How Coachella Is Fueling a Building Boom in Palm Springs

April 04, 2016 By Alexandria Abramian

Chris Pardo is not a performer, but nearly every one of the designer's projects is touched by the Palm Springs music scene. Witness the new 32-room boutique hotel Arrive, centered on a courtyard outfitted for DJs. Pardo also has completed designs for Virgin Hotel, set to open in 2018; he likens the 144-room Richard Branson-owned property to the ultimate box seat for viewing live music. "The cool thing about it is why Virgin chose this site: It overlooks the new open land that is planned to be a cool events center with stages and live music," he says, referencing a 50,000-square-foot park in Palm Springs that will include a stage with a capacity of 3,000.

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March 08, 2014 By Alexandria Abramian

There is no more telling gauge of Palm Springs' white-hot real estate rebound than the fact that Leonardo DiCaprio recently purchased Dinah Shore's former house.

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