Beverly Hills' Planning Commission split 2-2 on Thursday, Aug. 27 over a proposal to let 44 luxury residences at the One Beverly Hills development operate as short-term rentals through the project's Aman hotel.

The deadlock sends the unresolved rental question to the City Council for a final decision. The commission did unanimously recommend allowing outpatient medical and surgical uses at the development, and that item also advances to the council, according to the Beverly Press.

The four-member commission as of July included Chair Milkowski, Vice Chair Ross and Commissioners Wolfe and Kaplan. Which commissioners voted for and against the rental proposal has not been confirmed in available public records. The vote was 2-2.

Commissioners debated citywide short-term rental rules, tax revenue claims and neighborhood quality-of-life concerns during the hearing, the Beverly Press reported.

The deadlock lands in the middle of an intensifying citywide fight over short-term rentals. On Aug. 11, the City Council decided not to temporarily lift Beverly Hills' short-term rental ban for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to the Beverly Hills Courier. A Tuesday, Sept. 1 closed-session agenda disclosed that the city has received correspondence threatening litigation over its short-term rental ordinance.

The commission has weighed short-term rental policy before. On Sept. 11, 2025, it voted 3-2 to deny a draft ordinance that would have loosened rental rules for properties with a designated single-family residential historic landmark, according to commission minutes.

One Beverly Hills is a $10 billion project developed by Cain and Eldridge Industries on a 17.5-acre site fronting both Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards. Plans call for a 10-story, 78-suite Aman hotel with a 100,000-square-foot private club, up to 200 luxury condominiums in 28- and 31-story towers, and roughly 200,000 square feet of commercial space, according to Urbanize LA. The towers would be the tallest structures in Beverly Hills. The project is slated to open in phases starting in 2027.

On Jan. 8, the commission voted 5-0 to approve a tract map and development plan subdividing the site into a 21-lot airspace subdivision for up to 255 residential condominiums and four commercial condominiums, according to commission minutes.

No date has been announced for the City Council to take up the short-term rental question or the medical-use recommendation.