Business
New York-based Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. has purchased three properties, including one in Beverly Hills, occupied by Barneys New York for $175 million.
June 30, 2001
The Beverly Connection, a popular shopping center in the Beverly Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles, will be sold for $260 million to a New York investor.
March 17, 2014
Federal savings and loan regulators have sued more than a dozen former directors and officers of Beverly Hills Savings & Loan, charging that their questionable real estate transactions, negligent lending practices and “junk bond” investments caused more than $120 million in losses.
Oct. 21, 1986
Ian Schrager, the disco impresario, convicted tax evader and New York hotelier, has purchased the stylish Mondrian hotel in West Hollywood for $17.4 million.
Feb. 7, 1995
L’Ermitage Hotel, one of America’s most highly rated inns and a favorite Los Angeles-area resting spot for celebrities and wealthy businessmen, has been forced to seek bankruptcy protection because of the continuing financial problems of its principal owner, Severyn Ashkenazy.
March 13, 1986
California
Undaunted by the potentially high price tag, the San Fernando City Council endorsed taking a closer look at a revitalization project that would create a town square in the city’s downtown commercial district.
July 21, 1993
Entertainment & Arts
John Ogdon, a concert pianist and composer known for his work on behalf of modern music who had been making a comeback after suffering a mental breakdown, died Tuesday at age 52, his agents said.
Aug. 5, 1989
For dry cleaners, caterers and other merchants dependent on Hollywood, when the shooting stops, so does the cash flow.
Nov. 15, 2007
Books
Ashkenazy: Beyond Frontiers by Jasper Parrott with Vladimir Ashkenazy (Atheneum: $14.95) In the introductory notes to this book about the brilliant Russian pianist, Vladimir Ashkenazy, we are told that he was reluctant to produce a memoir at this mid-point of his life and career.
Jan. 16, 1985