DOWNTOWN REAL ESTATE TRIVIA: RENTING RETAIL SPACE IN THE L.A. MALL

The Los Angeles Mall is city-owned and thus bolsters the General Fund, the biggest pot and largest deficit among the city's accounts.

Retail spaces at the Los Angeles Mall, which sits below City Hall East between Main and Los Angeles streets, go for between $1 and $2 per square foot, according the leasing documents available.

The rent at the coffee/smoothie shop that used to be a Robek's is $1.45 per square foot. The same proprietor is taking over a separate kiosk where rent is actually higher than an enclosed retail space. There, she will pay $1.65 per square foot.

Leasing space requires submission of a proposal as if responding to a standard city request for proposal, and commitment to paying a living wage. But like private sector applicants to a property manager or owner, the shops must demonstrate business acumen and financial solvency.

Café Michel will be replaced by Filipino restaurant Pili Manila Grill. There, the rent is $1.35 per square foot.

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