LOS ANGELES | Countywide Project Rundown Megathread

[ReDSPork02]

https://beverlypress.com/2025/10/retail-and-housing-rise-at-third-and-fairfax/


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This is a great infill project. Any recent pictures... haven't been this way in a bit.
Coudve been taller but....you know....

[craigs]

Originally Posted by HusBy

I love that park, quite possibly the best urban park in LA. But I don't think the views will be ruined, quite the opposite - I think it would be really cool to see the gondola cutting across that view.

Elysian Park gets my vote for best in LA, but LA Historic Park is also great and will only get better with age.

[HusBy]

Originally Posted by craigs

Elysian Park gets my vote for best in LA, but LA Historic Park is also great and will only get better with age.

Elysian Park is great as well!

[LA21st]

Originally Posted by ReDSPork02

https://beverlypress.com/2025/10/retail-and-housing-rise-at-third-and-fairfax/


BLOOM ON THRID

This is a great infill project. Any recent pictures... haven't been this way in a bit.
Coudve been taller but....you know....

Its a nice addition to the neighborhood. Adds some urbanity to the area.

[LA21st]

Originally Posted by HusBy

Elysian Park is great as well!

I'm partial to Runyon Canyon, as its more concentrated but really active with people. Griffith is a boring choice for 2, but it really is one of the best in the country.

Echo Park is really nice, Palisades park in Santa Monica is up there...

[Illithid Dude]

Originally Posted by ReDSPork02

This is a great infill project. Any recent pictures... haven't been this way in a bit.
Coudve been taller but....you know....

I think the original high rise proposal had the same number of units as this one. Aesthetics aside, it's a lateral shift.

[craigs]

I went searching for a photo of the Costsco project with 800 apartments above that is well under construction in Baldwin Hills/South LA. Does anybody have any updates and/or photos?

[plinko]

That looks incredible.

[Radio5]

Originally Posted by ReDSPork02

https://beverlypress.com/2025/10/retail-and-housing-rise-at-third-and-fairfax/


BLOOM ON THRID

This is a great infill project. Any recent pictures... haven't been this way in a bit.
Coudve been taller but....you know....

“We started the entitlements in 2018. It’s ultimately been an eight-year process,” ----Good lord. This takes 3 years anywhere else.

[Pleasework]

The Costco image is AI generated.

[craigs]

Originally Posted by Pleasework

The Costco image is AI generated.

Is it? I'll take it down if you can show me.

[Illithid Dude]

Yeah, that is very obviously AI. The real Costco project is being built from the ground up, which means there wouldn't be an active Costco store on the ground floor while the apartments are being built above it.

[citywatch]

Originally Posted by sopas ej

If/when the gondola goes in, the views will be ruined by the tall towers supporting the criss-crossing gondola cables, as well as the gondolas themselves. I guess people would get used to it, but still...

Your POV about how a gondola would affect the park is shared by ppl interviewed in this vid...

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But when it comes to change, I always think of the story of how Parisians in the late 1800s hated the creation of the Eiffel tower. So are ppl in LA not wanting a gondola north of dtla the same or not the same thing? This is what ppl in mexico city have built, along with their large subway network. LA is now just finally extending its subway west on Wilshire Blvd.

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The towers of a gondola hurting the look of the park north of Chinatown remind me of all the yrs I've driven on the 9th st offramp & seen this view of dtla...the salvation army bldg with the metal frame sign has since been torn down, so the view is now cleaner, but the power poles still line 9th St.


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[Wigs]

There should be a group from LA that goes to Medellín, Colombia to check out the Metrocable system to see the full potential of cable cars working together, instead of just a tourist/and baseball fan oriented line. In heavy traffic LA it could definitely be useful

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrocable_(Medell%C3%ADn)

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[ChelseaFC]

The long awaited replacement for the demolished historic Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach will break ground this summer and is scheduled to open in Spring 2028.

https://www.the562.org/2026/02/02/long-beach-finally-moving-forward-with-new-belmont-pool/

[HusBy]

Originally Posted by Wigs

There should be a group from LA that goes to Medellín, Colombia to check out the Metrocable system to see the full potential of cable cars working together, instead of just a tourist/and baseball fan oriented line. In heavy traffic LA it could definitely be useful

I volunteer to go on behalf of LA!

[craigs]

Thousands of apartments set to take over empty office buildings with new L.A. ordinance


Jamison Properties is converting this office high-rise on the edge of downtown Los Angeles into housing. (William Liang/For The Times)

Roger Vincent
Los Angeles Times
February 11, 2026

• Los Angeles loosened conversion rules, allowing commercial buildings just 15 years old to become housing with streamlined city approvals instead of lengthy reviews.
• The ordinance could unlock thousands of apartments across L.A., addressing both the housing shortage and the city’s vast vacant office space problem.
• Developers still face obstacles, including higher construction costs, the city’s Measure ULA tax, and declining rental prices.

Los Angeles officials just made it easier to convert empty commercial buildings to housing, opening the door to the creation of thousands of apartments across a city clamoring for housing.

Developer Garrett Lee is already rolling. After years of struggling to find white-collar tenants for a gleaming office high-rise on the edge of downtown, he has just begun converting its office space into close to 700 apartments. With the new Citywide Adaptive Reuse Ordinance going into effect this month, many more housing conversions are coming to Los Angeles, Lee said.
“This is monumental for the city.”

The ordinance opens the possibility of conversion for many more buildings than the 1999 guidelines, which paved the way for converting older downtown buildings and jump-started a residential renaissance that turned downtown into a viable neighborhood after decades as a commercial district where few wanted to live. The first ordinance applied to buildings erected before 1975 and was focused primarily on downtown. Under the new guidelines, commercial buildings that are merely 15 years old throughout Los Angeles can be converted to housing with city staff approval, rather than going through lengthy review processes that may reach the City Council.
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Originally Posted by citywatch

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I fully realize $1 Billion is a lot of money...but given I've seen what else gets built in LA for a billion dollars, this awesome looking museum seems like it was a deal, considering the scale, its uniqueness, and all the additional exterior landscaping that went into it. Looks incredible.

Edit: I now see it's $1.5B, haha. Statement still stands, maybe just not quite as much.

[citywatch]

Originally Posted by craigs

The ordinance opens the possibility of conversion for many more buildings than the 1999 guidelines, which paved the way for converting older downtown buildings and jump-started a residential renaissance that turned downtown into a viable neighborhood after decades as a commercial district where few wanted to live.

Vacant bldgs & spaces in dtla have been an issue for yrs, even before Covid occurred. dtla was dealing with high vacancy rates when other cities like SF, Boston or NYC were listed at around 90% occupancy. I've always wondered why more ppl who work in dt didn't choose to live there. Family, kids, too $$$, not enough trees & parks, not safe enough, not wanting to go through moving again?

I used to work in a 12 story bldg & thought if I could live in the same location that would be very convenient. Even more so if my residence isn't some great place in beverly hills or malibu. otherwise, what's the point? But too many ppl don't seem to mind the daily grind of being stuck on crowded roads .

this business is south of the broad museum in the former wells fargo center, 2 towers built in the 1980s. Since Covid, retail areas in mainly office areas have really suffered.


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Predicting what may happen to LA in the next 5, 10 or 20 yrs is hard to be sure about. If I went back 30 yrs & knew just how long it would take for X, Y or Z to happen in dtla....LA in general too...I'd lose interest due to a lack of patience.

https://youtu.be/QMNzLQ8L1cc?si=p4gccaK-8p94Sxmq&t=1043

LA is competing with London in moviemaking....so a new film studio in dtla will be either helped or hurt due to this? Or no affect at all?

https://youtu.be/ReXzMHtCM-E?si=XUSN-TSLD8l9XJHG

[DTLA Worker]

They are making nice progress on the Broad expansion. Cranes are out and large beams are starting to get into place.

I walk by there a couple of times a week. I'll snap some pictures next week and post them.