
South Bay Digs • May 8, 2015
ON THE COVER The Island in the South Bay:Communal spaces, peaceful surroundings and super-sized dimensions create a perfect habitat for today’s family presented by Brett Zebrowski of Palm Realty Boutique.
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ON THE COVER The Island in the South Bay:Communal spaces, peaceful surroundings and super-sized dimensions create a perfect habitat for today’s family presented by Brett Zebrowski of Palm Realty Boutique.

For anyone with a passion for real estate, we believe there’s a mutual obsession for all things real estate-related like architecture, landscaping, community, culture, and, of course, interior design.

ON THE COVER Modern Making: A Pierre Koenig original—carefully revised for the 21st century—creates a private utopia atop the ocean presented by Crosby Doe of Crosby Doe Associates and Gerard Bisignano of Vista Sotheby’s International Realty.

ON THE COVER Villa Ruchello: Hidden behind wrought-iron gates, this astoundingly generous Santa Monica Canyon property promises unprecedented privacy and architectural details of a bygone era presented by Santiago Arana, Billy Rose and Edward Fitz of The Agency.

ON THE COVER Villa with a View: Family-friendly design and graceful aesthetics makes for beautiful utility in Palos Verdes Estates presented by Lauren Forbes and John Corrales of Forbes Corrales at Coldwell Banker Previews.

ON THE COVER is an incredible Pacific Palisades Cape Cod home featured in this issue’s Sweet DIGS. With a large gourmet kitchen, formal dining area, custom wine cellar, private screening room, personal spa and lavish outdoor amenities, there’s plenty of space to gather together, or find a private moment.

New US single-family home sales jumped in February to their highest level in seven years, which is continued good news for the housing market. The Commerce Department report issued this week show sales surged 7.8% in February, the highest level since February 2008.


Westside DIGS pulls back that curtain for me and invites readers to look inside the most luxurious homes on the Westside — from Playa Vista, Playa del Rey, Marina del Rey, and Venice to Santa Monica, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, and Malibu.

ON THE COVER Modern Marvel: finding all the comforts of home in a luxurious property. Create memories of a perfect Manhattan Beach abode presented by Ed Kaminsky of Kaminsky Real Estate Group.

Allow me to introduce Issue #1 of Westside DIGS — the only luxury real estate magazine and target audience media platform of its kind serving the affluent neighborhoods of Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Santa Monica, Venice, Marina del Rey, Playa del Rey and Playa Vista.

January 2015 marked the 35th consecutive month in which California’s median sale price has increased on a year-over-year basis according to CoreLogic DataQuick. The January 2015 median price was 22.3% lower thank California’s peak median price of $484,000, reach in the Spring of 2007, and it was 70.1% higher than the post-peak low of $221,000 in April 2009.