Jaime Lee, photographed at the Los Angeles Times in El Segundo on Sept. 5. Outside a high-rise apartment tower her family company was building on Wilshire Boulevard, Jaime Lee pulled a hard hat, shatterproof glasses and safety vest from cargo space behind a car seat for one of her three young children. She’s frustrated that Los Angeles falls woefully short …
Jaime Lee, left, chief executive of Jamison Realty Inc., and her brother Garrett Lee, president of Jamison Properties, are reflected in the facade of the Crosby apartments in L.A.’s Koreatown neighborhood. He went on to acquire many other large commercial buildings in the Los Angeles area and became one of the region’s largest commercial landlords, later expanding into developing new …