LOS ANGELES | Downtown Project Rundown 4.0 - Page 253

112597jorge · #**5041** Posted **Aug 29, 2012, 5:01 PM**

i can imagine this in the 500 - 700 foot range maybe more or maybe less, i guess they will add underground parking, and at street level they will haveshops and retail, i also think that there will be a podium spanning from figueroa all the way to the middle billboard/wing of the hotel figueroa, so the tower would only block one billboard, in the podium will go bars and pools and to the west will rise hopefully a 500+ W Hotel with an interesting top design not just a squared top.

BrandonJXN · #**5042** Posted **Aug 29, 2012, 9:14 PM**

I'm interested to see if and how this development incorporates Hotel Figueroa considering how visible Hotel Fig is.

I'm hoping for a W too. Not just in this spot but anywhere downtown. I think the W is the type of hotel that I think would thrive in DTLA.

colemonkee · #**5043** Posted **Aug 29, 2012, 10:03 PM**

Any kind of rooftop pool or garden area would likely go on the western side of the site, or the side not blocking the Hotel Figueroa, as that side gets the afternoon sun (the rooftop pool for the Ritz down the street for example, loses the sun at 3:00 p.m. most days and can downright chilly). At least if the operator wants the pool area to be a major amenity.

In any case, no matter where they put a pool (or even if they don't), there's not a likely scenario where one, if not all, of the three ad pillars of the Hotel Figueroa are not concealed by a new tower here. While I've grown accustomed to seeing those ads, I don't think losing them would be a big deal, especially if we gain a decent looking tower in their place. And this is coming from someone who pays his bills from advertising.

colemonkee · #**5044** Posted **Aug 30, 2012, 1:14 AM**

File under: Awesome,

, &

The parking garage planned for Spring Street may now have 6-7 levels of residential space on top. If this goes through, the City should rename a nearby intersection to Joseph Hellen Square. From the Los Angeles Downtown News:

Image Source: Los Angeles Downtown News

Developer Opens One Historic Core Apartment Complex and Plans Another
Posted: Wednesday, August 29, 2012
by Ryan Vaillancourt, Staff Writer

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Joseph Hellen may be 86, but the Australian businessman who has extensive Downtown Los Angeles property holdings has not slowed down.

Last week, Hellen’s company Downtown Management got final approvals for its $15 million conversion of the Chester Williams Building, its third apartment project to open in the Historic Core in two years. Leasing in the structure at 215 W. Fifth St. is underway.

Hellen isn’t resting on his laurels. Instead, he just announced plans for a new, 12-story apartment complex and parking garage on Spring Street. It would mark the first time that Hellen builds from the ground-up in Downtown instead of restoring an old property.

Read the whole story here. Trust me, it's worth it.

Illithid Dude · #**5045** Posted **Aug 30, 2012, 1:30 AM**

Downtown Managment is just the best. The care they put into restoring their buildings is incredible. Also, I think I have a rendering for the apartmen-ified building. A while ago, I posted a rendering of a 12 story apartment building for this lot. I was told that a parking garage was currently planned for where the 12 story building was, and I thought that the render I posted was an old, outdated, pre-recession vision. Now, I am thinking that the rendering I posted was not old, but was, in fact, the newest vision. Let me repost it. It's a fantastic rendering.

This is, IMO, a perfect development (even if it has a lot of parking). The scale and design is perfect for the area. Perfect! I could not ask for anything better. I don't even mind that it isn't tall, as it fits in so well with the surrounding buildings. This is great news.

EDIT: Downtown Management isn't actually that awesome. They covered the ground floor of the Arcade Building in green marble out of spite for not being able to destroy the Roxie Theater in the early 90s. However, they are planning to build this, so I'll cut them some slack.

JDRCRASH · #**5046** Posted **Aug 30, 2012, 4:20 AM**

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no

At least get rid of the signage. It's an older building, and needs to be preserved in a way that compliments it's architecture. Like Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood.

LA/OCman · #**5047** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 1:43 AM**

Citywatch...another Downtown parking lot about to bite the dust. http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/finan...6f1d14c-f2ea-11e1-ae32-0019bb2963f4.html

Mojeda101 · #**5048** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 3:11 AM**

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Citywatch...another Downtown parking lot about to bite the dust. http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/finan...6f1d14c-f2ea-11e1-ae32-0019bb2963f4.html

Wow, as early as November! If 9th & Olive, and Wilshire Grand begin, can we consider this a boom? Wish this wasn't scaled down, but what can you do. The economy is in the toilet.

BrandonJXN · #**5049** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 4:12 AM**

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Wow, as early as November! If 9th & Olive, and Wilshire Grand begin, can we consider this a boom? Wish this wasn't scaled down, but what can you do. The economy is in the toilet.

This project never had a set height. I remember way back in 2005 when Grand Ave first made plans that almost all the towers would be between 20-50 stories.

Still, it's good to see some new residential on Bunker Hill.

Valyrian Steel · #**5050** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 4:30 AM**

I wont get my hopes up about Wilshire Grand at least until demolition begins. These projects never seem to start by the date announced. If all goes well though, we could have 4 towers all under construction by next year (including the current Marriott). I'm also crossing my fingers for the courthouse to go forward.

BrandonJXN · #**5051** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 5:50 AM**

Don't forget about Avant (that 3 building complex across from the Convention Center.

Mojeda101 · #**5052** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 6:31 AM**

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Don't forget about Avant (that 3 building complex across from the Convention Center.

Never heard of that. Google searched and came up with nothing. Although Farmers field would only make the boom better

blackcat23 · #**5053** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 6:54 AM**

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Never heard of that. Google searched and came up with nothing. Although Farmers field would only make the boom better

1340 Figueroa; it's been under construction for a few months now, on the site where the Libeskind designed tower was proposed years back. Still mostly a dirt lot at this point, but you can see it from the Expo/Blue lines as they approach Pico station.

Valyrian Steel · #**5054** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 7:05 AM**

^ Here's a render from page 1 on that project.

(Photo credit: cypressequity.com)

LosAngelesSportsFan · #**5055** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 7:09 AM**

Anyone see this web site for 8th and hope? new render?

http://www.theprestonpartnership.com/?project=8th-and-hope-3

Illithid Dude · #**5056** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 8:01 AM**

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Anyone see this web site for 8th and hope? new render?

http://www.theprestonpartnership.com/?project=8th-and-hope-3

I count two ass-hats and some shoulder pads. Mmmmmm...

BrandonJXN · #**5057** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 10:45 AM**

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Anyone see this web site for 8th and hope? new render?

http://www.theprestonpartnership.com/?project=8th-and-hope-3

I like it. Not groundbreaking in terms of design but quality infill nonetheless.

Mojeda101 · #**5058** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 10:32 PM**

22 floors+?

Could be in similar height to the Courtyard Marriott.

blackcat23 · #**5059** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 11:07 PM**

It's a new rendering of the same design, by the looks of it. At least it's not called iHope anymore.

blackcat23 · #**5060** Posted **Sep 1, 2012, 12:17 AM**

http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/more-...7a51cb4-f38f-11e1-bd59-001a4bcf887a.html

More Downtown Condos

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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - More housing is coming to the Arts District. Peklar Pilavjian of developer Alameda and Fourth said a long-in-the-works $20 million project will debut by the end of September. The 53 units in the Beacon Lofts will be priced from the $200,000s to the high $800,000s, he said. The project transformed a six-story, 1923 building at Fourth and Alameda streets into residences ranging from 650-2,000 square feet. A second phase of the project is still in the planning stage. Beacon Lofts joins recent Arts District residential buildings including 940 East 2nd Street, which began move-ins last year.