Andrew Khouri
Andrew Khouri covers the housing market for the Los Angeles Times. Before coming to The Times he wrote about commercial real estate for the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. He holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and graduated from the University of San Diego with a degree in history.
Recent Articles
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Prices, sales in Southern California home market rise in December
The Southern California housing market picked up speed in December, capping a year of improvement that saw rising sales and prices. See more of our top stories on Facebook >> The median price in the six-county region rose 1% from November to $443,000, data firm CoreLogic said Tuesday. Compared...
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L.A. County's hottest ZIP Codes
Last year, buyers flocked to Westside communities near Silicon Beach and gentrifying, cheaper neighborhoods near downtown.
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Bixby Land's $49-million office building sale a sign 'it's not the old El Segundo'
Developer Bixby Land Co. has sold an El Segundo creative office building for $49 million, a sale price that nearly doubled its investment — and underscores the city's ongoing evolution from an aerospace hub to a home for tech businesses. In recent years, developers have transformed old El Segundo...
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'Everything has changed' in downtown L.A., Central City Assn. chief Carol Schatz says
As the longtime head of the Central City Assn., Carol Schatz has helped guide downtown Los Angeles' transition from a "ghost town" after 5 p.m. to a bustling city center that has captured international attention. The business advocacy group has pushed for two of the major initiatives credited with...
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Warner Center apartments are bought by an L.A. investment firm for $163 million
A Los Angeles investment firm has scooped up a newly constructed Warner Center apartment complex for $163 million, one of the largest deals for an L.A. County rental community in recent years. The purchase of the Millennium Woodland Hills underscores heavy investor appetite for apartments amid...
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British firm plans to remake historic downtown L.A. building into a hip hotel
A British hotel operator has purchased a historic building in downtown Los Angeles for $30 million and plans to transform the decaying structure into a hip, stylish hotel, according to JLL, the brokerage involved in the deal. The investment is the latest bet that the neighborhood's renaissance...
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Ousted tenants sue after their former rent-controlled L.A. apartments are listed on Airbnb
Carrie Kirshman and Nina Giovannitti were close neighbors at their Spanish villa apartments in Fairfax, sharing keys, collecting each other's mail and tending to a communal garden in the backyard. Their rent-controlled building allowed them to enjoy below-market rents of less than $2,000 a month...
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Bankruptcy judge approves financing for owner of O.C. Register
A federal judge has approved a $4.5-million loan that will allow the Orange County Register to operate during bankruptcy -- setting the stage for a possible bidding war by an insider group and the owners of the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Daily News. The approval, which came Monday in...