LOS ANGELES | Downtown Project Rundown 6.0 - Page 28

ConstructDTLA · #**541** Posted **Mar 30, 2016, 3:03 PM**

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Cesar and Hunter, excellent, excellent updates!

Mojeda, the Oceanside project should be above ground in 3-6 months (barring any unforeseen delays), so we'll likely see this rise along with Circa - and Phase 2 of Metropolis.

Oceanwide is really moving now, seems like they're trying to make up for all that lost time.

Downtown Skyline from Grand Hope Park by Hunter, on Flickr

Downtown Los Angeles by Hunter, on Flickr

Oceanwide Plaza by Hunter, on Flickr

Downtown Los Angeles at Dawn by Hunter, on Flickr

Circa by Hunter, on Flickr

Olympic & Flower by Hunter, on Flickr

Metropolis from Luxe by Hunter, on Flickr

Cranes from Avant by Hunter, on Flickr

1400 Figueroa by Hunter, on Flickr

Flower Street & The Expo Line by Hunter, on Flickr

Lennar Olympic & Olive by Hunter, on Flickr

Hall of Justice by Hunter, on Flickr

Federal Courthouse from City Hall by Hunter, on Flickr

Federal Courthouse by Hunter, on Flickr

Skyline From Arts District by Hunter, on Flickr

Arts District by Hunter, on Flickr

Arts District T T Toys Renovation by Hunter, on Flickr

Once a sea of parking lots Olympic Boulevard has transformed over the last couple years into...A slightly smaller sea of parking lots.

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Edit, couple pieces of news from this week:

Broadway Palace by Hunter, on Flickr

Giannini Place / Nomad Hotel by Hunter, on Flickr

black_crow · #**542** Posted **Mar 30, 2016, 4:32 PM**

Not bad, good pictures.

Looks like everything is back to normal, so it was worth it.

Steve8263 · #**543** Posted **Mar 30, 2016, 4:59 PM**

Confirming what Hunter clearly documented already-

Lendlease Achieves Project Milestone at Oceanwide Plaza in Downtown Los Angeles

http://www.4-traders.com/LEND-LEASE-GROU...-Plaza-in-Downtown-Los-Angeles-22093048/

On the evening of March 25th, Lendlease personnel began the process of completing one of the largest construction mat pours in Los Angeles history, with over 7,000 cubic yards of concrete being poured. The Oceanwide plaza mat foundation will be delivered in four phases and total over 25,900 cubic yards of concrete.

Also of note, Electroland will be working on Circa next door-

http://www.electroland.net/blog/circa

Electroland is designing a massive 18,000. sq. ft artwork for the new Circa development in downtown Los Angeles. It features three massive 50' diameter moving wheels. Keep checking back, we can't quite release images just yet....

LosAngelesSportsFan · #**544** Posted **Mar 30, 2016, 7:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steve8263

Confirming what Hunter clearly documented already-

Lendlease Achieves Project Milestone at Oceanwide Plaza in Downtown Los Angeles

http://www.4-traders.com/LEND-LEASE-GROU...-Plaza-in-Downtown-Los-Angeles-22093048/

On the evening of March 25th, Lendlease personnel began the process of completing one of the largest construction mat pours in Los Angeles history, with over 7,000 cubic yards of concrete being poured. The Oceanwide plaza mat foundation will be delivered in four phases and total over 25,900 cubic yards of concrete.

Also of note, Electroland will be working on Circa next door-

http://www.electroland.net/blog/circa

Electroland is designing a massive 18,000. sq. ft artwork for the new Circa development in downtown Los Angeles. It features three massive 50' diameter moving wheels. Keep checking back, we can't quite release images just yet....

Sweet. I like all these different art / graphics that these projects are trying to incorporate. We may not like them all individually, but it adds character to the area and makes it interesting to walk around. Much better than sterile walls.

Mojeda101 · #**545** Posted **Mar 30, 2016, 8:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

Mojeda, the Oceanside project should be above ground in 3-6 months (barring any unforeseen delays), so we'll likely see this rise along with Circa - and Phase 2 of Metropolis.

I was talking about Circa. Circa is only a floor or two away from topping out their podium and once the tower portions begin they will shoot straight up. I wasn't sure if Hanzen will be able to break ground before we see Circa top out since Hanzen is still over a year away. 3rd quarter of 2017 I believe, right?

Also, to those asking about the adaptive reuse projects, i'm working on those as we speak. It's a surprisingly long list. And some pictures are hard to come by. It should be up soon!

Wilcal · #**546** Posted **Mar 30, 2016, 9:33 PM**

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3 days ago:

Oceanwide Plaza Concrete Pour by Hunter, on Flickr

This is good to see. In a post about the contractor I read where this development is planned to have 160,000 sq ft. of retail space. I dare say that it will attract the swankest of retailers since in is across for LA live and within a tourist hub. In fact, one retailer of high caliber (I forgot which), mentioned in a previous post, indicated interest in a downtown location. It is also noteworthy that both the Circa and the Hazen projects will also have retail elements. I prefer smaller spaces interconnected by sidewalk rather than one very large group of spaces in one mall-like location. The movement of shoppers from one development to another along Figueroa will do wonders for the street activation. This activation could easily spill over to Olympic or 9th because as we know pedestrians tend to be curious and want to follow a path which looks inviting. Unfortunately, this is activation that could have occurred on Broadway (say at 7th st). But, my sense is that if the population of downtown reaches the vital threshold of 100,000 by 2020 (which it possibly could) and the filling in of tourist drawing places continues, then Broadway will begin to emerge independently on its own. Remember the New York developers of Broadway place are near experts at revitalizing structures and surrounding areas.

Mojeda101 · #**547** Posted **Mar 30, 2016, 11:44 PM**

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Broadway Palace by Hunter, on Flickr

I like it! I actually think it fits very well. I love how they're going for the appearance that it's brick. I'm just dying to find out if they plan to light up those eaves.

UserName01010 · #**548** Posted **Mar 30, 2016, 11:51 PM**

Photo update of 8th and Olive. I took the pictures on 03/27/2016:

Link: http://www.laocdb.com/la-development-news/construction-photo-update-on-8th-and-olive

UserName01010 · #**549** Posted **Mar 31, 2016, 12:06 AM**

Photo of 4th and Broadway taken by me on 03/26/2016

Some of the previous tenant stores has been boarded up. A few remains.

cesar90 · #**550** Posted **Mar 31, 2016, 1:44 AM**

Wilshire Grand

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Metropolis

Us Bank

7th st

6th st bridge

SC_00_05 · #**551** Posted **Mar 31, 2016, 1:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by Mojeda101

I like it! I actually think it fits very well. I love how they're going for the appearance that it's brick. I'm just dying to find out if they plan to light up those eaves.

Same here...in these pics at least, looking good. If the taller one across from Ace follows suit, they'll look great.

ETA-as usual, thanks for a great update. Awesome to see Oceanwide moving along quickly. Wish the Marriott expansion and Hanzen were closer to breaking ground.

citywatch · #**552** Posted **Mar 31, 2016, 5:39 AM**

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Photo of 4th and Broadway taken by me on 03/26/2016

Some of the previous tenant stores has been boarded up. A few remains.

the Panda king restaurant recently closed!

the bldg at 4th & broadway....which truly is a merdebox.....is getting closer & closer to being fully vacant & then hopefully it will be torn down ASAP.

just to make up for the burned out hulk that has been sitting across from that corner for over 7 yrs means that when groundbreaking does occur on the apt tower, it won't be one second too soon.

hunter's post has the first pics of the facade of one of palmer's apt bldgs across from the ace hotel & start of work on the giannini place bldg!

hard not to get excited when seeing all the bits & pieces of transformation slowly coming together.

this vid is from over a yr ago, but since it includes an interview of one of the owners of the many swapmeets that still make a mess of broadway....who's probably very similar to the struggling shopkeeper who ran the panda king.....it's a reminder that the landlord is ultimately responsible for making sure a bldg isn't a disgrace to dtla. But if more ppl would also stop shopping at those swapmeets, then one group wouldn't be able to so easily take advantage of the second group, who feeds off the third group.....which keeps the vicious cycle going on.

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saybanana · #**553** Posted **Mar 31, 2016, 10:34 AM**

Some construction update photos. Since the Gold Line Little Tokyo station was closed for months, I havent been in the area to check out the progress of some projects. Now that it is re-opened here are some photos.

Wakaba LA - We used to call it Sares Regis. This is the leasing site http://wakabala.com/

Wakaba LA - Sares Regis

Wakaba LA from Sares Regis

Wakaba LA Sares Regis

Here is one photo of Vibiana Lofts from Main. Hopefully to get it from LA Street next time.

Vibiana Lofts

saybanana · #**554** Posted **Mar 31, 2016, 10:48 AM**

The Garey Building - http://thegareybldg.com/

From 1st Street

The Garey Building

The Garey Building

From 2nd Street

The Garey Building

The Garey Building

This renovation project is down Garey St/3rd Street, across from the new big Art Gallery

Arts District

Arts District building

LA/OCman · #**555** Posted **Mar 31, 2016, 2:30 PM**

^ What is that Arts District building that is being renovated? It looks beautiful.

colemonkee · #**556** Posted **Mar 31, 2016, 2:34 PM**

Great shots, saybanana! Wakaba LA isn't half bad for TCA standards, but could actually be a very well-designed - and relatively well-regarded - building if they used metal panels instead of stucco. The devil's in the details, and TCA just doesn't get it right most of the time. The developer likely takes some, if not most, of the blame here for value engineering, but TCA really has to start thinking about its legacy.

The Garey Building, on the other hand, is awful, awful, and awful. They're taking two completely disparate architectural styles and throwing them together - to horrible effect. Had they stuck with one style or the other, this may have been passable, but the combined effect looks like it was started by one architect, and finished by another, blind one. Sad, because those architects could have learned better just a few blocks away.

losangelesnative · #**557** Posted **Mar 31, 2016, 4:05 PM**

The paper airplanes structure will be going up at Grand Park http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/paper...43f1056-f6cf-11e5-968b-bf4ef29bb099.html

UserName01010 · #**558** Posted **Mar 31, 2016, 4:29 PM**

From my blog: http://www.laocdb.com/la-development-news/construction-photo-update-on-ten50-in-dtla-south-park

Pictures were taken by me on 03/27/2016

Steve8263 · #**559** Posted **Mar 31, 2016, 5:00 PM**

Looks like Ten50 is visible on the Metropolis webcam, along the left edge of the TCW building.

losangelesnative · #**560** Posted **Mar 31, 2016, 6:00 PM**

Condolences to Zaha Hadid as she apparently suffered a heart attack and has passed away in Miami this morning

http://www.curbed.com/2016/3/31/11337600...th?_ga=1.181545703.1125928770.1444242786