Startup companies, not manufacturers, are the best targets for L.A.'s Cleantech Corridor according to a panel of experts brought in for a one-week study.

A ten-member panel of national experts will Friday present their recommendations on how Los Angeles can transform 2,500 acres of industrial land into a hive for new green business.

Planners from the public and private sectors gathered in the atrium of the Douglas building this morning to hear of successes and failure in New York City's efforts...

Buried in the middle of a five hour budget hearing last Friday was news that updates to Downtown's two major community plans will be delayed unless the Planning...

In his State of the City speech this afternoon, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa promoted the creation of a five-mile "CleanTech Corridor" that would stretch north through...

As we go through the last few days of 2008, we thought it useful to take a look at some of the important Downtown projects working their way through the system....

The Arts District got a little bit bigger this week, as City Council approved an expansion of neighborhood's official boundaries. The expansion south from 6th to...

Perhaps the Downtown Art Walk shouldn't be so proud of its L.A. APA Awards win. Curbed has a list of the winners, and one of the awards went to the Planning Department...

Not all "industry" is created equal.

That's a fact that seems to get lost in many of the stats brought out by the Planning department to support its Industrial...

Appearing before the city council's Planning and Land Use committee just minutes ago, Planning Chief Gail Goldberg told the committee that she agreed with Councilman...

In just a minute (I better get moving) city council's Planning and Land Use committee will begin an agenda heavy in Industrial Land Use items. I'll be at the meeting...

This week's Downtown News writes about 1101 N. Main, a 318-unit development proposed to rise near Chinatown. As the article notes, the project has gotten all thumbs...