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Tony Cordi, As Seen in Easy Reader News

Will the pandemic reshape downtown Hermosa Beach?Read Easy Reader News article, written by Ryan McDonald, where Tony Cordi shares his thoughts and prediction.

High-End Home Sales and Prices May Be Softening

We are coming off a highly charged election cycle with the relative strength of the economy serving as a recurring storyline across the country. Unemployment...

Dining Evolves in Hermosa Beach

The dining scene in Hermosa Beach continues to evolve and, perhaps surprisingly, the pace of change appears to be accelerating. A record number of restaurants...

Manhattan Pair Pairs Couples

Several years ago, Manhattan Beach resident Linda Murad and her business partner Liz Murad Waters created The2ndDate, a matchmaking company. The dating services industry has...

Big Wheel at G-RO Luggage

Local start-up company Travel-Light has set out to become a global innovator in the travel and mobility industry with their G-RO luggage system. Israeli industrial...

Supply and Demand

Real estate prices in the beach cities have been appreciating at astounding rates for several years now. This holds true for both residential and commercial...

Redondo Divide Extends to Home Prices

Redondo Beach has an odd shape on the map for a city that has been around since 1892. A pinch point exists along the summit...

Beach Travel – Bags Checked, Plans Unchecked

I can’t recall how it all started though it may have been just a passing suggestion by our then eight-year old daughter, Isabella. It sounded...

Veggie Grill Owner Linked into Fellow Beach City Residents

The Beach Cities have become a hotbed for business creativity and execution, especially in the food industry. Over the past few years, we have seen...

Shade Owner Credits Collaboration with Downtown MB Improvements

Through the many Manhattan Beach businesses Manhattan Beach resident Michael Zislis has founded over the past 26 years, he has both contributed to and benefited...

El Segundo’s Home Turnover Rate Half the National Average

Shake Shack in El Segundo opened up to very long lines a couple of weeks ago. This auspicious start for the new Apollo Landing development...

Proposed Property Tax Changes Probably Won’t Affect Local Home Prices

Last week, House Republicans released their proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The bill is intended to cut taxes for the middle-class, simplify the tax...

New Homes in Tree Section Buoys Neighboring Homes

The multiple listing services for the beach cities carves up Manhattan Beach into six distinct areas. The tree section generally has a higher percentage of...

‘The Brady Bunch’ Actor Knight Stars in Online Business

Actor Christopher Knight is best known as Peter Brady on “The Brady Bunch,” which aired from 1969 to 1974. There would be a number of...

Five New Upscale Restaurants Hope to Follow Recent Beach Successes

Baran’s 2239, Tower 12, Rabano’s, and a re-energized “modern old school” Bottle Inn are the latest examples of new beach city restaurants experiencing tremendous success....

Beach Food – Here Comes Hermosa

Hermosa Beach’s rising incomes over the past 20 years, combined with advances in social media, changing dining habits, city regulations and risk-taking by well-funded restaurateurs...

Manhattan Sand Section, South Redondo Lead Home Appreciation

The gap between the average home price in the beach cities and the national average has grown significantly since 2000. In 2000 you could buy...

Manhattan Beach Developer, Matt Morris

The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University tracks leading indicators in the remodeling industry. In just the past two years, national spending on...

Blackhouse’s Jed Sanford Cast Wide Net

Nearly half of the 85 full-service restaurants in the Riviera Village and the downtown areas of Manhattan and Hermosa Beach are part of locally-based restaurant...

Sackley’s Sepulveda Blvd. and the Fun of the Deal

Most beach cities neighborhoods have median home prices at or near all-time highs. Many are in the top 1 percent for homes, nationwide. Not surprisingly,...

Manhattan Village Remodel May Produce $500,000 in New Manhattan Beach Revenue

By virtually every measure, the beach cities offer retailers compelling reasons to have a presence here. Whether looking at home values or median household incomes,...

Cream’wich in Manhattan Beach Reinvents the Ice Cream Sandwich

The best-selling cookie of all time is the modest Oreo with its two chocolate wafers and sweet cream filling. It was created over 100 years...

The Strand: The Most Expensive Residential Property in the United States

here is nothing quite like The Strand anywhere else. Bryn Stroyke of Stroyke properties sums it up nicely when he says, “Our small, private, beaches...

Competitive Athletes Show Competitive Edge in Business

Forbes and Entrepreneur are just two of several magazines that have recently published articles hypothesizing that competitive athletes make great partners in business. They highlight...

Bad News is Good News for SB Defense Contractors

The news this past week has been addressing the escalating tensions between the United States and North Korea. Companion stories have covered the possible increases...

Investors Rolling into South Redondo

Like clockwork, the incredible weather has brought thousands of residents and tourists out to local beaches, marinas, and piers. Hotels and restaurants continue to fill...

North Manhattan Business on the Rise

North Manhattan Beach has a unique appeal that has resulted in substantial home appreciation over the last several years. Alex Yoffe, a partner with Yoffe...

El Segundo: the Little City that Did

El Segundo may not be a large population city, but when it comes to business, this city cranks out big numbers while continuously redefining itself....

Commercial Properties in the South Bay

Commercial vacancy rates in Manhattan Beach are impossibly low. Demand for space downtown has become so high that we are seeing $10 per square foot lease...

Success in a Changing Hermosa Beach Downtown

We are closing in on the 20th anniversary of the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of Pier Plaza in downtown Hermosa Beach. What may have...