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January 3, 2024
Shopping center owners look to foster loyalty, engagement and interest by utilizing local connections to the community

Everyone likes a hometown hero, It’s the reason schools tout their notable alumni, the home team will always have the larger… Read More

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December 7, 2023
Developer Looks To Tap Las Vegas Area’s Rising Sports Profile With $380 Million Project

California developer Agora Realty & Management closed on land purchases and financing for a planned $380 million mixed-use development near Las Vegas, on the former site of two casinos. Plans…

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November 20, 2023
North Las Vegas’ Texas Station, Fiesta Rancho resort site sold, redevelopment plan moves forward

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A new plan in North Las Vegas to redevelop the area formerly known as the Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho hotel-casinos site is one step closer.…

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November 18, 2023
Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho casino site sold

The demolished site where the Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho hotel-casinos once stood will soon see the beginning of a new development after the lot was sold Thursday. Agora Realty…

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October 25, 2023
Vegas Golden Knights to foster youth hockey in North Las Vegas, scholarships included

Las Vegas (KSNV) — The Vegas Golden Knights will manage youth hockey programs in North Las Vegas starting next month. North Las Vegas Mayor Pamela-Goynes Brown made the announcement Wednesday…

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October 25, 2023
Knights partner with developer to operate North Las Vegas hockey facility

The Vegas Golden Knights plan to expand their footprint in Southern Nevada by partnering with a developer to manage a North Las Vegas hockey facility. The hockey rink is left…

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July 11, 2023
Texas Station, Fiesta site redevelopment plan emerges 3 years after casinos close

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A major development is under consideration at the former site of Texas Station and Fiesta Rancho in North Las Vegas. Documents on file with the North…

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July 10, 2023
Update on Land in Nevada

Nevada has seen tremendous growth in the past two years with more than 150,000 people becoming Nevadans. As more and more people move into the state it… Read More

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May 18, 2023
Development with Community in Mind

NLV Village – A New Mixed-Use Development Taking Shape in Downtown North Las Vegas Developed by Agora Realty & Management, NLV Village will provided 200,000 square feet of retail included…

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April 22, 2023
Whose San Fernando Valley will win?

Plaza del Valle in Panorama City is one unlikely political battlefield. Think of Olvera Street but bigger, brighter, livelier. Immigrants run barbershops, clothing boutiques and beauty salons. Restaurants sling out tacos,…

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January 31, 2023
Real Estate Quarterly: Medical Miracle

When it comes to medical office space, two narratives unfolded last year. “As far as leasing goes, 2022 was a particularly active year throughout the submarkets that we cover… Read…

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December 21, 2022
A Developer That Has Devoted Space to Micro-Tenants Since 1999 — and Has Seen the Benefits

The idea for micro-tenants came to Agora Realty and Management CEO Cary Lefton in 1999 when the company developed Plaza del Valle, an open-air lifestyle center in Panorama City, California.…

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November 4, 2022
Agora Realty Starts Construction of 29-Acre Mixed-Use Project in Downtown North Las Vegas

NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Agora Realty and Management has broken ground on a 29-acre mixed-use, master-planned commercial district in downtown North Las Vegas. The redevelopment project is located at…

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November 4, 2022
Demolition starts for $35M mixed-use project in North Las Vegas

The city of North Las Vegas on Thursday began demolishing the last building on a 29-acre site to make room for a $35 million mixed-used office and retail development, which…

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November 3, 2022
North Las Vegas largest redevelopment project making progress with downtown revitalization

The largest redevelopment project ever in North Las Vegas is making progress as the city plans to add a walkable downtown area full of businesses. Crews began demolishing the last…

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November 3, 2022
North Las Vegas officials demolish the last building to make way for new NLV Village

NORTH LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The City of North Las Vegas is demolishing a building to make way for a new development, NLV Village. The demolition of the last building…

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November 4, 2022
Office Buildings Sell for $37 Million

Two off-market office building sales were announced last week. In one transaction, Calabasas-based Agora Realty & Management acquired a 75,000-square-foot medical office building in Tarzana for… Read More

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October 18, 2022
Tarzana Medical Building Sells for $30 Million

Calabasas-based Agora Realty & Management has acquired a 75,000-square-foot medical office building in Tarzana for $30 million in an off-market deal. The three-story Tarzana Medical Plaza, located at 5525 Etiwanda Ave., is…

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June 8, 2022
Commercial and business center on the way to downtown North Las Vegas

Big changes are coming to the look and feel of downtown North Las Vegas! The downtown area is about to undergo a major make-over. The city will be getting a…

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June 8, 2022
NLV Gateway aims to revitalize downtown North Las Vegas

The city of North Las Vegas celebrated a milestone Tuesday for the mixed-use NLV Gateway project designed to revitalize the downtown area.  The morning event commemorated Agora Realty and Management’s…

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June 6, 2022
How Nurturing Micro-Businesses Strengthens Neighborhood Retail Centers

Tenacity. Grit. Creativity. Adaptability. That’s what will be required for success in the retail landscape in 2022 and beyond, according to Cary J. Lefton, CEO at Agora Realty. Over the…

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June 6, 2022
Agora Realty buys Antelope Marketplace for $33 million

With the Covid-19 pandemic providing strong evidence of the kind of retail that still works, a new owner has picked up a center that meets that description in Antelope. Read…

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May 16, 2022
Agora Realty’s Microbusinesses Turn Underused 50s Vintage Development into a Successful Neighborhood Pillar

In 2000, a strip center in Panorama City, CA, looked like anything but a smart investment. Built in the 1950s, it was falling apart. Flat stones were falling off the…

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July 14, 2021
Signs of growth: Empty lots turning into developments across North Las Vegas

Look around the valley and there is hardly an empty lot to be found. Construction is booming, especially in North Las Vegas.  An empty lot near Carey and Martin Luther…

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July 14, 2021
Agora Realty Launches Fund Targeting QOZ Properties

Agora Realty, a real estate developer based in southern California, has formed a joint venture with a family office to invest in properties located in opportunity zones. The $50 million…

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July 14, 2021
Las Vegas retail center sells for $16M

A California real estate firm has purchased a Las Vegas strip mall for more than $16 million in its latest acquisition in the valley. Agora Realty & Management announced… Read More

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April 3, 2019
Thousand Oaks Shopping Center Sells for $14.4 Million

Los Angeles-based real estate investment company Agora Realty & Management has acquired the Thousand Oaks shopping center called Office Depot Plaza for $14.4 million from an undisclosed seller, according to…

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April 3, 2019
Office Depot Plaza in Thousand Oaks sells for $14M

Agora Realty & Management has purchased a 33,700 square-foot shopping center in fire-ravaged Thousand Oaks for $14.4 million. Read More      

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March 6, 2018
New retail, education options may signal dawn of revival for downtown North Las Vegas

North Las Vegas Councilman Isaac Barron used to play as a child in the dirt lot where Maya Cinema is building its 14-theater complex near Las Vegas Boulevard North and…

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March 6, 2018
Ross Dress for Less to open in downtown North Las Vegas

Ross Dress for Less will open Tuesday morning in a 25,000-square-foot space that once served as a grocery store at Fiesta Plaza in downtown North Las Vegas. The clothing store…

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December 13, 2017
La Bonita Supermarkets to open new store in North Las Vegas

Las Vegas Valley supermarket chain La Bonita will open its largest location around January. To staff the North Las Vegas store, at 2203 Civic Center Drive, La Bonita will soon hold…

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October 25, 2017
Plug ‘N Play In Pacoima

We also chatted yesterday with Agora Realty & Management CEO Cary Lefton (right, with Cesar De La Cruz and Aaron Lefton), who tells us his company’s new retail project in…

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October 24, 2017
City officials work to ‘transform’ downtown North Las Vegas

It’s never too late to reinvent yourself, even in North Las Vegas. The downtown area is on the brink of a transformation in this 70-year-old city, with help from a…

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October 23, 2017
Planned complex aims to help Pacoima neighborhood, entrepreneurs

Fernando Valley neighborhood with an open-air market and retail complex aimed at small entrepreneurs. The complex on Van Nuys Boulevard at San Fernando Road will be called Zocalito of Pacoima,…

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May 26, 2017
Agora Buys Tropicana/Nellis Shopping Center for $7.1M

Agora Realty & Management, Inc. procured the shopping center at 4900-4970 E. Tropicana Ave. in Las Vegas, NV for $7.1 million, or $87 per square foot, from Tropicana Nellis LLLP.…

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April 28, 2017
La Bonita reopening as anchor at Fiesta Plaza in North Las Vegas

A game of musical chairs is coming to the Fiesta Plaza in downtown North Las Vegas. La Bonita supermarket will reopen as an anchor tenant at the shopping center by…

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February 4, 2017
Agora Realty Acquires Smart & Final-Anchored Shopping Center in Las Vegas for $10.3M

LAS VEGAS — Agora Realty and Management has acquired a 100,856-square-foot, Smart & Final-anchored shopping center located in Las Vegas for $10.3 million. Tenants at the 71 percent occupied center…

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August 10, 2016
Restaurant review: Bamboo Bistro in Panorama City is a tasty adventure in Filipino cuisine

Have you ever been to Plaza del Valle in Panorama City? You really should get there, for it is, in the words of the website, “El Corazon Palpitante de Tu…

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July 25, 2016
Project to provide more recycled water for S. Maui irrigation

At a busy but nondescript intersection in Pacoima, a real estate developer is trying to help revive the San Fernando Valley neighborhood with an open-air market and retail complex aimed…

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May 24, 2016
New study charts a prosperous future for northeast San Fernando Valley

The gritty northeast San Fernando Valley has long been associated with a lack of government services, high-paying jobs, trees, clean air and a dearth of bustling business districts. Now a…

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March 3, 2016
CicLAvia in the Valley: The route, 4 activities to try and more

SoCal’s favorite car-free event returns to the San Fernando Valley on Sunday. CicLAvia first hit the area last year with a 6-mile route along Ventura and Lankershim boulevards. This time,…

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December 3, 2015
Things to do in the Los Angeles area, Dec. 4-11

Holiday Arts & Craft Boutique: Sale of gift items including clothing, decorations, jewelry, mosaics, ornaments, paintings, photography and pottery, opens 9 a.m.-7 p.m. today. Hours: 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9…

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September 26, 2015
The Success Of Retail In Under-Served Markets

Plaza Del Valle is a 14-acre, 250,000-square-foot retail center in Panorama City. It enjoys a 96 percent occupancy rate, and is home to national name-brand retailers like Wells Fargo, Dennys,…

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September 26, 2015
The Success Of Retail In Under-Served Markets

Plaza Del Valle is a 14-acre, 250,000-square-foot retail center in Panorama City. It enjoys a 96 percent occupancy rate, and is home to national name-brand retailers like Wells Fargo, Dennys,…

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June 16, 2015
The Real Impact of Technology on Retail

IRVINE, CA—Online retailing has proven to enhance brick-and-mortar to create a better overall experience for the consumer and more profits for the retail sector, experts tell GlobeSt.com in Part 2…

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May 24, 2015
Agora Realty Buys Fiesta Plaza

The Fiesta Plaza retail center in North Las Vegas was recently acquired by West Coast-based entity Agora Realty & Management. The buyer paid the private seller a total of $12,950,000…

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May 21, 2015
ICSC Recap: Panelists Outline Key Retail Trends to Define Shopping Center Industry

LAS VEGAS — The changing nature of retail and what it means to the future of the shopping center industry was a hot topic of discussion throughout RECon 2015, held…

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April 20, 2015
California firm buys North Las Vegas shopping center

A California investment firm has purchased a neighborhood shopping center in North Las Vegas. Agora Realty & Management bought the 200,000-square-foot Fiesta Plaza at 2201 Civic Center Drive for $12.95…

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November 14, 2014
L.A. Care Health Plan Opens New Family Resource Center In Pacoima

LOS ANGELES — L.A. Care Health Plan, the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan serving more than 1.6 million members, today announced the grand opening of its newest Family Resource Center…

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September 4, 2014
Main Street economic renaissance planned for Pacoima

Lizeth Perez, 33, has lived in Pacoima all her life, but the only businesses she remembers patronizing there are a Jack in the Box and a tattoo shop that’s no…

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May 5, 2014
Expand WIC services in the San Fernando Valley

PANORAMA CITY – The northeastern part of the San Fernando Valley, with a 90% Latino population, has as of today a new WIC center with capacity to serve more mothers…

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June 24, 2013
Kulanaa‘o now officially not exclusively for UH-MC students

The Maui Planning Commission granted an amendment Monday to formally allow the general public to rent units at the Kulanaa’o Apartments in Kahului. The complex owned by Lono Street Properties…

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December 13, 2017
Main Street economic renaissance planned for Pacoima

Lizeth Perez, 33, has lived in Pacoima all her life, but the only businesses she remembers patronizing there are a Jack in the Box and a tattoo shop that’s no longer open.…

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March 28, 2012
Peek Inside UCLA’s Bel Air Carter House, Street Pianos For All

ALL OVER: The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is setting up 30 public pianos around SoCal in April for your street piano playing pleasure. The installation “Play Me, I’m Yours” was…

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January 1, 2009
Ford Foundation Public Markets Grants Announced

The Ford Foundation has announced the selection of seven grantees for its public market initiative in a total program of $1,000,000. More than 100 proposals were received for three categories…

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December 20, 2007
Maui Community College housing nearing completion; reduced price aims to attract applicants

KAHULUI, Maui, Hawaiʻi — Maui Community College has partnered with Agora Realty & Management, Inc. to offer a reduced rate on its new private student housing facility, Kulanaa‘o. Eligible students…

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September 8, 2004
Reviving Promise of Panorama City

When Panorama City sprang up in the late 1940s atop farmland in the center of the San Fernando Valley, developers breathlessly hailed it as “The New City” — an entire…

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March 11, 2004
Developer looks to build dorm on Maui

A California developer is planning to build a private 400-bed dormitory for students attending Maui Community College. Agora Realty, Management & Construction, of Sherman Oaks, wants to build the facility…

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