Developer to Build Apartments with Retail Near

Santa Monica Library

Project would include 60 units at Santa Monica Boulevard and 7th Street

A developer is planning to build 60 apartments with ground-floor retail across the street from the Santa Monica Public Library’s main branch.

Developer Grubb has unveiled plans to build a mixed-use apartment building at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and 7th Street. The project site would replace a small commercial building with a new fivestory edifice featuring 60 apartments and approximately 3,900 square feet of groundfloor retail space. The proposed plans include 15 affordable units for extremely low-, very low-, low-, and moderate-income residents.

Tighe Architecture is designing the building which will feature stucco, brick veneer, wood, and metal cladding. A central courtyard above the podium divides the building into two solid volumes fronting Santa Monica Boulevard.

Walgreens to Purchase

Pharmaca’s 22 Store Locations and Prescription Files as Parent Company Medly Files for Bankruptcy

The open corridor in the center provides a break in the elevations creating an appropriate massing response along this longer elevation. An additional amenity deck is proposed for the rooftop.

Due the project’s location in Downtown Santa Monica, no on-site parking is proposed for this development. However, it should be noted that this proposal is still in its preliminary view stage and has yet to face a vote by the Board.

Pharmacies close their doors February 25

By Dolores Quintana

Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy, which has locations in Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, closed its doors for good on February 25. Medley Health Inc. was Pharmaca’s parent company after Medly acquired Pharmaca in June 2021 but ran into financial difficulties and filed for bankruptcy in December 2022. Medley intended to sell Pharmaca’s 22 stores in the United States.

On Tuesday, February 9, Walgreens and Medly reached an agreement for Walgreens to purchase Pharmaca’s 22 store locations and Medly’s prescription files, pharmacy inventory, and intellectual property, including its trademarks and logos according to Yahoo

News. This is the reason why Pharmaca’s prescriptions are being transferred to Walgreens locations.

Senior director of external relations Fraser Engerman said, in a written statement as quoted by Yahoo News, “Specific store details are still being finalized given the timing of the bankruptcy court’s ruling Tuesday, however prescription files and inventory are expected to transfer to nearby Walgreens pharmacies by mid-February. Patients do not need to take any action. We will automatically transfer their pharmacy files to a designated Walgreens location. Patients will receive notice about any changes through the mail and other means with details about continued access to their prescriptions and other services”.

Multiple sources said that Pharmaca locations have priced their inventory at 50% starting on Friday, February 10.

In addition, Pharmaca’s online store will be closed as of March 31 according to Beauty Independent.