LOS ANGELES | Downtown Project Rundown 6.0

[ConstructDTLA]

Earlier today:

Downtown Los Angeles by Hunter, on Flickr

USC Tower & South Park by Hunter, on Flickr

USC by Hunter, on Flickr

USC by Hunter, on Flickr

USC by Hunter, on Flickr

Convention Center & South Park by Hunter, on Flickr

Circa & Oceanwide Plaza by Hunter, on Flickr

One Santa Fe by Hunter, on Flickr

Wilshire Grand Tower by Hunter, on Flickr

Wilshire Grand Tower by Hunter, on Flickr

Downtown Los Angeles by Hunter, on Flickr

Downtown Los Angeles by Hunter, on Flickr

[cesar90]

I don't want to overflow this thread so I'll leave a link to my channel where you can watch many more from this evening.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgLrOPO1yvBOkv-ckemQGZw/videos

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[Doctorboffin]

I love those train yard buildings.

[NativeOrange]

Originally Posted by cesar90

I don't want to overflow this thread so I'll leave a link to my channel where you can watch many more from this evening.

Great pics! You as well Hunter!

I really love that zoomed shot of Broadway. Looks very active and cleaner than it used to. Too bad LA has to overcrowd the view with assorted street signage.

[unioniron433]

I have some interesting POV photos of the iron currently being hung on top of the 41 story Metropolis building. You can see a few on my instagram page @wolf_433. I will be posting more. Not sure how to post here. Carry on.

[SC_00_05]

Originally Posted by ConstructDTLA

Earlier today:




USC by Hunter, on Flickr

Downtown Los Angeles by Hunter, on Flickr

Nice pics

USC village is really flying along quickly. I hope they're still putting the Trader Joe's in.

Hunter, do you know if the Oceanwide 1st concrete pour happened?

Thanks

[ConstructDTLA]

Originally Posted by SC_00_05

Nice pics

USC village is really flying along quickly. I hope they're still putting the Trader Joe's in.

Hunter, do you know if the Oceanwide 1st concrete pour happened?

Thanks

I'm sure Trade Joes is still going in. And a rumor I heard a year or so ago was In N Out was going in as well.

Oceanwide did have a sizable concrete pour last Tuesday, but it wasn't the 'big' pour that got pushed back from Friday. I believe that one is happening at the end of this month.

[King Kill 'em]

I could look at your pictures all day Hunter.

[SLO]

Great shots Hunter!

[babypie]

Thank you for contributing Hunter. your arial photos are most impressive

[a9l8e7n]

Who amazing photos Hunter.

[cesar90]

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[citywatch]

Originally Posted by ConstructDTLA

One Santa Fe by Hunter, on Flickr

One of the biggest residential projects in Downtown Los Angeles will break ground this week. On Tuesday, March 15, at 9 a.m., developers Legendary Developments and Brookfield are slated to officially begin construction on the Arts District complex 950 E. Third St. (grading and pre-construction already took place). The series of five- to six-story buildings on a six-acre site next to the Southern California Institute of Architecture will create 472 residential units along with 22,000 square feet of retail. The $215 million effort, which is being designed by Kava Massih Architects, will include a walkway that connects Third Street with Traction Avenue; that pathway will be open to the public. The project is scheduled to be finished in mid-2018.

Downtown Los Angeles has suddenly become the most vibrant part of the city with new hotels and restaurants continually popping up. Sure LA Live and the Staples Center account for a lot of this, but something else is happening. The area has become a mecca for high-tech business, especially app start-ups. An example of this resurgence is the Ace Hotel, which is now one of the best places to stay downtown.

Years ago in another life I actually lived in downtown L.A. It was cutting-edge stuff back then but quite dull after 7 p.m. during the week and on weekends. Instead of leaving the area after work, people are now gravitating to it. The plethora of theater and sporting event options means there is an event going on almost every night of the year. There are scores of brand new condominium buildings, and even a Whole Foods just opened only a couple of blocks from the Ace Hotel.

With all the activity here these days, it might be hard to remember what the real drawing card is. “It’s the weather, stupid,” to play on a political pun. You see, downtown L.A. might just have the best weather in the U.S. Every time I visit, it seems to be hovering between 70-85 degrees. To top it off you would be lying if you did not notice that there is very little smog anymore. Decades of tough emissions controls have restored the beautiful mountain vistas that for a long time only existed on New Year’s Day at the Rose Bowl.

thanks for the series of update pics, constructdtla & cesar.

[Jun]

Some new renders for 950 E. Third Street, in the Arts District:

[NativeOrange]

After visiting downtown today, I can confidently say that I have been seeing very noticeable and positive changes with each visit. Sure, I've seen the new shops and restaurants open up here and there that add to dtla's vibrancy on a micro scale, but now I'm finally starting to see tons of pedestrians in many areas that used to be dead zones. Feels like the cohesiveness between many areas is really starting to come together.

Not only was it extremely vibrant, but the crowd seemed much more diverse than all of my past visits. I remember when it was mostly lower income minorities contributing to the street life. Not that that's a bad thing at all, I actually enjoyed the crowds and the life they brought to downtown very much, especially when GCM was cheap and still had awesome options. But nowadays, I saw a whole spectrum of racial diversity as well as socioeconomic diversity. LOTS of tourists as well, which is another thing that was nearly unheard of just a decade ago, unless you were talking about Staples Center area. Even noticed several international tourists.

Who knows, maybe I just went during one of LA's better days, but anyway I took a few photos that I'll probably upload later. None of them will compare to Hunter's or Caesars above, not only because they were taken with an iPhone 6S, but because the two I mentioned are just wayyyy better at photography than myself.

[blackcat23]

Renderings revealed for the Bixel Residences

36-story, 409-foot tall tower at Bixel and Ingraham Streets with 422 apartments and roughly 5,600 square feet of retail space.

Adjacent seven-story building will contain a 123-key hotel and retail, reportedly a Home2Suites by Hilton.

[Doctorboffin]

^Holy heck yes please! I wish it was bigger so it could block 1100 Wilshire, but no matter that building is a beauty!

[bobcat]

Originally Posted by NativeOrange

LOTS of tourists as well, which is another thing that was nearly unheard of just a decade ago, unless you were talking about Staples Center area. Even noticed several international tourists.

It wasn't that long ago that you'd be able to find great deals on hotels over the weekends, but not anymore. I'm trying to find lodging for family coming in from out of town this summer and DTLA hotel rates seem to be on par with more traditional tourist cities like SF and SD. Thank God for AirBnB.

January lodging metrics
http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/sites/...ets-YeartoDate-LodgingMetrics-021916.pdf

DTLA hotel occupancy up 7.8% YOY, ADR up 9.2%, and RevPar up a whopping 17.7%.

[colemonkee]

What's great about that City West tower is that it will block the 1100 Wilshire podium from the south skyline view. What's not so great about it is the design of the low-rise hotel. Yowzers! They must have gotten their design "inspiration" from the baby 🞵🞵🞵🞵 green 6-story building across Bixel.

[Doctorboffin]

^ I don't mind the hotel, it is not great, but I don't think it will take away anything from the city. As for 1100 Wilshire, is there any way in hell that someone could renovate that ugly podium?