LOS ANGELES | Downtown Project Rundown 6.0

[scania]

Originally Posted by Radio5

What are the other ones? Mitsui and Mack?

Yes yes

[Zapatan]

Originally Posted by Radio5

What are the other ones? Mitsui and Mack?

Yes

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Los Angeles City Council voted 12-1 on Wednesday to urge Metro to reject the proposed $500 million gondola connecting Union Station to Dodger Stadium. The resolution signals a major roadblock for Frank McCourt, though city council approval is still needed and Mayor Bass previously supported the project.

Opponents cite permanent tree removal from a beloved park and UCLA research showing minimal traffic reduction as key environmental and practical concerns. The resolution, approved by an 12-1 vote, is not in itself any kind of formal decision. It would not take effect unless Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass concurs, and Bass previously voted in favor of the project as a member of the Metro board. But it makes clear that a City Council vote to approve the project, which is expected next year, could be an increasingly challenging hurdle for McCourt and his allies to overcome.

“This resolution tells Metro that the city of Los Angeles refuses to be bought by shiny renderings and empty promises,” councilmember Eunisses Hernandez , whose district includes Dodger Stadium, told her colleagues in Wednesday’s council meeting.

Project opponents — and the resolution itself — cite among other issues that 160 trees from a beloved park would be permanently removed to make way for the gondola and that a UCLA study projected Dodger Stadium traffic would not even be decreased by 1%.

In a letter to councilmembers, the board of directors of Zero Emissions Transit — the nonprofit charged with funding and operating the gondola — urged the council to reject what it called “serious inaccuracies and misleading claims.” The 160 trees would be temporarily removed and then restored, with 480 trees added as well, the letter said. The UCLA study retracted its conclusion, the letter also said, based on “biased data supplied by individuals affiliated with project opposition groups.”

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Plans for a 49-story tower in downtown Los Angeles have been floated by AEG, the owner of Crypto.com Arena and L.A. Live, but the project isn't imminent, a company spokesman said. The company filed a land-use application with the city for the project last week.

In it, AEG proposed a new high-rise at 917 W. Olympic Blvd., across the street from L.A. Live. Currently a parking lot, the property could add a hotel, residences and retail including a restaurant if approved by the city. The development could include more than 360 dwelling units and 330 hotel rooms, with amenities such as a bar, pool, spa, club room, gym and dining terrace.

While the city's decision to move forward with the Convention Center expansion is encouraging and signals renewed momentum for downtown, the current market and economic conditions are challenging,” Roth told L.A. Business First. “We're very optimistic about downtown's long-term prospects. This was a step to position the site for any potential future development when the conditions improve.”

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Before financing from china over 10 yrs ago entered dtla, projs were even more likely to be delayed or cancelled. Now with funding drying up throughout the world, I don't know if any other devlpt proposed for dt will break ground in the next several yrs.

I like to think the Mitsui apt tower on 8th St of the site across from Whole Foods might get started, but I don't know if even they'll be able to line up financing. If so, only the colburn theater & broad museum projs will have to do.

Onni's apt tower at Hill & Olympics is supposedly leasing up well, but funders still have to be willing to tie up their $$$ for yrs in order to finance any new devlpt in dtla.

Projs in cities like NYC, Toronto or Miami are sometimes financed only because of personal business relationships, not just because of the economy. So if that social-real estate scene isn't as strong in LA, projs for dtla are more likely to go nowhere.

This huge proj in China, which has failed, got financed only because ppl in city-state government & Chinese devlpmt companies....probably owned by the govt itself...had a mutual relationship.

https://youtu.be/C4c0NhsYAD8?si=btdXTVj2TD8Uwum6

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[bobbyv]

Gondola approved by METRO

https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/s...-dodger-stadium-gondola-project-protests

[Radio5]

Originally Posted by bobbyv

Gondola approved by METRO

https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/s...-dodger-stadium-gondola-project-protests

Good news, but doesn't the city council still need to approve it?

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[scania]

Two tiers for DTLA approved over on urbanize.la if anyone know how to post on here.

[craigs]

Originally Posted by scania

Two tiers for DTLA approved over on urbanize.la if anyone know how to post on here.

Paywall. I do know they are the 22- and 23-story hotel/residential towers right next to the 10.

[38 Geary]

City Council approves DTLA hotel-residential towers at 1600 S. Flower Street
Plans call for 22- and 23-story buildings next to the 10 Freeway
December 11, 2025, 6:15AM Steven Sharp



Five months after clearing the City Planning Commission, a pre-pandemic proposal from Jade Enterprises to build a new hotel and residential complex to Convention Center has received approvals from the Los Angeles City Council.

The South Park Towers development, slated for a freeway-adjacent property at 1600 S. Flower Street, calls for the construction of two high-rise buildings featuring a 300-room hotel, 250 residential units, 3,200 square feet of ground-floor restaurant space, 10,000 square feet of medical offices, and parking for 288 vehicles.

AC Martin is designing the near twin towers, which would stand 22 and 23 stories in height and rise 260 feet above street level. Plans show the building would include amenity decks at the podium and roof levels, and other common features such as fitness centers and meeting rooms. Digital signage would wrap the building podiums.

https://la.urbanize.city/post/city-counc...-residential-towers-1600-s-flower-street

[craigs]

Lol at the first rendering--apparently the Sun now shines from the north!

[Doctorboffin]

Found renderings for the AEG tower. Very Maimi. Not that much of a fan, but I will take anything at this point.







https://planning.lacity.gov/pdiscaseinfo...723a-1025-4dfb-bffe-dd4cba734cd0/esubmit

[craigs]

I like it, and I like how, at 631', it will fill in a gap in the skyline looking from the west-northwest.

[craigs]

From LA Reddit: Olympic + Hill serves as a bookmark on the LA skyline.

[Illithid Dude]

I think it looks good. Fits the area well. Could easily be an outdated render though.

[caligrad]

It looks better than their previous proposal for the site ( although i'll miss the ridiculous spire and angled rood). Looking at the aerial shot, I wish we still got Olympia, Fig+9th and the Luxe sites. one day. I almost wish the city would buy the Carwash site to add a park to the area. In a way preserving the ads on the fig hotel from being obstructed.

[craigs]

The lit crown on Olympic + Hill really grabs my attention. I've been seeing it in person on my way out of the office, but I haven't seen a lot of good photos of it. Today the LA Times finally posted one showing it in its full glory, anchoring the southeastern end of the skyline:

[plinko]

It's incredibly bright. Not great photos, but I snapped a couple while down that way tonight...


IMG_9809 by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


IMG_9811 by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


IMG_9818 by Michael Stroh, on Flickr

[scania]

Nice pics still though!