Hollywood Projects

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Hollywood Office Tower Gets Haircut, Gets Approval

Earlier this week, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to approve Hudson Pacific Properties' (HPP) planned office tower on Sunset Boulevard.

The proposed development, slated for a parking lot catacorner to Sunset Bronson Studios (SBS), would consist of a 15-story building which would feature 274,000 square feet of commercial office space over 26,000 square feet of ground-level shops and restaurants. Earlier plans had called for a slightly taller 18-story structure with additional levels of above-grade parking.

The tower, designed by the global architecture firm Gensler, would feature a cascading series of terrace levels which face the residential district to the north of the property. Planned exterior materials include concrete, wood and metal panels.

Construction of the tower could begin in early 2017.

http://urbanize.la/post/hollywood-of...-gets-approval
http://la.curbed.com/2016/9/1/127463...pment-approved

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Mixed-Use Complex Under Construction Near Orange Line

A mixed-use development is now rising near the North Hollywood terminus of Metro's Red and Orange Lines.

Located at the northwest corner of Chandler Boulevard and Tujunga Avenue, the Micropolitan Chandler will consist of a seven-story structure featuring 82 apartments and approximatley 1,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The building, designed by Killefer Flammang Architects, will also offer a podium-level swimming pool and a rooftop amenity deck.

The mixed-use complex is being developed by Micropolitan, a subsidiary of the engineering firm PSOMAS. It is leading the charge of an upcoming series of projects surrounding North Hollywood Stations, including a seven-story building from the Richman Group and a joint venture lead by the Trammell Crow Company and Greenland USA.

http://urbanize.la/post/mixed-use-co...ar-orange-line

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Fresh Renderings for Hollywood's Art Deco Hotel
Sunset Boulevard Jack In The Box to give way for hotel tower.

An upcoming presentation to the Los Angeles City Planning Commission has unveiled new renderings for the Hollywood Ivar Gardens Project, R.D. Olson development's proposed hotel at 6409 Sunset Boulevard.

The project, intended for the current site of a Jack In The Box restaurants, would consist of a 21-story building featuring 275 guest rooms, 1,900 square feet of ground-floor retail space and accessory functions. Proposed guest amenities include a terrace garden, a rooftop swimming pool, a fitness center and four levels of underground parking for 135 vehicles.

The 231-foot tower is envisioned in the Art Deco style by the architecture firm WATG. Documents from the Department of City Planning (LADCP) state that exterior materials would consist primarily of glass, fiber reinforced concrete and grill work.

Construction of the hotel would occur over approximately 22 months, although an exact groundbreaking date is currently unclear. LADCP staff have recommended that the City Planning Commission approve the proposed development.

http://urbanize.la/post/fresh-render...art-deco-hotel

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Seven-story Hollywood development restoring Earl Carroll Theatre moves forward

The project’s size and stats are unchanged. Designed by Harley Ellis Devereaux, the seven-story structure will hold 200 units (a mix of studios and one- and two-bedroom apartments), and have approximately 4,700 square feet of commercial space on the ground level along Sunset. One big change has been the color. The once yellow structure is now sporting a much milder blue exterior. There’s still no official name for the project. It was referred to as 6250 Sunset in planning documents, but the developers often refer to it as Essex Hollywood.

The project will also include the restoration of the Earl Carroll Theatre immediately to the east of the new project’s site, and the creation of a paseo between the two. The theater houses a Nickelodeon TV production studio right now. After the project is built, it will either remain studio space or turn into creative offices. Essex is planning on restoring the facade of the structure, including its old signage of "the Beryl Wallace image and the vertical lighting strips." (The sign will be either neon or an LED alternative, according to the presentation Essex gave to the PLUM committee.)

Golder says Essex is aiming to get its entitlements by the end of this year, break ground in the second half of 2017, and complete the project sometime in 2019.

http://la.curbed.com/2016/9/9/128626...arroll-theatre

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Cladding Goes up at Hollywood's Kimpton Hotel

After nearly one year of construction, exterior work is in full swing for Hollywood's Argyle Hotel.

Located at 1800 N. Argyle Avenue, the project consists of a 16-story hotel featuring 220 guest rooms, restaurant space, and ancillary features such as meeting rooms, a swimming pool and a parking garage.

The 184-foot tall building is being designed by San Diego-based ACRM Architects and developed by the Robert Green Co. City records indicate that San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotels has signed on to operate the hotel.

The project is one of three high-rise developments at the intersection of Argyle and Yucca Street, including an 18-story apartment tower rising adjacent to the Capitol Records Building, and a 32-story tower planned across the street.

http://urbanize.la/post/cladding-goe...-kimpton-hotel

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New Details and an Updated Look for Crossroads Hollywood

A proposed high-rise hotel and condominium complex in Hollywood could be one of the first beneficiaries of a new California law intended to speed the construction of large developments.

Crossroads Hollywood, a $1-billion proposal from Harridge Development Group, has been submitted to the Governor's Office of Planning and Research as a potential "Environmental Leadership Development Project." This designation, limited to proposals budgeted at $100 million or more, requires the project to pay prevailing wages to construction workers and meet targets for renewable energy use and carbon emissions. In exchange, any lawsuits brought against the development under the California Environmental Quality Act would be be fast-tracked for resolution within nine months.

The project, designed by a team lead by Rios Clementi Hale Studios and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), is described as a "transit-oriented pedestrian-enhancing development," which incorporates the historic Crossroads of the World complex on Sunset Boulevard. Plans call for the demolition of several buildings on properties surrounding the former shipping center, followed by the construction of multiple high-rise and low-rise structures featuring 1.4 million square feet of condominiums, hotel rooms, shops and restaurants.

A full buildout of the eight-acre site would yield 950 residential units, a 308-room hotel, 95,000 square feet of office space and 185,000 square feet of shops and restaurants. A planned pedestrian paseo would link the nine mixed-use buildings, including a trio of high-rise towers.

http://urbanize.la/post/new-details-...oads-hollywood

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Proposed Amoeba Redevelopment Goes from Rumor to Reality

Yesterday, the Brentwood-based real estate firm filed plans with the City of Los Angeles to redevelop the property at 6400 Sunset Boulevard as a mixed-use complex. A case filing from the Department of City Planning indicates that the proposed development would feature 232 residential units above 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space..

http://urbanize.la/post/proposed-amo...-rumor-reality

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Why can't they build on the Jack In The Box lot before they take the Amoeba building?

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Crane Watch: Yucca Street and Argyle Avenue

A new tower crane has been raised high near the Capitol Records Building, heralding the latest change to Hollywood's once low-slung skyline.

Related California, the Irvine-based firm best known for the Grand Avenue Project, has started vertical construction for an 18-story apartment tower at the southwest corner of Yucca Street and Argyle Avenue. The project, which is targeting a completion date in 2018, will offer 114 one-, two- and three-bedroom dwellings above 2,100 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Plans also call for a pool deck, a fitness center and a 201-car garage.

http://urbanize.la/post/crane-watch-...-argyle-avenue

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Paramount expansion plan approved by Los Angeles City Council

Paramount Pictures is in the business of greenlighting movie projects, but it was the studio itself that got the greenlight Tuesday when the Los Angeles City Council approved Paramount’s ambitious 25-year plan to overhaul and expand its historic lot in Hollywood.

The L.A. City Council voted unanimously to approve Paramount’s master plan, paving the way for the studio to add about 1.4 million square feet of space to its iconic headquarters on Melrose Avenue. The expansion was first announced in 2011 and is expected to cost the studio $700 million.

“We think it’s great for the city and the community,” said Sharon Keyser, a senior vice president at Paramount who has overseen the presentation of the expansion to the city. She said there is no start date yet for construction because the studio has been focused on seeing the project through the approval processes.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...nap-story.html

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First Look at Hollywood Presbyterian's $200-Million Expansion

An initial study published by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning provides new information about Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center's proposed $200-million expansion.

CHA Health Systems, owner of the medical campus at 1300 N. Vermont Avenue, filed plans earlier this year to add a five-story structure which would serve as the new home of its emergency department. The proposed building, currently labeled as the "Acute Care Replacement Hospital Building," would also house operations for Hollywood Presbyterian's surgical and NICU departments, as well as various ancillary functions.

http://urbanize.la/post/first-look-h...lion-expansion

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Second Phase of Sunset Bronson Studios Expansion Revealed

A marketing website from Hudson Pacific Properties has unveiled renderings for CUE, a creative office building now under construction on the Sunset Bronson Studios lot.

The five-story structure - designed by the global architecture firm Gensler - will offer approximatley 95,000 square feet of leasable floor area with column-free spans, high-ceilings, large windows and terraced balconies. Plans also call for a 9,500-square-foot rooftop amenity deck, as well as electric car charge stations and bike storage in an adjacent parking garage.

The project, scheduled for completion in Summer 2017, is targeting LEED Gold Certification.

CUE is the second major component of the $150-million Sunset Bronson Studios expansion, which started work in late 2014. It comes on the heels of the 14-story Icon tower, which will become the new regional headquarters of Netflix.

http://urbanize.la/post/second-phase...nsion-revealed

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‘The Billboard’ Recommended as a Sunset Strip ‘Spectacular’

The Belltower was chosen from among proposals submitted by nine teams, whose members included prominent architects such as the late Zaha Hadid, billboard companies such as JC Decaux and arts organizations such as MAK. The list of nine proposals was winnowed down to four by a jury that included representatives from outdoor advertising companies, architects, planners and urban designers and a variety of City Hall departments.

The city’s Community Development Department is recommending that the City Council authorize installing additional pilot digital sign projects from the four finalist teams. In addition to Orange Barrel, they include JCDecaux /Zaha Hadid Project Management Ltd./ Buro hapold; Outfront Media/Gensler/MAK and Tait Towers Inc.

http://www.wehoville.com/2016/10/13/...p-spectacular/

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Dream Hotel developer wants to add some ‘charm’ to a Hollywood alley

David Kuperberg, the chief development officer for Dream Hotel, which is opening a Hollywood location on Selma near Caheunga, says in an interview with Real Deal LA that he’s going to reinvigorate an alley where the public can access its bars and eateries.

“It will look like a bazaar and feel like a whole separate neighborhood,” he said. “All the food and beverage is accessed through the alley, so it’s a place for people to congregate. We are bringing in cobblestones and will make it charming.”

Dream Hotel’s Hollywood outpost is scheduled to open in 2017. Kuperburg tells the Real Deal it will have two restaurants on-site, including Tao. In fact, he wants to provide so many options for guests that they never leave: “Someone could come stay with us and never have to leave the premises. They can go to our food and beverage outlets, to our club and bars, and then for late night pizza and never have to leave the hotel.”

http://la.curbed.com/2016/10/21/1336...ey-restaurants

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Paseo Plaza Finally Moving Forward

Nearly one year after acquiring the abandoned Sears Hollywood site at 5601 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles-based real estate firm CIM Group appears to be proceeding with long-delayed plans for a mixed-use complex on the property.

The so-called Paseo Plaza development would rehab the vacant Sears building - portions of which date back to 1928 - and build multifamily residential units and retail space on an adjoining parking lot. According to a 2006 filing with the Department of City Planning, the project would create 375 residential units and more than 260,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.

A project page from architecture firm Gruen Associates describes the development as being broken up into "smaller modulating unit," seated above 1,600 below-grade parking spaces for residents and commercial users. Permits filed with the Department of Building and Safety indicate that the buildings would rise up to seven stories, with five floors of wood-frame construction over a two-level concrete base.

http://urbanize.la/post/paseo-plaza-...moving-forward

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Apartments Break Ground at Prominent Hollywood Property

Work is finally getting underway for a multifamily residential development on a prominent site in Hollywood.

Last week, heavy equipment arrived on-site on at 1840 N. Highland Avenue, an large parking lot located north of the Hollywood & Highland Center. The property - which fronts Franklin Place, Highland, Las Palmas and Franklin Avenues - is slated for a podium-style apartment complex featuring 118 residential units.

http://urbanize.la/post/apartments-b...ywood-property

The swimming pool is awesome for hot summer days!

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New Design Emerges for East Hollywood Development

A leasing brochure produced by CBRE and Kennedy Wilson points to a redesign of CIM Group's proposed development at 5601 Santa Monica Boulevard, formerly known as Paseo Plaza.

The project, which is described as a an "Urban Power Center," dates back to 2006, when Culver City-based Continental Development Group first entitled the property. Under the revised proposal, CIM plans to rehabilitate the interior of the historic Sears Building - built in 1928 - as retail space, while its rooftop would be converted into a 20,000-square-foot park featuring with landscaping, outdoor seating and seasonal programming.

http://urbanize.la/post/new-design-e...od-development

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First look inside Hollywood’s Dream Hotel, opening in January

Hollywood’s Dream Hotel is gearing up for its opening, scheduled for January 2017, and we’re getting a quick peek at what’s to come. New photos offer a brief glimpse inside the 179-room hotel on Selma Avenue near Cahuenga Boulevard.

The location is Dream’s first West Coast outpost.

The 10-story hotel will have a double-height lobby, a 11,000-square-foot rooftop with a pool, and two onsite restaurants, including a wildly cool-looking outpost of Tao. The hotel will also have a cool pedestrian alleyway along the ground level that will help the hotel link up to surrounding eateries and attractions.

http://la.curbed.com/2016/11/18/1367...-december-2016

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West Hollywood's 8899 Beverly Survives Legal Challenge

The Park La Brea News reports that a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge has rejected an appeal by the West Hollywood Residents Association (WHWRA) seeking to overturn approvals for the adaptive reuse project at 8899 Beverly Boulevard. Developer Townscape Partners intends to convert the 10-story building into 76 residential units - 15 of which would be set aside as affordable housing. Plans also call for building nine townhomes north of the building, along Rosewood Avenue, in addition to outdoor amenity space.

Townscape has agreed to a public benefits package which includes a $2.2 million contribution to fund West Hollywood's Design District Streetscape Plan and $1.1 million to construct a pocket park on Beverly Boulevard.

http://urbanize.la/post/west-hollywo...egal-challenge

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Planning Commission Approves LGBT Center Expansion

Earlier today, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission unanimously approved expansion plans for the Los Angeles LGBT Center in Hollywood, paving the way for up to 235 units of affordable and permament supportive housing for seniors and homeless young people.

The new Anita May Rosenstein Campus, slated for a debut in early 2019, will also serve as the LGBT Center's headquarters and offer ground-floor retail space at Santa Monica Boulevard and McCadden Place.

Designed by the New York-based architecture firm Leong Leong, with direction from Santa Monica-based Killefer Flammang Architects, the campus will tie into the existing Village at Ed Gould Plaza with a series of courtyards and plazas. The Village already offers two theatres, gallery space and offices for AIDS/LifeCycle, amongst other functions.

http://urbanize.la/post/planning-com...nter-expansion

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