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[JDRCRASH]

Originally Posted by ladowntowner

^ I could be completely off base here, but won't it be slightly more to the east from this angle than it is as pictured above?

The Ritz-Carlton, or Figueroa at Wilshire?

[colemonkee]

^ JDR, you kill me. Fig at Wilshire is already built and in the original picture (it's the Sanwa Bank building with the lit green crown). How could it be "more east" in that picture?

[colemonkee]

Looks like Park Fifth is still fightin' the good fight. They're not going down just yet. I got this in my inbox this morning...

[BrandonJXN]

From SSC:

Originally Posted by raymond3000

watching the LA 36video, Leiweke of AEG said that the hotel is actually ahead of schedule and instead of opening in the projected date of March 2010, that it could be open by Jan 2010. Other highlights:
-All 12 La Live restaurants are leased out. He emphasized there will be 0 retail.
-LA Central appears to still be alive and the 225 room hotel component will be anounced shortly.
-FIDM is still alive, will have 112 apartments.
-They are next focusing on the Convention Center expansion.
-There will be 3 new hotels announced for the area surrounding L.A. Live shorty.
-Grammy Museum will be open this December.

Regarding Grand Ave:

Originally Posted by raymond3000

^^Well besides from what we already know or have been told, ultimate highlights:

-Phase 1 cost $970M, all 3 phases will total out to around $2.7B in development.
-Grand Park is scheduled to start later this year and be completed before opening of Phase 1.
-19 story building will have 120 Ghery-branded condos, 98 affordable rental units
-Phase 1 encompasses total of 250,000 sq ft retail.
-60k restaurants, cafes, bistros, brasseries all having outdoor patio space.
-between 60k-70k of "true" retail, 1500 car parking spaces.
-4 or 5 major big name retail companies will be announced this summer.
-Plan to begin full excavation of the site by summer also.
-1st/Grand will have an "iconic" retail space styled nearly identical to Disney Hall.

Good news indeed. Now if only I can find the vid.

[JDRCRASH]

Originally Posted by colemonkee

^ JDR, you kill me. Fig at Wilshire is already built and in the original picture (it's the Sanwa Bank building with the lit green crown). How could it be "more east" in that picture?

I'm aware of that; it was built in 1990.

[JDRCRASH]

Originally Posted by colemonkee

Looks like Park Fifth is still fightin' the good fight. They're not going down just yet. I got this in my inbox this morning...

The've had that picture for months; I just wonder how many of the units with that angled perspective are still left.

What gets me is that its only as tall as the Gas Company tower. l mean, the space between floors looks as thin as paper.

[fridayinla]

Hey all you SSP forumers:

After Rich and I hit a wall running angelenic on our own, we've decided to turn it into a community site for writers who are interested in becoming contributers.

Since many of you enjoy sharing news about downtown development, etc - we're offering you another platform that gets about 3,800 daily page views / 1,500 unique readers per day.

We'll be taking on a few interested people for now, and more later.

If you want to try your hand at blogging, here's how: http://www.angelenic.com/a-plan-to-ease-back-into-things/

[DJM19]

Good to hear they are now going to focus on expanding the convention center. I hope for some good design. They should consider changing the facade of the older parts of the structure.

And can you imagine having that kind of view living in Park Fifth? I dare not even dream.

[JDRCRASH]

Originally Posted by fridayinla

Hey all you SSP forumers:

After Rich and I hit a wall running angelenic on our own, we've decided to turn it into a community site for anyone who's interested in becoming a contributer.

Since many of you enjoy sharing news about downtown development, etc - we're offering you another platform that gets about 3,800 daily page views / 1,500 unique readers per day.

If you want to try your hand at blogging, here's how: http://www.angelenic.com/a-plan-to-ease-back-into-things/

Yeah I read about it. Thanks Stephen !

[JDRCRASH]

Originally Posted by DJM19

Good to hear they are now going to focus on expanding the convention center. I hope for some good design. They should consider changing the facade of the older parts of the structure.

And add some high definition Billboards while they're at it!

[Vinu007]

I like the new proposals.. LA needs some new buildings which are taller.. i have never been to LA before. But i have seen lots of pics and in the pics it seems like there are not too many buildings in LA. I hope maybe later on it will looks cool..

[DJM19]

Theres lots of buildings in LA! You just can see them cuz they are smaller than the trees

[ladowntowner]

Originally Posted by colemonkee

^ JDR, you kill me. Fig at Wilshire is already built and in the original picture (it's the Sanwa Bank building with the lit green crown). How could it be "more east" in that picture?

Thanks again, colemonkee, for sparing me from having to explain the obvious.

Originally Posted by JDRCRASH

I'm aware of that; it was built in 1990.

If that was the case, why did you ask what you did? All of us were "speaking" specifically of the Ritz-Carlton.

[bobcat]

Originally Posted by ThreeHundred

Good news indeed. Now if only I can find the vid.

Dude, pay attention. I posted the link on the previous page.

http://la36.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=26&clip_id=3217

[BrandonJXN]

^ Don't you sass me. Florida humidity + mosquitoes the size of Cessnas have been taking a toll on me.

[BrandonJXN]

Park Fifth Quietly Moves Forward

By Eric Richardson
Published: Wednesday, April 02, 2008, at 12:25PM

A model of the Park Fifth development stands in the project's Sales Center.

While quiet lately, the massive Park Fifth development slated to rise north of Pershing Square continues to make forward progress. The project submitted its Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to the Community Redevelopment Agency on March 31st.

A certified EIR would be a major milestone in the process of accumulating the approvals needed to commence construction. Two weeks previous the project also filed Vesting Tentative Tract and Zone Variance applications with the city's Planning Department.

The project Sales Center, located in the neighboring Gas Company Tower, is holding a reception Thursday evening and has extended an invite to Downtown readers.

The reception is Thursday, April 3rd, and runs from 5:30pm - 7:30pm. Enter the building via the corner of 5th and Olive. RSVP's are requested to Theresa Cushing, but I have a suspicion they won't be checking names at the door.

[JDRCRASH]

Introducing Racked LA

Wednesday, April 2, 2008, by Dakota


Please welcome Racked LA, the newest member of the Curbed family. It's a blog about shopping, neighborhood stores and the retail scene of Los Angeles. Like all Curbed sites, Racked LA comes at its world from the street up, covering everything from the newest 3rd Street boutique to the latest downtown pet store. Current obsessions include Alexander McQueen’s Melrose Heights store, the fashions of “The Hills,” and the forthcoming Santa Monica mall.

Racked is edited by Tasha Adams, who comes to us via well-known neighborhood blog Blackburn & Sweetzer. Go ahead and say hello—or, better yet, send tips—to [email protected]. Meantime, enjoy.

la.racked.com

[BrandonJXN]

I seriously hope this version of FIDM gets built.

[DJM19]

Its a nice design except for those two damn brown windows.