LOS ANGELES | Central City Project Rundown 5.0

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Good news. They are hitting all the necessary improvement points.

[JDRCRASH]

Originally Posted by brudy

Anybody know what this is?
"Another Asian investor has a downtown property in escrow at Grand Avenue and Cesar Chavez Boulevard, CBRE Group said."

from this article: http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-robinsons-asian-investors-20140912-story.html

I saw that, too. Yes, I believe it was the Lucia Tower that was supposed to go there.

[kelbeen]

This thread and curbed has been dead on weekends lately. Well here's something to enjoy reading over the weekend if it gets quiet here.
I found this very recent ISSUU of DTNews and I don't think it's even published yet (9.15.14) Time to catch up over the weekend, and hopefully find new information. Enjoy!

http://issuu.com/ladtn/docs/issuu_dtn_09-15-14

[caldor120la]

Things are quite maybe I can slip this in? sorry to here about Figaro although there was talk. now because I couldn't post this directly take a second and look at city-walk whole foods apartment building CWE apartments in St.Louis (the one with the clock) wonder if it would work in place of some of the 6/7 story bldgs. now being built or is it to Palmerish? Just curious.

[Easy]

Originally Posted by kelbeen

This thread and curbed has been dead on weekends lately. Well here's something to enjoy reading over the weekend if it gets quiet here.
I found this very recent ISSUU of DTNews and I don't think it's even published yet (9.15.14) Time to catch up over the weekend, and hopefully find new information. Enjoy!

http://issuu.com/ladtn/docs/issuu_dtn_09-15-14

Thanks!

[alki]

Originally Posted by caldor120la

Things are quite maybe I can slip this in? sorry to here about Figaro although there was talk. now because I couldn't post this directly take a second and look at city-walk whole foods apartment building CWE apartments in St.Louis (the one with the clock) wonder if it would work in place of some of the 6/7 story bldgs. now being built or is it to Palmerish? Just curious.

I looked it up. The clock tower is a bit kitschy. I know the CWE of St Louis.....did a project there...........and that bldg would fit in well there. I don't think it would work in DTLA but others might think differently.

Here's a link to the bldg:

http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/w...0e7d8d8-1c41-5790-bd1e-685af4bc11f7.html

[SimonLA]

An interesting tidbit in the development report is a claim by Palmer that ground broke on his project on Broadway across from the ACE. Anyone downtown who could verify? That project, no matter what it is, will improve the ACE experience (no one wants to look at that hot, miserable parking lot anymore).

[DistrictDirt]

Originally Posted by SimonLA

An interesting tidbit in the development report is a claim by Palmer that ground broke on his project on Broadway across from the ACE. Anyone downtown who could verify? That project, no matter what it is, will improve the ACE experience (no one wants to look at that hot, miserable parking lot anymore).

I'm about to walk by that block. Will report back.

EDIT: Didn't see anything going on in the lot north of Olympic. In the lot south of Olympic they're demolishing the existing building, but that's been ongoing for awhile now.

[colemonkee]

^ I wouldn't take everything as gospel in that Downtown News update. I'm reading the print version right now, and they say that Sonny Astani's G12 project "does not yet have a scheduled groundbreaking date." Last time I drove by, the both phases looked like they were well underway.

[ConstructDTLA]

Originally Posted by colemonkee

^ I wouldn't take everything as gospel in that Downtown News update. I'm reading the print version right now, and they say that Sonny Astani's G12 project "does not yet have a scheduled groundbreaking date." Last time I drove by, the both phases looked like they were well underway.

I have to agree with taking everything DT News says with a grain of salt. Their reporting is shoddy at best, and on top of that they're not even located Downtown (they're in the worlds ugliest building, over near Vista Hermosa park across the 110 freeway).

This thread by itself is easily a better source for true & current Downtown news.

[Flavius Josephus]

Looks like the buyer of that old carwash may be in some hot water: http://labusinessjournal.com/news/2014/sep/12/carwash-buyer-arrested-money-laundering/

[brudy]

Originally Posted by Flavius Josephus

Looks like the buyer of that old carwash may be in some hot water: http://labusinessjournal.com/news/2014/sep/12/carwash-buyer-arrested-money-laundering/

He apparently didn't use enough turtle wax to get the blood off of the money.

I guess we'll have a place to wash our cars for the foreseeable future

[kelbeen]

I had the chance to take a photo of our lovely South Park skyline today.

[Mojeda101]

Man that whole view is going to change once Jardin, Fig Central, Luxe tower, and the Onni twins come in.

[LA/OCman]

Just another possible addition to the changes at Union Station…The Fred Harvey Restaurant could be alive again as a Cedd Moses Gastropub.

http://thesource.metro.net/2014/09/15/ga...arvey-room-at-los-angeles-union-station/

[ChelseaFC]

A redesign for the USC Village is supposed to be released today.

[DistrictDirt]

An interesting tidbid from the Source's coverage of the 2 TIGER grants awarded to local projects:

The Eastside Access Improvement Project will receive $11.8 million to help create a network of sidewalks and bike lanes for pedestrians and bicyclists to access the Regional Connector 1st/Central Station in Little Tokyo.

Proposed improvements include an enhanced network of crosswalks, sidewalks and bike lanes for pedestrians and bicyclists, improved pedestrian lighting, planting and street furniture along nearby streets. The above renderings show some of the possible improvements.

Metro awarded $22 million in two federal TIGER grants to improve station access


Now I had heard about this project previously when the 2014 TIGER awardees were first announced, but assumed the improvements would be restricted to the immediate vicinity around 1st/Central/Alameda. But looking at the included image, it appears that this project is a bit of a trojan horse, in that they'll be using the money to improve the streetscaping and crossing around 2nd and Alameda- something that is desperately needed to help bridge the gap between Little Tokyo and the Arts District. Basically they're using this grant as a way of implementing a decent chunk of the Eastside Access Project. Well done, you crafty folks at Metro.

[brudy]

That's great news on the Tiger grants! It will be interesting to see how that pans out and when it will happen. And you're right about that 2nd and Alameda crossing - it's terrible from so many perspectives.

Sadly, no grant can fix the lack of street interaction with that large residential complex between 1st and 2nd on Alameda. That thing is an epic black hole of non-fun.

[Muji]

I was also excited when I saw the announcement of the TIGER grant. As it is in the rendering, the 2nd/Alameda/Traction reconfiguration seems pretty brilliant. Plus, it looks like they're planning a little network of protected or superior bike lanes on nearby streets.

[colemonkee]

Originally Posted by ChelseaFC

A redesign for the USC Village is supposed to be released today.

Ask and you shall receive. Curbed LA has some really great high-res renderings. 8 total, in fact. Here's a sampling...

Image Source: Curbed LA

USC Starts Work on Huge New Mixed-Use Addition to Campus
Monday, September 15, 2014, by Bianca Barragan

USC today celebrated the official start of USC Village, a 15-acre mixed-use project that will replace the University Village shopping center with five-story residence halls for 2,700 students, as well as a grocery store, a fitness center, a drugstore, a "mobility hub" with information on public transit options, and loads of other retail totaling 115,000 square feet, says a statement from USC.

Read the rest of the article here: http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/09/usc_starts_work_on_huge_new_mixeduse_addition_to_campus.php