LA Times · Jul 28, 2015
Judge to hear consider Katy Perry convent deal
The sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary have a tentative deal to sell their Los Feliz convent to restaurateur Dana Hollister for $15.5 million.A dispute over a convent on a Los Feliz hilltop pitting an archbishop and pop star against a group of aging nuns is headed to a higher power.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Chalfant is set to preside over a hearing Thursday on the sale of one of the hottest properties in L.A. real estate: the nuns' former home, a sprawling, villa-style compound with views of the San Gabriel Mountains and downtown.