Hollywood Projects

[cookiejarvis]

I don't think so. Just did a Google map of the site, and it looks like the office building that they're renovating a block north of HoHi, at Highland and Franklin Place.

[LAMetroGuy]

Its this one:

1800 N Highland Avenue, Hollywood, CA

In 2004, CIM acquired 1800 Highland, an 86,000 square foot, Class-C office building on the Northheast corner of Franklin Place and Highland Avenue in the heart of downtown Hollywood. With an optimal location steps from the retail, restaurants and entertainment of Hollywood Boulevard, the seven-story building represents an ideal opportunity for companies to establish an urban presence in the epicenter of a newly revitalized Hollywood Entertainment District. Equally exciting is the design of the building itself: constructed of steel and concrete in 1964, it constitutes an iconic modern architecture. CIM has enlisted HLW International Architecture to preserve this atmosphere as they re-conceive the building and reintroduce it to the market as premium Class-A office space.
Property Highlights

Steps from the Hollywood & Highland Center
160 parking spaces in a 4 level subterranean parking structure spanning 12,500 sf
Easy access to public transit via Metro Red Line

[cookiejarvis]

Definitely a big improvement. Let's hope the remaining scummy buildings along that stretch of Highland meet the bulldozer soon.

[Tanster]

that building is complete I think
wow love it

[LosAngelesBeauty]

^ It's complete??

[colemonkee]

If it's not complete it's very close. I drove by it last weekend and it looked almost wrapped up. The renderings make it look waaaaay better than it looks in real life.

[LA/OC/London]

I drove by this building over the weekend and I agree that it doesn't really compare well to the rendering, but it is an improvement and office space is
needed in Hollywood

[dktshb]

Here are a few updated photos. I should have been more prepared because I realize I don't know some of the names of the projects or the exact locations. Hope you forgive... here they are:


Gay Retirement Housing on Ivar one block south of Hollywood Blvd:


CIM Group condo conversion Sunset and Vine:



Condo Project on Vine just north of Hollywood Blvd. next to the Avalon:


The Hollywood, one block north of Hollywood Blvd. and one block east of Highland:


The old Galaxy on Hollywood one block east of La Brea which houses Knitting Factory, Longs Drug, DSW and LA Fitness. Although these establishments are up and running the redevelopment is still a work in progress and will include a restaurant in the old museum below and a new sign for LA Fitness already open:
Before:


Now:




The Madrone on La Brea and Hawthorne:

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

very cool! thanks. the Galaxy was a dump, it looks, much better now.

[Quixote]

Is the W Hotel at Hollywood and Vine under construction yet?

[JRinSoCal]

Wow, a Hollywood update!!! Very cool indeed! Thanks

[cookiejarvis]

The Galaxy stands as a testament to the mid-1980s attempts of the CRA and then-councilman Michael Woo to jump start the revitalization of Hollywood Blvd. While well-intentioned in its purpose, it was a failure in design and execution. Let's hope the exterior rehab and new tenants help out.

[colemonkee]

Great update! I really hope CIM does well with it's Sunset and Vine project (which I think will do well, given the location and the views). If they're at all successful there, we have a much better chance of getting iHope and Park Tower downtown.

[bjornson]

Fantastic!

[edluva]

boy is there some shitty architecture in hollywood! terrific update nonetheless can't wait to see how madrone looks.

[fridayinla]

The Hollywood Galaxy complex is so much nicer now. I go to the LA Fitness there and Longs & DSW always seem busy. I've been wondering what they're planning for that hole in the floor - a restaurant sounds awesome! I've noticed the retail space in the old building across the street is being renovated also. Hopefully some of those tacky souvenier shops will be replaced.

[bjornson]

Originally Posted by edluva

boy is there some shitty architecture in hollywood! terrific update nonetheless can't wait to see how madrone looks.

Ed, I loooooooooooove that stucco on the gay retirement home. It's so fascinating. Ha.

Oh, Friday, what's happening with the "neo-renaissance" building adjacent to the Galaxy? It annoys me every time I look at it.

[citywatch]

The CIM tower is undergoing a much more extensive renovation than I thought would occur, at least based on the pic of its entire facade being stripped off.

My question is whether work has finally begun on the Hollywood & Vine proj, what's the status of the Whole Foods/apt proj directly south of it, & when will construction start on the Madame Tussand bldg next to Grauman's, referring to the filling in of a major gap along the blvd?

[edluva]

Originally Posted by bjornson

Ed, I loooooooooooove that stucco on the gay retirement home. It's so fascinating. Ha.

the spaceship-themed home for gays is okay even with the stucco. It's that damned sunset and vine highrise I don't get. What's with the exterior? It looks like f*cking scaffolding wrapped in shredded plastic. At least the home for gays resembles what the architect intended.

[LosAngelesBeauty]

Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

very cool! thanks. the Galaxy was a dump, it looks, much better now.

Give me more color in the project! I would polish up the original 80s ornaments (like the globe) and include them in the project. Put more tasteful neon in in my opinion. It is Hollywood afterall.