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How downtown Los Angeles became a boarded-up ghost-town with hoards of drug-smoking vagrants and dozens of shuttered storefronts

LOS ANGELES — Downtown in the City of Angels is looking more and more like a ghost town. The famed Los Angeles neighborhood has become a shadow of its former glory — with rows of boarded up shops, ...
NBC Los Angeles

Infamous ‘graffiti towers' in downtown LA now have new owners

The downtown Los Angeles skyscrapers, which have attracted graffiti artists, vandals and daredevils, has been sold to new owners, prompting city officials to demand "immediate cleanup." Following two ...
Los Angeles Times

Downtown L.A. wants San Francisco’s pop-up secret to get shoppers back

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Downtown Los Angeles struggles with retail vacancy as high as 40% after the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting major ...
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Downtown LA.'s cratering real estate market is changing — rich renters are buying their buildings

As the office market bottoms out after a long fall, renters are swooping in to buy their own buildings. Occupant businesses are seizing the opportunity to become owners, especially in downtown Los ...