Malaysia’s Berjaya Corp. is building a $318 million Four Seasons Hotel in Japan’s ancient city of Kyoto, which will include 186 rooms.

The world’s most expensive dress is estimated to be worth $5.6 million and it was unveiled during a fashion show in the Ukraine. Designed by British designer Debbie Wingham, the dress features 50 two-carat black diamonds.

A new awards ceremony called Golden Foodie Awards is honoring Orange County’s top chef-driven restaurant. The “people’s choice” awards took place on Sunday at a red-carpet event in Newport Beach’s Fairmont hotel with nearly 400 guests in attendance.

Billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison now owns nine houses on Malibu’s Carbon Beach after just purchasing former Yahoo chief executive Terry Semel’s Malibu compound for $36.9 million.

As was widely predicted, the Los Angeles City Council has approved plans to build a professional football stadium in downtown Los Angeles. The actual construction of Farmers Field now rests on convincing an NFL team to relocate there.

Luxury experience-based hotel group ME by Meliá has announced it will launch its flagship hotel, ME London, on November 1. Designed entirely by Foster + Partners, ME London is located in Marconi House on the Strand on the southern tip of Covent Garden.

As of September 28, the International City of Light Festival is taking place in Moscow, coloring the city’s buildings and embankments with an unusual glow.

Christian Dior will launch China’s latest luxury-art partnership at the National Museum of China in Beijing from November 13 through next January. Exhibiting more than 100 dresses, the traveling “Esprit Dior” exhibition is curated by Florence Muller.

An 8,742-sqaure-foot Myron Hunt-designed Oak Knoll home has been listed for $7.188 million. The 1912 English Tudor estate is located near the formal residences of Hunt’s one-time partner Elmer Grey and architect Garrett Van Pelt.