Rentals Los Angeles County

The office vacancy rate in the San Fernando, Conejo and Santa Clarita valleys declined in the first quarter, but average rental rates continued to soften. The rate of empty offices in the region fell to 15.9% in the first three months of 1993, according to a survey by commercial real estate broker Grubb & Ellis. A year earlier, the corresponding rate was 16.8% and in the fourth quarter of 1992 it was 16.4%. The Valley area also compared favorably to Los Angeles County as a whole, which had a 19.

The office vacancy rate in the San Fernando, Conejo and Santa Clarita valleys declined in the first quarter, but average rental rates continued to soften. The rate of empty offices in the region fell to 15.9% in the first three months of 1993, according to a survey by commercial real estate broker Grubb & Ellis. A year earlier, the corresponding rate was 16.8% and in the fourth quarter of 1992 it was 16.4%. The Valley area also compared favorably to Los Angeles County as a whole, which had a 19.

Hangar rentals at Los Angeles County airports--including Fox Airfield in the Antelope Valley and Whiteman Airport in Pacoima--will increase slightly July 1 under new rates approved Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors. The hike will be the first since 1990 and raise average rents at the two airports by $11 per month. Rent for a hangar at Fox will increase from $214 to $225 and from $212 to $223 at Whiteman. "It's going to be minuscule," Whiteman Manager Eugene McPherson said.

Enter ignition code. Hit the "run" button. Ping. "Wow, that's cool," says Denise Kimes, who has just started a strawberry-red, electric sports car at Los Angeles International Airport without a key or any noise or sputter of exhaust. In a minute, Kimes will drive away from EV Rental Cars, the first and only company in the U.S. to rent electric cars to the public, says EV Rental Cars spokesman Terry O'Day.