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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…

Los Angeles Business Journal Uses Kosmont Data to Name Agoura Hills Among the Top 10 Most Business Friendly Cities in L.A. County

The Los Angles Business Journal named Agoura Hills among the Top 10  least expensive cities in Los Angeles County for businesses. Based on  data collected by Kosmont Companies, a Los Angeles based economic  consulting firm, the cost to do business in Agoura Hills is less than  more than 300 other cities. The City has no…

Kosmont Companies Presents Data to San Jacinto City Council

  BY GAIL WESSON Now is the time for letting developers know about the city’s prime property, so when the economy turns around developers will have San Jacinto in mind. That’s the message Kosmont Companies economic development consultants shared with the San Jacinto City Council at a workshop Thursday, Dec. 20. The council in August…