Exactly. Sure things can change, but im very confident with the Luxe project.

Great to see the USC area and DTLA continue it's march toward full connection, 1 parcel at a time! :cheers:
If anyone can get pics of the USC Village would be great. My understanding is it's progressed very quickly.

Here's an image of the USC Village from today provided by USC's live webcam of the project.

http://i.imgur.com/osXosiH.jpg?1

I think it will happen. I'm just being openly cautious. Only one person on here oddly and randomly said it was dead. Shenzen has always said 2017 was the start date so until we hear bad news from them directly, It should still be a go.

The ONLY thing that weighs on my mind is that the Chinese government a few months ago during the height of their downturn told developers/ investors to slow down on investing outside of their country, to help jump start their own economy, But who knows, Believing what the media says is like taking what people say on here seriously.

It looks like the WG crown has essentially topped out as of today (OK, technically yesterday since it's now past midnight). I say this because the last horizontal beam placed has a slight downward slope to it and is in the position of the highest point in the crown per the renders. Any more real vertical growth at this point will come only from the spire.

http://i.imgur.com/pPgdO8J.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/dYLjbST.jpg

• Video Link

http://urbanize.la/post/warehouses-g...nts-south-park

Warehouses along the Blue/Expo Line tracks on Flower Street to be demolished for a seven-story development with 147 apartments on upper levels and either 1) 5 live-work units + 1,200 sq. ft of retail at ground level or 2) 6,700 square feet of retail space.

http://urbanize.la/sites/default/fil...?itok=lgG8d-rN

http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/a...06c5d8a55.html

http://urbanize.la/sites/default/fil...?itok=F5hFjUBI

^^^
I'm actually on the "Nimbys" side on this one. 9 levels of parking with 433 parking spaces on top of a subway stop is insane. No where else but LA. That being said I like the tower design, I dont buy the clashing with the historic character argument.

^Yeah but 428 units with 433 spaces. It still should be less but that's probably the best space:unit ratio we've ever seen downtown. And the dude who says “It would be very easy for them to put it underground.” No it wouldn't because it's above a subway station.
I think the podium would turn out fine because they're hiding it with units around the parking.

Also the excuse NIMBYs always give. “It’s just too big and would have a negative impact on the businesses around it,” Moses said. “I’m pro-development. We want new projects and welcome new tenants, but not when it negatively impacts the neighborhood.”

Says every NIMBY ever...

Well looks like my friends were right about their first impression of "Lawsuit" with the Skyspace LA slide at the US Bank Tower.

Not even a full month of it being open and a woman is suing for a broken ankle and her lawsuit also makes a couple of issues with the slide known.

http://mynewsla.com/business/2016/07...-ankle-injury/

I'm willing to bet that the slide will be taken down before 2020 hits.

In regards to the 4th and Hill tower debate. The DUMBEST arguments I've heard from nimbys in a long time.

"It will be very easy for them to put the parking underground"

HOW????????? half of the building will be cantilevering over a subway station ! how on earth will it be easy for them to put all parking underground ?

"Its too tall for the area"

HOW??????? god forbid we build tall buildings DOWNTOWN and just a block away we have some of downtowns tallest, and the site across the street is entitled for something very tall as well!

"Its too big and dense"

Unbelievable. Shoot me. :gaah::dead:

"It would push up against an alley that services grand central market and make it narrower and squeeze traffic"

You hate the parking garage (house for cars) but a champion for car traffic in an alley? pick a side.

“It’s just too big and would have a negative impact on the businesses around it,”

HHHMMMM density is somehow bad for surrounding businesses? Someone on here said that before. I truly wish someone would explain that to me because other major cities in the world would love to argue against that.

The ONLY thing I agree with is, yeah, sitting right on top of a subway station, the current parking numbers could probably be cut in half. But at a ratio of about 1 parking space for each unit. That's not horrible. Its better than some of the 7 story buildings with 1.5 parking spaces for each unit and other buildings that provide parking for the retail component as well.

Happy about The Beacon going up, now let's build The Alexan and 920 Hill.

http://urbanize.la/post/warehouses-g...nts-south-park

Eight-story building planned at 5th/Witmer/Hartfodr. 182 market rate apartments and 36 affordable units.

http://urbanize.la/sites/default/fil...?itok=8D4AQwXW

https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/AAEA...MjFiNDBhZg.png

There are two major holes in their arguments that I'm surprised no one has brought up:

1. There's a 10-story parking garage already on that same block (on 3rd and Hill), for the apartments and Grand Central Market. So there most certainly is precedence for an 8 or 9-story podium/garage.

2. David Gray and Harry Chandler, two of the four big names against this project, developed and own the recently opened Grayson, who stand to lose some money in rent as the western views of their apartments are blocked. Cedd Moses, another big name opposing the project, is looking to open up a bar in that building, and this could have implications for valet parking service for that bar. So while they claim their dissent is based on "concerns for the area," they are far more concerned with the impact to their specific project(s).

exactly. Just like every other nimby group / opposition, they are full of hot air and are only concerned about their specific interests

Just letting you know that you linked the original story you posted this morning for the South Park development.

There seems to be a lot of video of people near face-planting off of the cushion dangerously close to the hard floor that leaves me questioning why they don't invest in inflatable barriers or at least get a bigger cushion. I'm not surprised there's a lawsuit this soon.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcCVFHMYnX0