Snapchat to Become Sole Tenant of Santa Monica Place
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FORCEFUL LITIGATORS WITTENBERG LAW CREATIVE BUSINESS, INVESTMENT & TRIAL ATTORNEYS DEALMAKERS 310-295-2010 | www.WittenbergLawyers.com MONDAY APRIL FOOLS’ 04.01.19 EDITION Volume 18 Issue 119 @smdailypress @smdailypress Santa Monica Daily Press smdp.com Chez Jay to be replaced with boutique Cheesecake Snapchat to become sole Factory-branded ‘Chez Cayke’ tenant of Santa Monica Place Artist rendering DECOR: A corporate restaurant will take over the local institution. BY SPIN DOCTOR that it will be closing in lieu of a “Chez Cayke”, an experimental In a stunning show of Santa boutique restaurant owned and Monica’s cultural erosion operated by the Cheesecake continuing, another legendary Factory. This new boutique will be local haunt will close and be an upscale version of Cheesecake replaced by a factory famous for Factory’s chain restaurants. its gluttonous foods. Chez Jay announced yesterday SEE CHEZ CAYKE PAGE 3 Artist rendering SNAPMALL: The new tenants of the Downtown mall plan to install augmented reality filters for employees. District elections trigger deathmatch rules to BY WHEELS DEALS in West Los Angeles earlier this year. The project converted an entire shopping mall into decide new Mayor Following the trend established when Google a 584,000-square-foot creative office campus. took over a Los Angeles Mall, Snapchat has The venture was a partnership between several BY POWER LYFTER mayorship of the city was set to be announced plans to become the sole tenant at companies including Makemoney who also own up for grabs via a normal election. Santa Monica Place. Santa Monica Place. In a jaw-dropping move this past However, after a short back and The company will keep the movie theater, food Faced with continued vacancies in the mall, week, the City Council agreed to forth at last night’s last-minute court and Disney Store but those facilities will be Makemoney has been increasingly moving away engage in a winner-take-all death council meeting, City Council for the exclusive use of their employees. Officials from traditional retail at Santa Monica Place. Large match for the mayorship of the city, reluctantly agreed to an all-out said the move benefits everyone by filling vacant sections have already been leased to a children’s slated to occur this evening. melee for the mayorship. To win, store fronts and creating office space that does not museum and a project from supermodel Tyra With the pending establishment one representative from each district require new development. of district-based elections, the Tech giant Google leased all of One Westside SEE MALL PAGE 3 SEE COUNCIL PAGE 3 Gary Limjap TAXES (310) 586-0339 ALL FORMS, ALL TYPES, ALL STATES In today’s real estate climate ... BACK TAXES • BOOKKEEPING • SMALL BUSINESS Experience counts! SAMUEL B. MOSES, CPA (310) 395-9922 [email protected] 100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1800Santa Monica 90401 www.garylimjap.com CalRE # 00927151 Local Your Trusted Source 2 MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2019 Visit us online at www.smdp.com Adult Day Service Center A The right choice for adult day Veterans care for your loved one. Let us Benefit What’s Up give you the break you need. (310) 394-9871 ! 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