Hillview Hollywood tenant mix.Silverstone Partners Inc.'s restored Hillview Hollywood apartment building, which began leasing units in June, has received a big boost from a new contract with a luxury corporate housing firm. San Ramon-based Synergy The enhanced result of two or more people, groups or organizations working together. In other words, one and one equals three! It comes from the Greek "synergia," which means joint work and cooperative action. Corporate Housing has leased 15 units in the historic 54-apartment complex, leaving the nearly 90-year-old Mediterranean-style complex at 6531 Hollywood Blvd. more than 87 percent occupied. Synergy founding partner Henry Luebbert, whose company leases apartments at 15 Los Angeles-area locations, expects he'll be placing entertainment industry professionals in the units, as well as out-of-town businesspeople who want to soak up some Hollywood glamour while conducting business elsewhere in the city. His clients tend to stay between one and three months. "This is a very unique and special place," said Luebbert, citing the building's 24-hour concierge services plus a ground-floor gourmet market, bistro, jazz club A jazz club is a venue where the primary entertainment is live jazz. Often such venues are in the basement of residential buildings. They are rather small compared to other music venues, reflecting the intimate atmosphere of jazz concerts. and health club set to open in October. Hillview Hollywood has been a closely watched project in Hollywood, not only because of its history, but also because unlike the condo conversions Generally stated, a condo conversion is a process of entitling an income property or other lands currently held under one title to convert from sole ownership of the entire property (which often already is a multi unit property) into individual for sale units. now commonplace in the district, the property was restored as an apartment building as closely as possible to its original appearance. Movie moguls Jesse Lasky and Sam Goldwyn built Hillview Hollywood as the area's first artist's high-rise in 1917. Residents included Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy, American film comedy team. The duo consisted of Stan Laurel, 1890–1965, b. Ulverson, England, whose real name was Arthur Stanley Jefferson; and Oliver Hardy, 1892–1957, b. Atlanta, Ga. and Joan Blondell. Rudolf Valentino reportedly converted what had been a basement rehearsal space into a speakeasy Speakeasy - Simple array-oriented language with numerical integration and differentiation, graphical output, aimed at statistical analysis. ["Speakeasy", S. Cohen, SIGPLAN Notices 9(4), (Apr 1974)]. ["Speakeasy-3 Reference Manual", S. Cohen et al. 1976]. during Prohibition. By the time Brad Zeman and his partners at Madison, Wis adv. 1. Certainly; really; indeed. v. t. 1. To think; to suppose; to imagine; - used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis. .-based Silverstone heard about the property, the site was close to condemnation Condemnation bell, book, and candle symbols of Catholic excommunication rite. [Christianity: Brewer Note-Book, 85] Bridge of Sighs passage from Doge’s court to execution chamber in Renaissance Venice. [Ital. Hist. . The new owners, who have built 21 hotel properties, installed new walnut floors, cherry cabinets, granite countertops, as well as high-end appliances. "We saw other developers looking to come in, knock it over and build something new here, and Hollywood doesn't need that," said Zeman. "Properties like these are vital part of Hollywood's resurgence." BY DEBORAH CROW Staff Reporter |
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