The Planning Commission voted 5-0 on Aug. 25 to let Faraday Future occupy the ground floor of 464 North Beverly Drive to show and sell luxury electric vehicles. Faraday, a Delaware incorporated company that is physically headquartered in Gardena, already has signed a ground floor lease with building landlord Danny Soroudi.
Letting another luxury retailer into Beverly Hills would seem a routine matter even by the Planning Commission’s standards of meticulous deliberation. Moreover, as Planning Chair Myra Demeter noted during the meeting, the Faraday item dovetailed with the California Air Resource Board’s landmark announcement banning gas-powered car sales in California, beginning in 2035.
