I would be remiss if I didn’t share this video by independent journalist Yoonji Kim.
The billion-dollar Metropolis mixed-use/condo development, which takes up a full city block bordered by Francisco Street, 8th Street, James M. Wood Boulevard, and the 110, has long been rumored to be empty, or at least largely so.
Kim cross-referenced property records with United States Postal Service data and determined that of the 822 condo residences, 281 are still owned by the developer, China-based Greenland USA.
I am hard to impress. This is truly remarkable work that puts quite a few of LA’s louder, flashier media outlets to shame (naming no names here, but if you’ve been paying attention, you already know).
Anyway, if the embedded video below isn’t working, you can always click here.