Urban Commons
Real estate developer Urban Commons, best known for owning Long Beach’s Queen Mary, has relocated from downtown Los Angeles to Century City, reports the Los Angeles Business Journal.
Urban Commons signed a 63-month lease for a 12,000 square foot office at 10250 Constellation Blvd. in Century City.
“Our team negotiated a base-year starting rent at 58 percent below market rates to offset Urban Commons’ initial cost of relocating to a more expensive submarket,” Robbins said in a statement. “We relocated our client into a fully furnished sublease with a pre-negotiated, back-end direct deal with the landlord, JMB Financial Advisors.”
Superior Court Judges
Two out of seven newly-appointed judges to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown are Century City-based attorneys.
The appointments were announced on Feb. 27 and the two local judges are:
Joseph Lipner, 53, of Los Angeles. He has been a partner at Century City law firm Irell and Manella since 1996 and the firm hired him as an associate in 1991.
The second judge is Audra Mori, 50, of Santa Monica. She was named managing partner of the Century City office of Seattle-based law firm Perkins Coie last year and has been a partner at the firm since 2005.
Shepard Mullin Expands Entertainment Practice
Sidney S. Fohrman has joined the Century City office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Entertainment and Digital Media practice group.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Sid, who will lead the firm’s Music Industry Team. His deep and multifaceted experience handling a broad range of transactional matters for music, sports, e-sports and media companies, as well as investors and financial institutions boosts the depth of our leading Entertainment and Digital Media practice,” said Jon W. Newby, vice chairman of Sheppard Mullin.
Fohrman provides strategic counsel and transactional support to a diverse client base comprised of talent, influencers, entrepreneurs, and institutions across the digital media, music, sports, fitness, technology, event, film and television industries.
“I am thrilled to join Sheppard Mullin. I was particularly attracted to the breadth and depth of the firm’s global Entertainment and Digital Media practice, and collaborative and integrated platform. I’m looking forward to continuing the growth trajectory of this dynamic practice, and working with this leading group of attorneys in the entertainment industry,” Fohrman commented.
