rock border. The plant closed a year ago, and the bid to make it a monument appeared about eight months after that. The Eastsider
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READ Books, the used bookstore that lost its old storefront along Eagle Rock Boulevard last spring, still hasn’t found a new location, according to co-owner Jeremy Kaplan. He is finding properties priced from $4 to $7 per square foot, which is out of reach, and local landlords are sitting on vacant properties. “They think they can make more money waiting for a corporate buyer to come along,” Kaplan said.
Elysian Valley
A hundred new townhomes are entering the rental market along the L.A. River. A new development called Lilian has been completed at 1771 W. Blake Ave. The leasing website lists prices for two- and three-bedroom homes ranging from $4,605.04 to $6,150.04 a month. Urbanize
Highland Park
Junior’s Discount Party Supply has been told to vacate its York Boulevard location — which it has occupied for 20 years — “without any reason or discussion,” according to the Los Angeles Tenants Union. The building recently changed owners owners, and Junior’s and four neighboring businesses have been issued 60-day eviction notices, the tenants union said. KTLA
Lincoln Heights
A seven-story mixed-use building could rise at the 1900 block of N. Broadway, across the street from El Rio Community middle school, according to a permit application filed with the Department of Building and Safety. The apartment building would include 11,840 square feet of commercial retail space in the two bottom floors. It is not clear how many apartments the building would hold.
Los Feliz
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Plans have moved forward for a new six-story apartment building at the site of the Louvre Banquet Hall in Los Feliz Village. A determination letter from the Department of City Planning conditionally approves the project at 1765-1767 N. Vermont Ave., which sets aside four of its 24 apartments for Very-Low-Income households. Demolition permits have not yet been issued for the banquet hall building, which dates back to 1941.
High & Low: Home Sales
Los Feliz—A four-bedroom Spanish-style home on a 7,834-square-foot lot along Ambrose Avenue sold this week for $3.3 million. Redfin
Montecito Heights—A two-bedroom, 1,183-square-foot condo on Via Marisol sold last week for $570,000. Redfin
High & Low: Rentals
Silver Lake—A one-bedroom residence on Silver Lake Boulevard near the reservoirs is for rent at $3,600. Redfin
Boyle Heights—A one-bedroom apartment on Chelsea Street near Hazard Recreation Center is for rent at $1,549 a month. Redfin
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