What happens when home is the mall? Glendale’s new
Americana at Brand, developer Rick Caruso’s $400 million encore to
the Grove, is bigger and bolder than its L.A. counterpart, with 238 apartments and 100 condos. Americana has housing, but does it have the charm of a great neighborhood? A place to gather and kvetch? The Home section’s Man of the House columnist Chris Erskine slept over for a night to find out.
