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GREAT INVESTMENT PROPERTY
Fantastic location only 2 miles from El Segundo, is this multiunit
property. Although zoned commercial, the property has a
well maintained 5 unit apartment complex. (1) 2/1 & (4) 1/1
All apartments are spacious, have garages and washer dryers!
Awesome opportunity! Seller wants SOLD now!
Asking $1,250,000
ESTABLISHED 1980
361 MAIN ST, EL SEGUNDO
310.322.0066
KIRK@KIRKBROWNREALTY.COM
NEW LISTING
704 West Acacia, El Segundo - 4 BD, 3 BTH,
fantastic family floor plan. Approximately 2,280
square feet. Amazing renovated kitchen and
bath. 2 car garage. Private enclosed yard off
family room and kitchen. Air conditioning, hot
tub, many functional upgrades. Won’t last at
$1,799,000!
Considering
Selling?
Prices are at an
all time high.
Contact us for
a free market
evaluation. Kirk Brown • DRE# 00556073
Kirk Brown Jr • DRE# 01359453
RECENT SALES
• 745 Main Street, El segundo, top floor corner
unit, recessed lighting, new bathroom
andmore! Priced to Sell at $739,000
• 26659 Indian Peak Road, Rancho Palo
Verdes - amazing, renovated 4 BD, 2 BTH.
Rep. buyer $1,700,00
• 531 13th Street, Manhattan Beach,
$2,500,000
• 141 Arena Street, El Segundo, $2,725,000
• 902 Esplanade, Redondo Beach,
$5,300,000
• 1839 S Walker, San Pedro, $799,000
• 1406 E Walnut, El Segundo, $1,372,500
WE HAVE
RENTALS!!
Contact Kirk Brown Management
for information on our rental
listings. 310.322.3161
HOME WANTED
4 bedroom home in El
Segundo. Family highly
motivated to buy. We’ll
have a no obligation
offer for you within 24
hours of viewing!
Natural Simplicity from front page
his office was subleasing half their space
in El Segundo. They talked to the owner,
and Natural Simplicity was up and running
soon after.
Marisa’s job consists of going out and talking
to hotels and restaurants, meeting with
clients, handling the back end parts of the
shop, and assisting in set up on event days.
With just Marisa, Mario, their driver, and
a couple of people who help out in the shop,
they have event setup down to a science.
“Usually, we don’t have a lot of time to set
up for weddings,” says Marisa, “Most of the
places give you an hour tops.”
First, the client comes in, hopefully with
some idea of what they want, and discusses
their vision with Mario. Mario listens for
things like color schemes, soft or bold colors,
feelings, and styles. Clients sometimes bring
in Pinterest boards to give him a better idea
of what they want. From there, Mario begins
work on the bouquets, and Marisa works with
the venue and other vendors to organize the
setup. From there, they have to wait till all
the other vendors set up their services, and
then they come in with the flowers Mario
prepared and set it up as quickly as possible.
Mario goes to the flower market in the
early hours of every morning. This way, all
the flowers he works with are fresh. Marisa
gets to the shop early as well and preps
bouquets for the day’s deliveries.
During the pandemic, the shop hit its most
difficult time when the LA flower market shut
down. No shipments meant only working with
local flowers and on limited supply. Despite
that, they worked with what they had, and
the shop is now back up and running. “We’d
love to expand, but there’s only one Marisa
and one Mario,” she says.
Though they love designing the arrangements
and planning for events, their favorite
part of the job is the community they’ve
One of Mario’s many arrangements.
built. “We have a lot of customers that we’ve
worked with for years,” she explains, “So we
know what their mom or girlfriend or wife
like, so they can just say make an arrangement.”
Sometimes a new customer will come
in and say they’re going on a first date, for
example, and Marisa be able to recommend a
soft color that doesn’t spell romance the way
a dozen red roses would. That recommended
flower might carry through their relationship.
The best arrangements, they share, are
the ones in which a customer gives Mario a
direction and free creative license. He doesn’t
plan out any of the arrangements he makes.
Rather, they all live in his head and flow
through his hands into a beautiful bouquet.
To make your fresh flowers last longer in
a vase, Marisa offers this simple yet underused
advice: water them. The most common
mistake she sees buyers make is filling the
vase once and never again. “The flowers
are drinking a lot of water the first couple
of days,” she says. In addition, take out the
flowers that have died so they don’t affect
the water or the flowers that are still thriving
and keep them in a cool place. Marisa’s
favorite flower is the tulips, and when she
brings home a bouquet of tulips, she likes
to toss a penny in the bottom of the vase to
make them last longer.
With thirteen years under their belt, they’ve
come to know and love their El Segundo
base. As much as they love putting together
arrangements and working with the flowers,
it’s the smile on their customer’s faces
that is their favorite thing. Marisa says that
flowers bring happiness to the sad and joy
to the happy. “We have one of those little
stepping stones that are around town, and
ours says, ‘The Earth laughs in flowers.’”
She plans to continue to bring smiles to the
city of El Segundo. •
Mario preps a row of identical bouquets for an event.
LISA MESCHER | CA Real Estate Broker | 310-322-6111 BRE#01095063
EL SEGUNDO FAMILY FOR 5 GENERATIONS
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