In two tenant protection cases Santa Monica City Attorneys have pursued against local landlords this year, alleged offenders received the same outcome: rather than go to a criminal trial, both
Santa Monica landlords accused of price gouging tenants during a declared state of emergency after raising rents by 250% have agreed to a diversion program that could keep them out
A developer will be able to build the six micro-apartment buildings that the city of Santa Monica moved to block earlier this year.
WS Communities, a spinoff of developer NMS
The developers of a six-story building that will rise behind the Santa Monica Public Library on 6th Street are going back to the drawing board after the Architectural Review Board
The much delayed and highly contentious sale of several Santa Monica apartment buildings continued recently with a judge officially handing control of the property to a new owner.
San Francisco
The California Supreme Court has declined to review a 2nd District Court of Appeals decision that upheld a significant judgment against Santa Monica’s most prolific developer, Neil Shekhter of
More mixed use projects before Planning Commission
Kate Cagle
Daily Press Staff Writer
The City’s largest housing developer will be back in front of the Planning Commission Wednesday, seeking
A federal judge has allowed a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) case to move forward against Santa Monica’s largest developer, NMS Properties, its CEO Neil Shekhter and
A four-month long multi-department review of NMS Properties’ contracts with the City of Santa Monica failed to produce a smoking gun or even very much smoke.
The audit spanned three
City staff has drafted an outline regarding internal scrutiny of contracts with NMS Properties, after the company’s CEO, Neil Shekhter, was found to have forged documents in a Los
