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LA Live opens its first fashion retail store Brigade

LA Live is receiving its first fashion retailer residency this year. Contemporary brand Brigade LA is moving to a new space in the downtown Los Angeles center. Off of Olympic Boulevard, the new retail space will encompass 6,000 square feet. Half of the store will be used to showcase Brigade’s clothing including various high-end fashion...

Retail

Cos confirms downtown LA opening this fall

Los Angeles - H&M’s sister brand, Cos, is officially planting roots in downtown Los Angeles this year. The elevated fashion label confirmed plans of a flagship to open in 2017. However, the brand just announced that its new store will actually open earlier, debuting this fall. The flagship will be the company’s third store in California, bowing...

Fashion

Rory Beca closes her contemporary brand

Downtown Los Angeles-based designer Rory Beca is closing up her shop this month. The brand, which has been established for about a decade, will close its Broadway location officially by the end of the month. The reason for the closure of Beca’s eponymous store is due to financial issues. “We are a self-financed, family-owned company and it is...

Retail

BNKR to open next month in downtown LA

Los Angeles - BNKR has officially set a date to open its doors for its first West Coast boutique. Next month, the Australian-based retailer will open a flagship in downtown Los Angeles. The store will boast 6,800 square feet and will be located off of Broadway. The brand announced that it would be opening a store earlier this month, however it...

Retail

Cos to open new flagship in Los Angeles

Los Angeles - Cos, H&M’s sister brand, is officially coming to downtown Los Angeles in a more permanent way. The brand has hosted pop-ups and installations previously in the area, however, the elevated clothing brand is slated to open its own bricks-and-mortar within the next year. As reported by Racked LA, the luxury brand will be opening by...

Retail

Row DTLA becomes new development for Los Angeles

Los Angeles - A new retail project is slowly but surely making its way to downtown Los Angeles. The project, entitled the Row DTLA, will approximately be 2 million square feet and feature retail shopping and dining. In 2014, the two real estate investment firms closed on the land for approximately 357 million dollars from EVOQ Properties. The...