Not a bad spot for a wedding
Spent Sunday afternoon touring the recently finished casitas at Terranea on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The resort development will have 50 ocean-view casitas (owners are limited to 60-day occupancy and other days are rented out), 32 villas (similar but owners can stay up to 90 days), 360 hotel rooms, a huge ballroom and a par-three golf course. Not to mention restaurants, retail, swimming pools, spa and fitness center.
It's already attracting local buyers in what seems to be a variation on the staycation, albeit an expensive one. Pricing begins at $2.25 million.
The resort, on the 102-acre former Marineland site, is set to open in June and seems geared to be very community-friendly. Part of that bonhomie is being extended to the local arts community, whose works are being used to decorate the casitas. Quite a coup for area artisans, I'd say.
-- Lauren Beale
Your thoughts? Comments?
Illustration provided by Terranea.
P.S. Thanks to the L.A. Land commenters who noticed that I'll be leaving Friday in this latest round of layoffs. It's been a pleasure to spell Peter from time to time and add a little something to the mix. No, I will not be able to continue as a blogger, but look for me to be joining you on the other side as a commenter.
Lauren -
Thanks for your contibutions.
Best wishes.
Posted by: TakeFive | October 30, 2008 at 02:59 PM
Good luck with your future endeavors, Lauren. It will be good to hear from you in comments.
Posted by: anonymous | October 30, 2008 at 03:05 PM
brutal. this is always one of my standard stops.
Posted by: Buzz Killington | October 30, 2008 at 03:18 PM
Thank you Lauren. I do enjoy your posts. If I wasn't so driven by the question "How can I make so much but afford so little?" I would have commented more. Good luck!
Posted by: NewtoLA | October 30, 2008 at 04:08 PM
best of luck to you, too Lauren.
Posted by: Jeff | October 30, 2008 at 05:01 PM
Best wishes, Lauren!
Posted by: Chris Finley | October 30, 2008 at 05:21 PM
Good luck Lauren. (Life is happier after the Times.)
Posted by: brettdl | October 31, 2008 at 05:44 AM
good luck, Lauren. I'm so sorry to see you go. LA LAnd won't be the same without you and Peter.
Posted by: msprompt | October 31, 2008 at 06:12 AM
why must every piece of nice land around here be a fricking resort? I know land is very expensive and developers want a return, but how many uber-exclusive resorts can this economy handle?
Posted by: watusi | October 31, 2008 at 08:28 AM
Lauren - Often a situation like this one is an opportunity in disguise. Best of luck to you.
Posted by: lynn | October 31, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Lauren-I spoke to Pete yesterday about that loan mod piece, then in our conversation he told me that he was leaving, my first response was oh no, why? then I told him that I'll be looking forward to reading more of your posts when he told me that you were leaving as well. Just want to say I really wish you carried the banner for Pete but I'm sure that wherever you go you'll be successful.
take care.
Posted by: Nelcisco | October 31, 2008 at 12:24 PM