THE REVIVAL OF DTLA Development projects that changed the Downtown Los Angeles landscape, 2012-2017. This publication was prepared by:
Central City Association
Jessica Lall, President & CEO, [email protected]
Marie Rumsey, Vice President of Public Policy, [email protected]
Tina Oh, Director of Communications, [email protected]
Joanne Danganan, Associate Director of Public Policy and Membership, [email protected]
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Once deserted at 5 p.m. every weekday and most weekends, Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) is now the place to be for culinary and cultural adventures, with streets alive and active late into the night. Moreover, DTLA has been revived as an international destination, thanks in no small part to CCA’s members, who had the faith and the vision to advance a vibrant city center.
The first of its kind by CCA, this publication offers a glimpse of what some of our members’ projects have contributed to the city at large and how they have transformed DTLA, its neighborhoods, and its identity for the better. It is still quickly growing, and I welcome you to join us in unlocking DTLA’s potential.
Jessica Lall, President & CEO, CCA
*This publication includes projects by members who opted in. It is not an exhaustive list.
THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 1 CONTENTS ARTS DISTRICT...... 6 A Ford Factory...... 7 B Fourth & Traction...... 8 C La Kretz Innovation Campus...... 9
CHINATOWN...... 10 A Blossom Plaza...... 11 B Jia Apartments...... 12
DOWNTOWN CENTER...... 13 A 825 South Hill...... 14 B 990 W. 8th...... 15 C Atelier...... 16 D Eighth & Grand...... 17 E Freehand Hotel...... 18 F Level Furnished Living...... 19 G Metropolis...... 20 H The Bloc...... 21 I The Broad...... 22 J The Emerson...... 23 K The NoMad Hotel...... 24 L Union Lofts...... 25 M Wilshire Grand...... 26
FASHION DISTRICT...... 27 A Broadway Palace Phase 1...... 28 B Broadway Palace Phase 2...... 29 C Star Apartments...... 30 D The Max Lofts...... 31 E The Proper Hotel...... 32
2 THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 | TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS FIGUEROA CORRIDOR...... 33 A USC Village...... 34
HISTORIC CORE...... 35 A Broadway Trade Center...... 36 B New Genesis Apartments...... 37 C New Pershing Apartments...... 38 D The Broadway Lofts...... 39 E Topaz...... 40
SOUTH PARK...... 41 A Aven Tower...... 42 B Circa...... 43 C G12...... 44 D Hope + Flower...... 45 E Oceanwide Plaza…...... 46 F Olive DTLA...... 47 G Onyx...... 48 H TEN50...... 49 I WREN...... 50
OTHER A Da Vinci...... 51
TABLE OF CONTENTS | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 3 MAP OF DTLA
CHINATOWN
DOWNTOWN CENTER LITTLE TOKYO HISTORIC CORE
SOUTH PARK ARTS DISTRICT
DTLA INDUSTRIAL SOUTH PARK II DISTRICT
FASHION DISTRICT
FIGUEROA CORRIDOR
4 THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 | MAP OF DTLA OVERVIEW Member projects in this publication have provided the following benefits to DTLA and the greater region:
Construction jobs created 45,038
Permanent jobs created 12,853 Residential Units 9,046 Affordable Housing Units Commercial Space (SF) 134 3,060,376 Permanent Supportive Housing Units 251 Hotel Keys Live/work Units 58 2,844
INCREASE IN TAX Impact fees BASE $140.4 million $41 million
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ARTS DISTRICT This formerly industrial area was transformed into an artist community in the mid-1970s. Today, the Arts District thrives with galleries, photography studios, advertising firms, media companies, and the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-ARC). With its recent residential and restaurant boom boasting a population of about 2,400 people, it has grown to be one of the hottest places to live, work and play.
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STATUS: Under construction FORD ADDRESS: 777 S. Santa Fe Ave. DEVELOPER: FACTORY Shorenstein* ARCHITECT: Rockefeller Partners Constructed in 1912 by Architects* the Ford Motor Co., the FORMER USE: Ford Factory is a historical Warehouse, landmark of the Arts District. manufacturing Originally the site where Model T’s and Model A’s were assembled, the factory has since supported other 314K Square feet of business sectors like toys commercial space and apparel. The newly Listed on the National restored Ford Factory will be Register of Historic adapted for Warner Music Places Group’s 254,000 square feet of creative offices and 60,000 EXTERIOR RENDERING square feet of ground-level retail and restaurant space. The building’s new use will restore the original red brick exterior while redoing years of alterations from the previous renovations done in 1923, 1988 and 1996.
INTERIOR RENDERING
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ARTS DISTRICT | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 7 B COMMERCIAL
STATUS: Open 2017 ADDRESS: FOURTH & 963 E. 4th Street DEVELOPER: Hudson Pacific TRACTION Properties* ARCHITECT: HLW International The 101-year-old Coca-Cola Building, which originally LEASING: CBRE* served as the company’s FORMER USE: West Coast headquarters Office space & in the early 20th century, manufacturing has been rehabilitated by Hudson Pacific Properties. It has been transformed as 130,000 a modern creative complex Square feet of EXTERIOR RENDERING with a rooftop restaurant commercial space space and a new 320- car parking garage, and its ground floor activates 25,000 pedestrian activity with Square feet of retail space shops and restaurants.
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8 THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 | ARTS DISTRICT INCUBATOR CO-WORKING SPACE C
STATUS: Open 2016 LA KRETZ ADDRESS: 525 S. Hewitt Street DEVELOPER: INNOVATION Los Angeles Department of Water and Power* CAMPUS Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles The La Kretz Innovation ARCHITECT: Campus serves as a clean John Friedman Alice tech industry hub, a place Kimm Architects where entrepreneurs, FORMER USE: engineers, scientists and Warehouse policymakers can interact to promote and support EXTERIOR the development of Los 1,200 Angeles’ green economy. Number of permanent Located at 5th and Hewitt, jobs created the Cleantech Corridor Campus comprises 3.2 acres 200 and is owned by LADWP. Number of construction The campus features jobs created offices, conference rooms, laboratories, a prototyping center, a manufacturing $7M Awarded to local workshop and classrooms businesses during in a fully renovated construction 60,000-square-foot building. $270M Estimated 5-year overall economic impact on the INTERIOR LA Region
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CHINATOWN A stone’s throw from the city’s civic and cultural center, Chinatown bustles with residents and visitors alike looking for culinary and cultural enlightenment at iconic destinations such as Far East Plaza and Central Plaza. With celebrations like Chinese New Year, Summer Nights, the Moon Festival and CicLAvia in the fall, it is a vibrant center of tourism, culture and community.
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STATUS: Open 2016 BLOSSOM ADDRESS: 900 N. Broadway DEVELOPER: PLAZA Forest City Development* ARCHITECT: Adjacent to the Metro Gold Johnson Fain* Line’s Chinatown Station Togawa Smith Martin* is Blossom Plaza, a sizable FORMER USE: apartment complex with Surface parking lot 20,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and 237 residential units, 53 of which are set aside as affordable housing. 20,000 Johnson Fain and Togawa Square feet of Smith Martin designed the EXTERIOR retail space LEED Gold certified project, offering a variety of floor plans: studio, one-, two- and 184 Residential units three- bedrooms, and 21 townhouse-style apartments. Its 19,000 square-foot 53 pedestrian paseo offers a Affordable housing direct connection between units Broadway and the elevated Metro stop.
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CHINATOWN | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 11 B RESIDENTIAL/MIXED USE
STATUS: Open 2014 ADDRESS: JIA 639 N. Broadway DEVELOPER: Equity Residential* APARTMENTS ARCHITECT: TCA Architects * As Chinatown’s first market- LEASING: rate housing development Equity Residential* and first Avison Young* Equity Residential’s ground-up development in FORMER USE: Surface parking lot Downtown, Jia Apartments signaled the start of a new period of investment in the area when it opened in 281 2014 and replaced a surface Number of parking lot. Design elements permanent jobs created such as the prominent use of red, which symbolizes joy and good fortune, as well 250 EXTERIOR as the aesthetic of Chinese Number of sliding doors on the balcony construction jobs created railings, pay homage to its neighborhood. It was ahead in the game in providing dog- 435% friendly facilities, allowing up Increase in tax base to three canine residents per (increase from $13.4M unit without size restriction to $71.7M) and consequently attracting a young generation of urban 280 dwellers. Residential units
18,000 COURTYARD Square feet of commercial space
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DOWNTOWN CENTER Downtown Center is home to the Financial District, Jewelry District and Bunker Hill, as well as landmarks such as the U.S. Bank Tower, the Wilshire Grand and the Los Angeles Public Library. Business giants CBRE and Gensler are headquartered here, and the tech scene booms with two WeWork locations, NationBuilder and at least 80 other companies. Bottega Louie took a chance early on in 2007 as one of the very few dining options in the area with their iconic Grand Avenue location and, to this day, anchors Restaurant Row on 7th Street to serve its hungry customers.
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STATUS: Under construction ADDRESS: 825 825 S. Hill: DEVELOPER: Onni Group* SOUTH HILL ARCHITECT: Chris Dikeakos Vancouver-based developer Architects, Inc. Onni Group is currently INTERIOR: transforming a surface Onni & Robert Bailey parking lot at 825 South Hill Interiors (Penthouse) into a soaring 49-story rental FORMER USE: Surface parking lot tower at the heart of the South Park District. Offering unprecedented luxury suites 30 and stunning amenity spaces, Number of permanent jobs the project is just steps from created Whole Foods, L.A. Live, restaurants and galleries, green spaces and much 300 more. When completed, Number of construction jobs the 637-foot tower will be created among the tallest residential buildings in California. 522 Residential units 4,500 Square feet of commercial space
EXTERIOR RENDERING
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STATUS: Open 2015 990 W. 8th ADDRESS: 990 W. 8th DEVELOPER: Developed by L&R Group in L&R Group of 2015, 990 W. 8th is a six-story Companies* building with ground floor ARCHITECTS: retail space, top floor offices KTGY* and parking in between. (Reliant Immediate Care) Creative tech company International Parking Design, Inc. Honey is currently leasing (parking garage) the top floor, boasting a Heitman Architects 23,000-square-foot office Incorporated space, tripling what they had (corporate office) at their 600 Wilshire office. LEASING: On the ground floor is Reliant CBRE* Immediate Care Medical FORMER USE: Group, an unexpected tenant Surface parking lot in the sea of ground-floor EXTERIOR restaurants, but, of course, 23,000 welcome in an area with few Square feet urgent care centers. of office space 118 Public parking spaces
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STATUS: Open 2017 ADDRESS: ATELIER 801 S. Olive DEVELOPER: Carmel Partners replaced Carmel Partners* a surface parking lot at ARCHITECT: 801 S. Olive with a residential Solomon Cordwell Buenz Architecture building called Atelier. Open in May 2017, Atelier added INTERIOR: Rodrigo Vargas 363 much-needed residential Design units to the housing stock, FORMER USE: as well as 10,000 square feet Surface parking lot of ground-level commercial space to a booming stretch 20 of Olive Street. Olive has Number of seen much investment in the permanent jobs last several years due to this created building and projects like it. (residential only) These investments increase the walkability of Downtown and help advance a safe, $3.9M EXTERIOR RENDERING Impact fees paid 24/7 city center. by the project 363 Residential units 10,000 Square feet of commercial space 409 Bike parking spaces
EXTERIOR RENDERING
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STATUS: Open 2015 EIGHTH ADDRESS: 770 S. Grand Avenue DEVELOPER: & GRAND Carmel Partners* ARCHITECT: Daryoush Safai Carmel Partners’ Eighth & INTERIOR: Grand is a mid-rise, luxury Commune Design apartment building in the FORMER USE: Financial District boasting Surface parking lot Whole Foods’ flagship market, restaurant and bar, in addition to 700 residential 340 units and four levels of Number of permanent jobs underground parking for created its residents and guests. It provides plenty of foot traffic on Grand Avenue on a daily $4.7M Impact fees paid basis, truly activating a part of by the project the street that was previously STREET VIEW occupied only by parking. 700 Residential rental units 50,000 Square feet of commercial space
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FORMER USE *Indicates CCA Member
DOWNTOWN CENTER | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 17 E HOTEL
STATUS: Open 2017 ADDRESS: FREEHAND 416 W. 8th Street DEVELOPER: Sydell Group Ltd.* HOTEL ARCHITECT: Killefer Flammang Freehand Hotel is an adaptive Architects reuse of The Commercial INTERIOR: Exchange Building, a vintage Roman and Williams office building built in 1924. FORMER USE: Office building Its thirteen floors have been reactivated after a couple decades of vacancy. It is a 226 mix of traditional hotel and Hotel keys hostel-type rooms, boasting a rooftop deck and fitness 60 center for its guests. The Hotel employees hotel brought back to life per shift its iconic blade sign, which Designated Historic has not been used regularly Cultural Monument STREET VIEW since it appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 film, To Catch A Thief.
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STATUS: Open 2016 LEVEL ADDRESS: 888 S. Olive Street DEVELOPER: FURNISHED Onni Group* ARCHITECT: Martinez + Cutri Corp. LIVING INTERIOR: Project 22 Design Level Furnished Living DTLA, FORMER USE: Surface parking lot a 33-story tower offering nightly, monthly and yearly leases, is the first Downtown 24 Los Angeles project by Number of Vancouver-based Onni permanent jobs created Group. It’s an artful blend of a luxury apartment and a boutique hotel offering 300 one-, two-, or three-bedroom Number of suites. On the ground floor, construction jobs created New York City-based fitness AERIAL VIEW company Soulcycle, gourmet ice cream maker Gresescent, $1.4M Sakana Sushi Lounge and Impact fees paid Cognoscenti Coffee activate by the project to the northeast corner of Olive LAUSD and 9th Streets. 300 Extended stay units 10,468 Square feet of commercial space
AMENITY DECK
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STATUS: First phase open 2017 ADDRESS: 899 Francisco Street METROPOLIS BID: South Park A surface parking lot at LEASING FINANCER: Francisco and 8th Streets has CBRE* officially been transformed DEVELOPER: into a stunning mixed- Greenland USA* use project by Greenland ARCHITECTS: USA, a subsidiary of China- Gensler* (Phase I) based Greenland Holding Harley Ellis Devereaux* (Phase II) Group. Its hotel, operated INTERIOR DESIGNERS: by Hotel Indigo, and its first SPAN (Phase I & II) residential tower opened Harley Ellis Devereaux* in summer 2017. The other (Phase I AOR) two residential towers are BAMO (R3 amenity expected to be completed & penthouse) in 2020. LANDSCAPE: RELM* (Phase 1) OJB (Phase II) FORMER USE: EXTERIOR Surface parking lot 450 Number of permanent jobs created 150 for Hotel Indigo 280 for retail 20 for residential 15 000 Number, of construction jobs 13 9 Impact$ fees. paidM INTERIOR RENDERING by the project Quimby – $7.6 M LAUSD - $6.3 M 1 500 Residential, condos 70 000 Square ,feet of commercial & restaurant space 350 Hotel keys *Indicates CCA Member FORMER USE
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STATUS: Open 2016 THE BLOC ADDRESS: 700 S. Flower DEVELOPER: Downtown Macy’s Plaza The Ratkovich has been newly renovated Company* into an open air mall and ARCHITECT: 33-story office tower called Johnson Fain* The Bloc developed by The Ratkovich Company. Taking up the entire block 496 Hotel Keys at 7th and Flower, The Bloc (Sheraton Grand) now has open space with plenty of natural light and fresh air. It’s connected to 1,859 Parking space garage the second busiest Metro stop through the first portal of its kind in the county, a great example of a public private partnership (P3). Local boutiques and artisans can be found next to art installations AERIAL VIEW and live performances. Among the brick and mortar eateries like The District and Every Table are a host of regular events such as Food Truck Fridays and Taco Tuesdays.
COURTYARD RENDERING
FORMER USE *Indicates CCA Member
DOWNTOWN CENTER | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 21 I CULTURAL
STATUS: Open 2015 ADDRESS: THE BROAD 221 S. Grand Ave. DEVELOPER: The Broad opened in The Broad Foundation September 2015 and has ARCHITECT: since become one of Bunker Gensler* Diller Scofidio + Hill’s most visited attractions Renfro boasting 820,000 visitors FORMER USE: in its inaugural year. Eli and Surface parking lot Edythe Broad’s museum houses more than 2,000 200 works of art and holds one Number of of the most prominent permanent jobs collections of postwar and created contemporary art worldwide. What used to be an open- 1,350 air parking lot on Grand Number of Avenue is now a bustling construction jobs cultural destination, engaging created Los Angeles locals as well EXTERIOR as tourists, and delighting $4.8M museum goers of all Total tax revenue backgrounds. in first year
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STATUS: Open 2014 THE ADDRESS: 225 S. Grand Avenue DEVELOPER: EMERSON Related California* ARCHITECT: Arquitectonica* The Emerson, completed in INTERIOR: 2014 by Related California, Marmol Radziner is the first residential + Associates apartment building on Bunker FORMER USE: Hill in more than a decade. Surface parking lot The Emerson’s 24,000 square- foot public plaza links to The Broad and provides 80 linkage to Grand Avenue and Number of Metro’s Regional Connector. permanent jobs The Emerson is the first created residential tower of the Grand (10 in the tower; Avenue Project, a visionary 70 at Vespaio) public-private partnership with the Los Angeles Grand AERIAL VIEW 600 Avenue Authority to revitalize Number of DTLA’s cultural and civic core construction jobs created with a mix of commercial, retail, cultural and residential units stitched together with $2.5M great public spaces and world Impact fees paid class architecture. by the project (QUIMBY and school fees accounted for $1.05M) $1.7M Increase in tax base annually AMENITY DECK 216 Residential units 55 Affordable units
FORMER USE *Indicates CCA Member
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STATUS: Open 2018 ADDRESS: THE NOMAD 649 S. Olive DEVELOPER: Sydell Group Ltd.* HOTEL ARCHITECT: Killefer Flammang New-York based Sydell Architects Group transformed the long INTERIOR: vacant but iconic Giannini Studio Jacques Garcia Place, the 12-story building FORMER USE: Office originally built as the Bank of Italy in 1923, into the boutique NoMad Hotel. The 350 former office building is Number of now 241 guest rooms, retail permanent jobs created and restaurant space on the ground floor, and a rooftop 350- pool and event deck.
400 EXTERIOR Number of construction jobs created 78 8 Impact$ fees. paidK by the project 241 Hotel keys $100K-
$370K INTERIOR Increase in tax base annually
*Indicates CCA Member MEZZANINE
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STATUS: Open 2016 UNION ADDRESS: 325 W. 8th Street DEVELOPER: LOFTS Onni Group* ARCHITECT: Curlett & Beelman Union Lofts was built by the (Original 1922 building) architecture firm Curlett & INTERIOR: Beelman as the headquarters Onni Group* of Union Bank in 1928. FORMER USE: Vancouver-based Onni Office Group transformed the ten floors of office space into a mix of studio, one- and two- 3 Number of bedroom apartments with permanent jobs an impressive view of the created Downtown skyline on the (residential only) rooftop. 92 Residential units EXTERIOR 10,508 Square feet of commercial space
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DOWNTOWN CENTER | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 25 M COMMERCIAL MIXED-USE
STATUS: Open 2017 ADDRESS: WILSHIRE 900 Wilshire Blvd. DEVELOPER: Hanjin, Korean Air GRAND CONSTRUCTION: Turner Construction* The Wilshire Grand designed ARCHITECT: by AC Martin is the tallest AC Martin* building west of the FORMER USE: Mississippi River, stealing Office the title from nearby U.S. Bank Tower. Developers 900 Hanjin and Korean Air Hotel keys replaced the 1952 Wilshire (InterContinental Hotel) Grand building with one that is the first high-rise 400K to be rid of a helipad – a Square Feet of long-time requirement from office space the city that was removed recently. The iconic 73-story 45,000 EXTERIOR building has office space, Square Feet of retail/ retail, restaurants and the restaurant space InterContinental Hotel, and boasts a sky lobby on the 70th floor, a rooftop pool and 1,750 Los Angeles-inspired design. Number of permanent jobs created 11,500 Number of construction jobs created
Increase in tax base: HOTEL INTERIOR $80M in additional revenue during construction $15M in new revenue annually
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FASHION DISTRICT The Fashion District is easily the top destination for buyers, retailers, wholesalers, shoppers, fashion students, stylists and shoppers. And with the addition of residents with recent projects such as the Max Lofts, Broadway Palace and others in the pipeline, it is positioned to become a 24-hour destination. It also houses part of Gallery Row on Spring Street, which you can experience in full throttle during the Downtown Art Walk each second Thursday of the month.
FASHION DISTRICT | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 27 A RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE
STATUS: Open 2017 ADDRESS: BROADWAY 1026 S. Broadway DEVELOPERS: G.H. Palmer PALACE Associates* L&R Group of Companies* PHASE 1 ARCHITECTS: Nelson/Boivin , Oakes Architects G.H. Palmer Associates Galvin Preservation in partnership with L&R Associates Inc. Group of Companies, FINANCERS: transformed a large parking US Bank* lot and 30,000 square feet PNC of dilapidated office space Comerica Bank into 236 apartments and LEASING: 32,000 square feet of new GHP Management (Residential), retail, commercial and active Colliers International* EXTERIOR ground floor space. Phase (Commercial) 1 opened last year and Phase FORMER USE: 2 is nearly complete. It is in Surface parking lot close proximity to the Ace Hotel and future hotels The 236 Hoxton and The Viceroy. Residential units 32,000 Square feet of commercial space
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STATUS: Under Construction BROADWAY ADDRESS: 938 Broadway DEVELOPER: PALACE G.H. Palmer Associates* L&R Group of PHASE 2 Companies* ARCHITECT: Nelson/Boivin G.H. Palmer’s Broadway Oakes Architects Palace Phase 2 nears its Galvin Preservation completion, soon adding Associates Inc. 439 residential units to the FINANCERS: housing supply. With a prime US Bank*, PNC, Comerica Bank location across the street from LEASING: the Ace Hotel, it will pump GHP Management the booming retail scene with (Residential), plenty more foot traffic. Colliers International* (Commercial) FORMER USE: Surface parking lot 439 Residential units 20,000 Square feet of commercial space
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STATUS: Open 2013 ADDRESS: STAR 240 E. 6th Street DEVELOPER: Skid Row Housing APARTMENTS Trust* ARCHITECT: Star Apartments, developed Michael Maltzan by Architecture Skid Row Housing Trust, provides permanent INTERIOR: Collaborative House supportive housing to 100 formerly homeless individuals FORMER USE: Wholesale using innovative modular pre-fabricated units that are cantilevered over a two-story 38 concrete superstructure. Number of permanent jobs The apartments are terraced created above a Health and Wellness Center on the second floor, which includes a community 560 kitchen, art rooms, running/ Number of construction jobs walking track and space for created supportive services. On the ground floor, the Star houses a clinic operated by the Los $228K Angeles County Department Impact fees paid by the project of Health Services (DHS), which serves both Star residents and the surrounding community. 102 It is also headquarters for Permanent supportive DHS’ Housing for Health housing EXTERIOR Division, which is committed to funneling resources towards the most critical determinant of health: housing.
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STATUS: Open 2016 THE MAX ADDRESS: 819 Santee St. DEVELOPER: LOFTS Capital Foresight* ARCHITECTS: Marc Lahmon In 2012, developer Capital PSL Architects acquired the Foresight LENDER: Maxfield Building, a 1925 U.S. Bank* Art Deco structure designed LEASING: by John M. Cooper. In the Cannon Fashion District where a Management number of older office FORMER USE: buildings are capable Office space of being converted to apartments, Capital Foresight 6 reinvigorated the building, Number of now known as the Max Lofts, permanent jobs into a 96-unit residential created building complete with 12-foot-high ceilings, 40 polished concrete floors, Number of a communal rooftop and a construction jobs created fitness center. EXTERIOR Impact fees paid by the project (QUIMBY) 96 Residential Units 3,500 Square feet of commercial space
FORMER USE *Indicates CCA Member
FASHION DISTRICT | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 31 E HOTEL
STATUS: Under construction ADDRESS: THE PROPER 1100 S. Broadway DEVELOPERS: Case Real HOTEL Estate Partners*, The Kor Group The Proper Hotel, formally ARCHITECT: named the Downtown Omgivning* L.A. Proper Hotel, is an INTERIOR: Kelly Wearstler adaptive reuse project in the Downtown area led by FORMER USE: Case Hotel Real Estate Partners and The Kor Group. Originally constructed in 1925, the hotel $151K will be the newest addition Impact fees paid by the project to The Proper Hospitality Company’s chain of lifestyle
EXTERIOR RENDERING hotels in Los Angeles. The 148 interior will be completely Hotel keys remodeled while maintaining the historic red-brick exterior 3 after being vacant since Restaurants 2004. The renovation will also convert many of the Designated Historic Cultural Monument building’s pre-existing spaces into communal areas like a library and screening room.
ROOFTOP RENDERING
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FIGUEROA CORRIDOR Best known for the University of Southern California, L.A. Memorial Coliseum, Exposition Park and the Shrine Auditorium, the Figueroa Corridor is home to many architectural landmarks and world class museums such as the Natural History Museum, the California African American Museum and the California Science Center. It’s currently undergoing a major facelift through MyFigueroa aimed at improving the pedestrian, bike and transit experience. It is also home to the future Banc of California Stadium where the L.A. Football Club will play.
FIGUEROA CORRIDOR | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 33 A COMMERCIAL, STUDENT HOUSING
STATUS: Open 2017 ADDRESS: USC VILLAGE 3301 S. Hoover St. DEVELOPER: USC Village will provide University of more than $40 million Southern California* in community benefits, ARCHITECT: Harley Ellis including up to $20 Devereaux* million for an affordable (Project) housing fund managed by McKently Malak the city. The project will Architects be an all-inclusive living (Retail Space) environment for over 2,500 undergraduates, combining student housing with 8,000 retail, dining, recreational Number of permanent and educational facilities. jobs created Retail stores such as Target, Trader Joe’s and Starbucks 4,000 are moving in along with a Number of 30,000 square feet fitness construction jobs AERIAL RENDERING center. USC pledged to hire created 30 percent from the area of which 10 percent will be from 150K diverse backgrounds in order Square feet of to provide job training for the commercial space local community.
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HISTORIC CORE The Historic Core is packed with cafes, bars and neighborhood amenities tucked into historic landmarks. Top destinations such as Spring Arcade, The Last Bookstore (the largest used bookstore in California), Grand Central Market, Los Angeles Theater and The Regent are just a few stops you can make through the neighborhood.
HISTORIC CORE | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 35 A COMMERCIAL MIXED-USE
STATUS: Under construction ADDRESS: BROADWAY 801 S. Broadway DEVELOPER: Broadbridge TRADE (Waterbridge Capital) ARCHITECT: CENTER Omgivning* EXTERIOR RESTORATION: New York-based Waterbridge Spectra Company Capital is undertaking an FORMER USE: impressive adaptive reuse Retail of a 15-story, 108-year- old former department $49K store, which will activate Impact fees paid nearly a full city block in the by the project Historic Core. Designed by (Seismic-only , the bottom two permit fee) Omgivning floors boasting 25-foot-high ceilings will be transformed 400 into an “Earth Market” with K EXTERIOR RENDERING Square feet of shops and restaurants. Next creative office space will be a few floors of creative office space, five floors of 1.1M a 150-key hotel, a private Square feet of club on the ninth floor and creative office space finally, a roof deck open to Designated Historic the public with a pool and Cultural Monument performance space.
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36 THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 | HISTORIC CORE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING B
STATUS: Open 2012 NEW ADDRESS: 456 S. Main Street DEVELOPER: GENESIS Skid Row Housing Trust* ARCHITECT: APARTMENTS Killefer Flammang Architects INTERIOR: Genesis Hotel was an aging Collaborative House two-story building with 30 FORMER USE: single occupancy residential Surface parking lot units and two commercial spaces on the ground floor. Skid Row Housing Trust 14 Number of permanent purchased the neighboring jobs created 9,800 square-foot parking lot, which it combined with the EXTERIOR 7,000 square-foot footprint 788 of the existing Genesis Hotel. Number of A LEED for Homes Platinum construction jobs created development with 106 units, the New Genesis Apartments has permanent supportive $436K housing for people who were Impact fees paid recently homeless, as well as by the project affordable housing for low- income individuals. 80 Permanent supportive housing units 26 Affordable housing units COURTYARD 2,400 Square feet of commercial space
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HISTORIC CORE | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 37 C PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
STATUS: Open 2014 ADDRESS: NEW 108 E. 5th St. DEVELOPER: Skid Row PERSHING Housing Trust* ARCHITECT: Killefer Flammang APARTMENTS Architects INTERIOR: The New Pershing Collaborative House Apartments replaced the FORMER USE: Pershing Apartments and Retail Roma Hotel built in 1889 and 1905 respectively. Located on 7 the corner of 5th and Main, Number of permanent this 69-unit building serves jobs created as permanent supportive and affordable housing. 750 There is space on site for Number of supportive services along construction jobs with community spaces in created order to promote a healthy living environment for $88.8K homeless and low-income Impact fees paid individuals. The New Pershing by the project Apartments received a LEED EXTERIOR Gold certification for its 69 sustainable features such as Permanent supportive a community garden, energy housing units efficient appliances and reuse of the existing structure. 3,500 Square feet of commercial space
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38 THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 | HISTORIC CORE LIVE/WORK D
STATUS: Open THE ADDRESS: 430 S. Broadway DEVELOPER: BROADWAY ICO Development* ARCHITECT: Omgivning* LOFTS FORMER USE: Theater, office The Bumiller Building, designed by Morgan & Walls in 1906, has been $165K transformed into a number Impact fees paid of uses since then, including by the project as a high-end department (in school fees) store, then as a number of different theaters. Today, 58 thanks to ICO Development Live/work units and Omgivning’s adaptive reuse, the building has been re-activated as 58 live/work EXTERIOR units all with natural light shining through its windows. Down the street from popular Grand Central Market, it is central to Downtown’s many eateries in the middle of the burgeoning Historic Core.
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HISTORIC CORE | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 39 E RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE
STATUS: Under Construction ADDRESS: TOPAZ 550 S. Main Street DEVELOPER: Jade Enterprises replaced Jade Enterprises* a surface parking with a ARCHITECT: mixed-used development, Tate Snyder Kimsey rising seven stories and INTERIOR: Style Interiors containing 159 apartment units and 23,000 square FORMER USE: Surface parking lot feet of commercial space on the ground floor. Residents can enjoy a fitness center, 159 a media room, a swimming Residential Units pool and multiple outdoor courtyards. On the street 23,000 level, a beautiful large urban Square feet of EXTERIOR window and light curtain will commercial space be illuminated at night along its Los Angeles Street face.
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SOUTH PARK Nestled in the Sports & Entertainment District, South Park is home to the STAPLES Center, Los Angeles Convention Center, Microsoft Theater, GRAMMY Museum and more, complemented by an eclectic dining experience with Bottle Rock L.A., Barcito, Broken Spanish and Prank. Notable about the neighborhood is the presence of impressive public art, where there are 11 large-scale murals and 11 utility boxes decorating the district. It is one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the city.
SOUTH PARK | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 41 A RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE
STATUS: Under construction ADDRESS: AVEN TOWER 825 S. Hill DEVELOPER: Mack Real Estate Onni Group* Development, in partnership ARCHITECT: with , is Chris Dikeakos AECOM Capital Architects, Inc. transforming a surface parking lot into a 38-story INTERIOR: Onni & Robert Bailey tower at Grand Avenue and Interiors (Penthouse) 12th Street containing 512 FORMER USE: residential units, 10,000 Surface parking lot square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a 30 801-space parking garage. Number of It will also integrate six permanent jobs townhomes to diversify its created residential offerings. A half- acre park will serve as the 300 development’s front door, Number of providing a substantial construction jobs community benefit to the created area. This is phase two of three to complete Mack 522 Real Estate Development’s Residential units $1 billion South Park project. 4,500 Square feet of commercial space
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42 THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 | SOUTH PARK RESIDENTIAL B
STATUS: Under construction CIRCA ADDRESS: 1200 S. Figueroa DEVELOPER: Harley Ellis Devereaux 1200 S Figueroa designed Circa, a project Development, Inc. that replaces a surface (Jamison Services and parking lot and consists of Hankey Capital) two 36-story towers located ARCHITECT: across the street from the Los Harley Ellis Devereaux* Angeles Convention Center INTERIOR: atop an eight-level podium. HansonLA* The towers, seemingly FORMER USE: identical from the outside, Surface parking lot feature contrasting lobbies in the east and west towers inspired by impactful natural 648 Residential units sculptural elements—an (apartments) iceberg in the east and sand dune in the west. 40,000 EXTERIOR RENDERING Square feet of commercial space (on ground floor)
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SOUTH PARK | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 43 C RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE
STATUS: Open 2017 ADDRESS: G12 1200 S. Grand Avenue DEVELOPER: Located at the southeast The Wolff Company corner of 12th Street and ARCHITECT: Grand Avenue and designed TCA Architects* by TCA Architects, G12 CONSTRUCTION: Bernards consists of a seven-story structure featuring 347 FORMER USE: Surface parking lot residential units and 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. One of a handful 347 of multifamily residential Residential rental units developments along Pico Boulevard, the project offers a good mix of housing 20,000 types – studio, one and Square feet of two-bedrooms units. Other commercial space noteworthy features include (ground-floor retail) a rooftop deck, fitness center, EXTERIOR courtyards, a swimming pool and two levels of subterranean parking.
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44 THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 | SOUTH PARK RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE D
STATUS: Under construction HOPE + ADDRESS: 1212 S. Flower DEVELOPER: FLOWER Onni Group* ARCHITECT: Solomon Cordwell Vancouver-based developer Buenz Architecture will replace a Onni Group INTERIOR: five-story office building and Rodrigo Vargas surface parking lots with a Design pair of South Park high-rise FORMER USE: towers near Staples Center. Office space The two steel-and-glass buildings will add a total of 730 730 residential units, 842 Residential units parking stalls and 8,000 square feet of retail space near Pico Station, a de facto 8,000 mobility hub in the area. This Square feet of commercial space makes it a prime property for retailers and residents EXTERIOR RENDERING looking for a walkable and transit-oriented experience.
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SOUTH PARK | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 45 E MIXED-USE
STATUS: Under construction ADDRESS: OCEANWIDE 1101 S. Flower Street BID: South Park PLAZA DEVELOPER: Oceanwide Holdings* Oceanwide Plaza is the first ARCHITECT: North American development CallisonRTKL* by international developer, FORMER USE: Oceanwide Holdings. This Surface parking lot project will include a five- star Park Hyatt hotel, the Park 9,000 Hyatt Los Angeles Residences Number of at Oceanwide Plaza and a construction jobs collection of curated retailers created and restaurants. The project will comprise three residential 504 and hotel towers along with a Residential condos lifestyle podium anchored by an open-air galleria known as 166,000 EXTERIOR RENDERING The Collection at Oceanwide Square Feet of Plaza. A ribbon-shaped LED commercial space signage along Figueroa Street will wrap the lifestyle center as the character-defining 35,000 hallmark of the project. Square feet of LED advertising space 183 Hotel keys
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46 THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 | SOUTH PARK RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE F
STATUS: Open 2016 OLIVE DTLA ADDRESS: 1243 S. Olive Street DEVELOPER: The Wolff Company’s OLiVE The Wolff Company DTLA consists of a seven- ARCHITECT: story edifice featuring 293 TCA Architects* residential units, 15,000 CONSTRUCTION: square feet of ground-floor Bernards retail space and amenities FORMER USE: such as a fitness center, Surface parking lot clubhouse and courtyards. Designed by TCA Architects, 293 the project offers a mix Residential rental of studio, one- and two- units bedroom rental units. 17,300 Square feet of commercial space
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SOUTH PARK | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 47 G RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE
STATUS: Under Construction ADDRESS: ONYX 424 West Pico Blvd. DEVELOPER: Jade Enterprises replaced Jade Enterprises* a standalone restaurant ARCHITECT: building with 162 apartments, TCA Architects* 13,200 square feet of street- INTERIOR: Style Interiors fronting retail space and 163 underground parking spaces. FORMER USE: Surface parking lot Residents will enjoy a gym, a swimming pool and a business center. Onyx is located one 162 block west of the Pico Station, Residential condos which services the Blue and Expo lines. 13,200 Square feet of retail space
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48 THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 | SOUTH PARK RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE H
STATUS: Open 2017 TEN50 ADDRESS: 1050 S. Grand Avenue DEVELOPER: TEN50, developed by Trumark Urban* , provides Trumark Urban ARCHITECT: one of the few Downtown HansonLA* sets of condos available for CONSTRUCTION: purchase in almost a decade. LendLease* The 25-story, glass cubed INTERIOR DESIGNER: building offers one- and Handel Interior two- bedroom units as well Design and Architects as penthouses starting at FORMER USE: $700,000. Residents enjoy Surface parking lot luxury amenities such as a drone landing pad for deliveries, yoga deck, pool, 151 fitness center and screening Residential condos room, along with other community spaces. 6,000 Square feet of EXTERIOR commercial space
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SOUTH PARK | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 49 I RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE
STATUS: Open 2017 ADDRESS: WREN 1230 S. Olive Street DEVELOPERS: Mack Real Estate Mack Real Estate recently Development* Development M Capital completed Wren, a 362-unit Capri Capital Partners complex, with 22 two-level ARCHITECTS: townhomes fronting Olive Togawa Smith and Hill Streets. Residents Martin* can enjoy swimming facilities, AC Martin* fitness center, yoga studio FORMER USE: and two roof decks. First Draft Surface parking lot Taproom & Kitchen is set to occupy the ground-floor $150K restaurant space, scheduled Impact fees paid to open in fall 2017. Wren is by the project phase one of three of Mack (donation to Metro Charter Elementary Real Estate Development’s School) grand scheme for South Park. 362 EXTERIOR Residential rental units 4,000 Square feet of commercial space (ground-floor retail)
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50 THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 | SOUTH PARK RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE A
STATUS: Open 2016 OTHER ADDRESS: 909 W. Temple Street DEVELOPER: G.H. Palmer Associates* DA VINCI ARCHITECT: Nelson-Boivin Architects Geoff Palmer, through FINANCER: his company GH Palmer US Bank* Associates, was one of LEASER: the first pioneers in the Colliers International* Downtown housing market FORMER USE: scene, proving that the Surface parking lot appetite existed in 2002 with Medici on Bixel Street. His projects have increased 526 Residential the housing stock in an area rental units in need of residences. Da Vinci is Palmer’s seventh development overall in the 11 000 EXTERIOR , area, adding 526 rental units Square feet of retail space to the market.
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OTHER | THE REVIVAL OF DTLA, 2012-2017 51 SPECIAL THANKS
CCA would like to thank all of our members who opted to include their development projects in this publication. Special thanks to Urbanize LA and ZIMAS for providing up-to-date information for each project. We look forward to continuing to work with you to enhance DTLA’s vibrancy and increase investment in the region.
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