LOS ANGELES | Downtown Project Rundown 6.0

[Zapatan]

Originally Posted by plinko

That would be very disappointing if it only ends up 590ft tall.

Is there an official website for this one? Didn't see anything on Onni's.

I'd never heard of the 590' version before but color me not surprised if it got chopped.

[LAisthePlace]

Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

I would think they are gonna add the podium units later on in the process?

Are they actual podium units are just a nicer looking false facade?

[homebucket]

Originally Posted by LAisthePlace

Are they actual podium units are just a nicer looking false facade?

Actual units. Looks like it'd start on the 3rd floor as colemonkee postulated.

Per Urbanize LA:

The tower, which has a contemporary look similar to Onni's other Downtown towers, takes the rare step of fully masking its above-grade parking - something which is encouraged, but not required, under the Downtown Design Guidelines. Habitable spaces and residential units are planned along the exterior of the garage, fully obscuring it from view along both Olympic and Hill.

https://la.urbanize.city/post/60-sto...-s-hill-street

[Easy]

Originally Posted by Ptown2downtown

I've seen 2 final versions of 1000 S. Hill. Not sure which version we are getting

The first one is from the SCEA filed with the city and is the one approved. Not sure where the second rendering is from.

https://planning.lacity.org/developm...ill-projects-0

[Mojeda101]

Wait, so will it be 590' or 760'?

[Easy]

Originally Posted by Mojeda101

Wait, so will it be 590' or 760'?

760. That's what was filed with the city. Plus if you look on Urbanize, the original concept was shorter before they added 12 stories.

[Doctorboffin]

Unfortunately, I think the shorter plans are the most recent ones. They are dated from mid-2022 on Zimas, while the original, taller, plans are dated from 2019. Additionally, the shorter plans are marked as approved.

https://planning.lacity.org/pdiscase...oded/MjExNDM00

[scania]

One of us will just have to walk over and ask.

[craigs]

The approved plans state that the building will be 593.83 ft. tall, with 54 levels including mechanical.

I was really looking forward to seeing the taller, promised version of the tower rising on the skyline. This is still a skyscraper and will still make some mark on the skyline, but probably only from the south and east.

It's still better than nothing. It will be the 22nd tallest tower in LA, and the 17th tallest downtown.

[citywatch]

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The hits keep coming for the Oceanwide Plaza project in Downtown Los Angeles, but this time their repercussions could go beyond the property itself, with its developer facing a crucial deadline Monday that could impact the future of the company. Earlier this month, China Oceanwide Holdings Ltd., the parent company of project developer Oceanwide Plaza LLC, that Lendlease U.S. Construction, the former general contractor on the Oceanwide Plaza project, filed a statutory declaration demanding approximately $28.4M Lendlease says it is owed by Oceanwide.

In its filing with Hong Kong regulatory officials, Oceanwide told shareholders that Lendlease gave it up to three weeks from the July 10 filing date — July 31 — to pay. If the debt isn't cleared, Oceanwide said Lendlease may file a winding-up petition, an action that could ultimately force a liquidation, a winding down of the company and the sale of assets, in order to get paid. Lendlease exited the project in 2021.

It isn't clear exactly where the $28.4M figure comes from, but Oceanwide’s announcement refers to both a 2021 arbitration judgment that found Oceanwide owed Lendlease about $42.6M and a subsequent agreement to pay off that debt in installments.

The announcement from Oceanwide is a reminder that financial troubles are still unfolding around the site of the incomplete project in which Oceanwide invested more than $1B and which could now be sold at auction as soon as next month. Oceanwide had previously said both that it was in talks to sell the project and was speaking with lenders to get financing to complete the project. It anticipated it would take upward of $1B to complete Oceanwide Plaza.

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[Yackemflaber69]

Typical LA skyscrapers, get promised something spectacular only to have its height chopped and get a watered down version. Sucks

[pwright1]

Originally Posted by scania

Long time no see!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks! It's definitely been awhile.

[scania]

Originally Posted by Yackemflaber69

Typical LA skyscrapers, get promised something spectacular only to have its height chopped and get a watered down version. Sucks

That’s not a LA thing. That happens in every city. Actually the last few towers are the size of their initial height.

[Zapatan]

Originally Posted by craigs

The approved plans state that the building will be 593.83 ft. tall, with 54 levels including mechanical.

I was really looking forward to seeing the taller, promised version of the tower rising on the skyline. This is still a skyscraper and will still make some mark on the skyline, but probably only from the south and east.

It's still better than nothing. It will be the 22nd tallest tower in LA, and the 17th tallest downtown.

Better than nothing, sure, but the USA is arguably the world's f*cking superpower and Los Angeles is one of the largest cities in the Americas.

When did this happen and where is the official source? Every article about this building states 760 feet and 60 floors.

Onni let us down if so...

[headcheckjj]

Originally Posted by craigs

The approved plans state that the building will be 593.83 ft. tall, with 54 levels including mechanical.

The plans I see on the city's website say 760' above grade and 60 stories. Where are you seeing this?

[Doctorboffin]

Originally Posted by headcheckjj

The plans I see on the city's website say 760' above grade and 60 stories. Where are you seeing this?

https://planning.lacity.org/pdiscase...8347c32f18/pdd

Filed and signed by the city on 5/6/2022 under Elevations. The Title/Cover Sheet corroborates a total of 51 floors.

Elevations:
https://planning.lacity.org/pdiscase...oded/MjExNDM00

Title/Cover Sheet:
https://planning.lacity.org/pdiscase...8347c32f18/pdd

I hope these are wrong, but they are the most recent documents approved for the building.

[Zapatan]

Originally Posted by Doctorboffin

https://planning.lacity.org/pdiscase...8347c32f18/pdd

Filed and signed by the city on 5/6/2022 under Elevations. The Title/Cover Sheet corroborates a total of 51 floors.

Elevations:
https://planning.lacity.org/pdiscase...oded/MjExNDM00

Title/Cover Sheet:
https://planning.lacity.org/pdiscase...8347c32f18/pdd

I hope these are wrong, but they are the most recent documents approved for the building.

Why does the project description still say this?

DEMOLITION OF SURFACE PARKING LOT/CONSTRUCTION OF A 60-STORY TOWER WITH 700 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS AND 15,000 SF OF COMMERCIAL USES WITH A TOTAL OF 657,943 SF OF FLOOR AREA AND 1075 PARKING SPACES

If true though:

51 floors and not even 54? Yikes, I wonder if that's counting mechanical. ~600 feet is at least still somewhat decent I just hope they don't shorten it more.

Let's hope Mitsui doesn't also get chopped.

Seems Angels Landing also may not happen anymore due to the Adjaye scandal and 1045 Olive is a dark horse. Was really looking forward to more skyscrapers downtown...

Bloc Tower maybe?

[Yackemflaber69]

Its like i stated above, LA skyscraper proposals are nothing but disappointments

[zonedgreg]

check out the Elevations plan approved 5-9-22. Very top of the tower is 840 ft.

https://planning.lacity.org/pdiscase...oded/MjExNDM00

[Doctorboffin]

Originally Posted by zonedgreg

check out the Elevations plan approved 5-9-22. Very top of the tower is 840 ft.

https://planning.lacity.org/pdiscase...oded/MjExNDM00

That's the height from sea level. The first floor is marked at 250 ft.