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Is redevelopment coming back? Larry Kosmont helped Campos write the bill that would re-establish tax increment

By Steve Scauzillo, Staff Writer Updated: 03/18/2013 09:52:38 AM PDT You won’t find the term redevelopment anywhere in Assemblywoman Nora Campos’ bill. Instead, the Silicon Valley legislator is offering cities and counties the next best thing: the powerful tool known as tax increment financing. Under Assembly Bill 690, cities can form “job and infrastructure districts”…

Los Angeles Business Journal Names Kosmont Companies as Finalist in Small Private Company Category of Latino Business Awards

Kosmont Companies, a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), is a development services firm offering a full range of real estate and economic advisory, brokerage, project finance, investment, and planning services for both the public and private sectors.  Founded in 1986, Kosmont Companies has become a nationally recognized expert in econoic development and real estate development…

Larry Kosmont Questions Non-Profit Economic Development Organization for L.A.

Howard Fine January 28, 2013 Brad Cox knows first-hand how difficult it is dealing with city agencies to purchase property in the city of Los Angeles.  As senior managing director of Trammell Crow Co.’s L.A. office, Cox spent years negotiating with the now defunct Community Redevelopment Agency and other city departments to purchase a large…

Larry Kosmont Says New Taxes Will Make L.A. County a High Cost Place for Business for Years to Come

By Howard Fine Staff Reporter, Los Angeles Business Journal Thursday, January 17th, 2013 Don’t expect any relief in Los Angeles County, where local businesses continue to get nickeled and dimed with new taxes, fees and delays in their dealings with cities. That’s the message from the annual Cost of Doing Business survey to be released…