LOS ANGELES | Downtown Project Rundown 3.0

colemonkee · #1 Posted **May 6, 2007, 8:35 PM**

Downtown Los Angeles Rundown 3.0

After speaking with M II A II R II K, we decided it was best to create a new thread so we can keep this first post updated as new projects get announced and current projects change status. I know we didn't reach 10,000 posts with Version 2, but this one should last for quite a while, and can be updated accordingly. Adaptive re-use projects are not listed on the front page, but they are discussed within.

Projects are listed in order of tallest to shortest (to the best of our knowledge), and grouped into the following categories: Under Construction, Approved, Proposed, On Hold, and Recently Completed. Heights are listed only where they have been confirmed.

For reference, here's a link to the old thread.

Under Construction - new construction

Ritz Carlton/Marriot Convention Center Hotel
54 stories - 663 ft. - hotel & residential

(Photo credit: http://www.gensler.com/)

717 Flower
35 Stories - 395 ft. - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.meruelomaddux.com/)

Concerto
27 stories - 335 ft. - residential
27 stories - 335 ft. - residential
8 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.astanienterprises.com/)

LAPD Headquarters
10 stories - government

(Photo credit: http://www.dmjmhn.aecom.com/)

University Gateway
8 Stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.urbanpartnersllc.com/)

Sakura Crossing (Little Tokyo Block 8)
6 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.angelenic.com/)

The Medallion
6 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.m2a-architects.com/)

Approved - new construction

Park 5th
76 stories - 820 ft. - residential
40 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.parkfifth.com/)

LA Central
54 stories - residential
40 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.morleybuilders.com)

Grand Avenue Project - Phase I
48 stories - residential & hotel (Frank Gehry)
19 stories - residential

(Photo credit: www.grandavenuela.com)

1340 Figueroa
43 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.angelenic.com)

Glass Tower
23 stories - 250 ft. - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.theglasstower.com/)

Residences at Bixel
17 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.angelenic.com/)

One Santa Fe
? Stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.mmaltzan.com/)

Proposed - new construction

Wilshire Grand Redevelopment
60 stories - office
40 stories - hotel and residential

(Photo credit: http://la.curbed.com)

Maguire Office Tower
50 stories - office

(Photo credit: http://www.keatingkhang.com)

Zen Tower
50 stories - residential

(Photo credit: unknown/Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)

1027 Wilshire
48 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.amidigroup.com)

Southpark Towers - Phase 1
44 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.meruelomaddux.com/)

Southpark Towers - Phase II
? stories - residential
? stories - residential

(Warning: Old render)

(Photo credit: http://www.keatingkhang.com)

Park Tower
42 stories - 490 ft. - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.cimgroup.com)

Metropolis
45 stories - office
35 stories - residential & hotel
30 stories - resiential
30 stories - residential

(render is just of Phase 1)

(Photo credit: http://www.gruenassociates.com)

1233 S. Hope
40 (?) stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.vanosarchitects.com)

8th and Grand
37 stories - residential
25 stories - residential
15 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.astanienterprises.com)

The Residences at St. Vibiana
35 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.nadelarc.com)

Jardin
32 stories - residential
24 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.exploresouthgroup.com)

Stock Exchange Towers
32 stories - residential
32 stories - residential

(unknown)

Lucia Tower
31 stories - residential

(Photo credit: unknown)

1111 Wilshire
30 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.davidgrayarchitects.com)

The Kurtzman
30 stories - residential

(Photo credit: unknown)

Hope Lofts
25 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.KFarchitects.com)

1500 Figueroa
25 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.epstein-isi.com)

iHope (8th and Hope)
22 stories - 260 ft. - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.cimgroup.com)

Block 8 - Little Tokyo
21 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.related.com/)

FIDM Tower
19 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.rtkl.com/)

Trinity Tower
18 stories - residential (Render shows 24 stories, proposal is at 18)

(Photo credit: www.gdsarchitects.com)

15th and Broadway
6 Stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.veniceinvestments.com)

Avalon Matsu - (Little Tokyo Block 8)
6 Stories - residential

(Photo credit: alossiz at flickr)

On Hold - new construction

Titan/Rodmark Towers (City House & Olympic)
60 stories - residential
60 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.robertsonpartners.net/)

Herald-Examiner (Currently Approved)
37 stories - residential (Thom Mayne/Morphosis)
24 stories - residential (Thom Mayne/Morphosis)

(Photo credit: unknown)

426 South Spring St.
26 (?) stories - hotel/residential

(Photo credit: http://www.johnsonfain.com)

Federal Courthouse
16 stories - government

(Photo credit: http://www.studioamd.com/)

850 S. Hill
22 stories - residential

(Photo credit: http://www.nadelarc.com)

Recently Completed - new construction

Hanover Tower
26 Stories - residential

(Photo credit: colemonkee)

Evo
23 Stories - residential

(Photo credit: colemonkee)

Luma
19 stories - residential

(Photo credit: fridayinla)

Elleven
13 stories - residential

(Photo credit: colemonkee)

Colburn School Expansion
11 stories - school & residential

(Photo credit: Eric Richardson via Flickr)

Met Lofts
8 stories - residential

(Photo credit: colemonkee)

Market Lofts
7 stories - residential

(Photo credit: WonderlandPark)

LAUSD High School #9

(Photo credit: unknown)

LA Live
5 stories - mixed use (office, retail)
5 stories - mixed use (office, retail)
7,000 seat theater

(Photo credit: http://www.aegworldwide.com/)

Hikari
6 stories - residential

(Photo credit: colemonkee)

Vero
6 stories - residential

(Photo credit: fridayinla)

Teramachi Senior Housing
6 stories - residential

(Photo credit: colemonkee)

Glo on Wilshire
6 stories - residential

(Photo credit: fridayinla)

Mura
5 stories - residential

(Photo credit: colemonkee)

Canvas L.A.
5 stories - residential

(Photo credit: unknown)

Artisan on 2nd
5 stories - residential

(Photo credit: colemonkee)

Savoy
5 stories - residential

(Photo credit: unknown)

JDRCRASH · #2 Posted **May 7, 2007, 1:45 AM**

Sweet recap of Development colemonkee!

Coldrsx · #3 Posted **May 7, 2007, 1:57 AM**

nice projects...love 1027 wilshire

colemonkee · #4 Posted **May 7, 2007, 2:02 AM**

Let's start this thread out right! In the same order as the first post.

717 Flower

Hanover Tower

Glass inside the balconies

Evo

Luma

Putting on the finishing touches. Should be moved to "completed" within the month.

LAPD Headquarters

LA Live

Looking across Olympic, with the Club Nokia/office building in the foreground on the left.

ESPN/ESPN Zone building

Prepping for cladding already

Finally the Nokia Theater (please don't mind the horrible stitch job)

No movement on the Ritz Carlton hotel tower or Glass Tower. I didn't get a chance to look in the Concerto pit, but I assume there's no movement there as well.

Easy · #5 Posted **May 7, 2007, 2:57 AM**

Great update Colemonkee!

LosAngelesSportsFan · #6 Posted **May 7, 2007, 4:42 AM**

Great job with the thread Cole!! Love that tower crane. one correction, i think the Mill Street Lofts are 16 stories, and i also read that it was u/c, but that could have been a typo.

LAMetroGuy · #7 Posted **May 7, 2007, 4:47 AM**

colemonkee,

great job on the new thread! I love the layout and appreciate all the hard work that went into putting it together! This is very cool... regarding some of the older renders (i.e. city house and olympic) is it because you don't have them or because you think that the design is in "limbo"? Also, isn't there a render of the Grand Avenue Towers (the towers next to the Trans America" that are "proposed"?

colemonkee · #8 Posted **May 7, 2007, 5:59 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by LAMetroGuy

regarding some of the older renders (i.e. city house and olympic) is it because you don't have them or because you think that the design is in "limbo"? Also, isn't there a render of the Grand Avenue Towers (the towers next to the Trans America" that are "proposed"?

I posted the old renders of City House and Olympic because that's all I have. I know there are more recent renderings - of twin towers - but I couldn't find them. If you have them, post them here and I'll update the thread. Same goes for the Grand Avenue Towers - I've seen the renders, but couldn't find them for the life of me. They're probably sitting on top of my head, right next to the sunglasses I can't find.

Quote:

Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

one correction, i think the Mill Street Lofts are 16 stories, and i also read that it was u/c, but that could have been a typo.

I used 11 stories because that's what the architect's web site said - but it does look much taller than 11 stories. Where did you hear (or read) it was 16 stories?

If you spot any other errors or omissions, let me know and I'll update the thread. Or if you want other info (location, architects, etc.), I can update that as well, so long as we know that info is accurate. If you have renderings, just let me know where you got them so I can source them properly.

Now that most of the heavy lifting is done, this should be easy to update, and we'll have one place to aggregate all the projects.

latennisguy · #9 Posted **May 7, 2007, 6:17 AM**

According to the L.A. times article: The Loft re-imagined... "... just up the street is the site of a new building, the Mill Street Lofts, a $40-million, 16-story project designed by German firm Behnisch Architects and scheduled to open in early 2009."

LAMetroGuy · #10 Posted **May 7, 2007, 6:18 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by colemonkee

I posted the old renders of City House and Olympic because that's all I have. I know there are more recent renderings - of twin towers - but I couldn't find them. If you have them, post them here and I'll update the thread. Same goes for the Grand Avenue Towers - I've seen the renders, but couldn't find them for the life of me. They're probably sitting on top of my head, right next to the sunglasses I can't find.

Here you go!

Grand Towers
Alameda Group and Meruelo/Maddux Development
Tower One: 44 stories

City House and Olympic New Renders:

Los Angeles Courthouse
16 story

The Kurtzman
30 story

FIDM Tower

1110 Ingraham

hughfb3 · #11 Posted **May 7, 2007, 7:31 AM**

Great job on the new thread cole, thanks; but why cant I view the previous thread, it wont let me in.

bjornson · #12 Posted **May 7, 2007, 8:09 AM**

Another nit pick. Isn't Grand Avenue approved? Same with Eighth and Grand (even though I think it's dead since Concerto visibly is).

Niceeeeeeeee by the way.

The photo update is a nice touch.

colemonkee · #13 Posted **May 7, 2007, 2:48 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by hughfb3

Great job on the new thread cole, thanks; but why cant I view the previous thread, it wont let me in.

It should let you in to the old thread, it just shouldn't let you post. At least that's the way I think it works. I can get in by clicking on the link in the first post of this thread and I don't have any special priviledges.

colemonkee · #14 Posted **May 7, 2007, 2:37 PM**

^ Good catch. I moved Grand Ave. to the Approved section and changed Mill St. Lofts to 16 stories. I'm not sure about 8th and Grand, though. Do we have an approved EIR for that?

Also, I'm missing a few projects: The Kurtzman, Grand Towers (Meruelo's towers on 12th and Grand), and possibly others. If you have renders of these, post em and any pertinent info, and I'll update the first post.

skylife · #15 Posted **May 7, 2007, 6:26 PM**

Wow - lots of cool stuff. LA is the kind of city that could be a world leader in modern architecture and design.

Texas Tuff · #16 Posted **May 7, 2007, 7:12 PM**

Nice new thread guys. Of the new proposals, I sure hope that the Grand Towers project and the Maguire Office Tower in particular get built....that's good stuff!! Very sleek and original looking towers to say the least (1027 Wilshire also gets a nod in my opinion).

colemonkee · #17 Posted **May 7, 2007, 8:28 PM**

LAMG, you are the man!! I will add these to the first post later tonight. If you have the sources for these (where you found them), that will help too.

LAMetroGuy · #18 Posted **May 7, 2007, 8:38 PM**

Grand Towers: http://www.vtbs.com

City House and Olympic : http://robertsonpartners.net

The Kurtzman: unknown

FIDM Tower: http://www.rtkl.com/

1110 Ingraham: http://www.loopnet.com/

JDRCRASH · #19 Posted **May 7, 2007, 8:51 PM**

Wait, so the Los Angeles Building Diagram on this site has been updated?

Actually, Metropolis is an Approved complex as well, so people will have to remember that, too.

Steve2726 · #20 Posted **May 7, 2007, 8:54 PM**

This is my favorite courthouse render:

http://www.studioamd.com/index2.htm