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New Hotel Across From SoFi Stadium Opens Just In Time For Super Bowl

Just in time for the Super Bowl, short-term rental and hospitality company Sonder Inc. has opened a 180-unit building across from the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. The new arrival comes as the San Francisco-based company recently announced 25 newly opened buildings across the…

‘Innovative’ Affordable Housing Development In South LA To Receive $20M Investment

The Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) announced that the city has been awarded $163.3M from the state to fund six local affordable housing developments. The funding will reportedly be broken into two separate tranches, with $105.7M for construction on new…


PayPal Makes $25M Investment Into SoLa Impact’s Latest Affordable Housing Fund

ByIn The Building LA – Staff WriterJan 20, 20222 min read

SoLa Impact announced that PayPal has made a $25 million investment into the South Los Angeles real estate developer’s Black Impact Fund. The investment which will help increase SoLa’s ability to scale the production of high-quality affordable housing, is part of PayPal’s $535 million commitment to advance…

Plans Submitted To Build 48 Units Near Slauson and Western

ByIn The Building LA – Staff WriterJan 18, 20221 min read

A West Los Angeles-based developer is seeking approval to develop a 48-unit apartment building at the corner of Slauson Avenue and St. Andrews Place in South LA.   According to the plan submitted to the city by Farzad Essapour of…

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Fair Housing Legacy: How Testing Played A Role In The Civil Rights Movement

ByIn The Building LA – Staff WriterJan 17, 20224 min read

While most people are aware of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a Civil Rights Movement leader, fewer are familiar with the role he played in the fair housing movement.  During the early 20th century, Black Americans were systematically deprived of…