LOS ANGELES | METRO Project Rundown 2.0 (non-downtown)

[craigs]

Onni Group high-rise at 708 Cloverdale on track for 2026 groundbreaking

The 46-story tower would rise near Wilshire/La Brea Station

Steven Sharp
Urbanize Los Angeles
May 22, 2023

An initial study published by the L.A. Department of City Planning offers a more detailed look at a proposal from Onni Group to build a new high-rise apartment complex on the Miracle Mile.

The proposed development, slated for a roughly 1.4 acre site located at 5350-5376 Wilshire Boulevard, would rise just west of the new Wilshire/La Brea subway station. Plans filed in October 2022 with the City of L.A. call for redeveloping the surface parking at the rear of the site, which stretches between from Detroit Street and Cloverdale Avenue, with a new 46-story building featuring 419 one- and two-bedroom dwellings atop 2,645 square feet of ground-floor restaurant space. Parking for 443 vehicles would be located within four subterranean levels and a five-story podium at the base of the tower.

Onni is pursuing entitlements using Transit Oriented Communities incentives to permit a larger, denser development due to the property's location near the new subway station. In exchange, the proposed tower would include 47 units of extremely low-income affordable housing.

The tower, designed by MVE + Partners would stand approximately 530 feet in height, with a look that it described as a "contemporary interpretation of the Art Deco architecture." The building would peak in a crown containing five penthouses, while amenities such as a fitness center, a sky lounge, and a pool deck would be located below.

Onni also is proposing to retain 42,000 square feet of commercial uses fronting Wilshire Boulevard - including the Dark Room building, which is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. The 1920s and 1930s construction are described as the inspiration for the high-rise design concept in a narrative included with the entitlement submission.

"At 5350-5356 Wilshire Boulevard, [renowned] architect Edward Sibbert's use of strong vertical lines and Art Deco details has heavily influenced the [faceted] framing at the tower," reads the narrative. "As the gateway to Miracle Mile east, the new tower will serve as an elegant beacon that will highlight an entry to the collection of cultural arts buildings, museums, and public art spaces within [the] Miracle Mile."

Pending approvals by the City of Los Angeles, the environmental study indicates that the Wilshire and Cloverdale tower is expected to commence work in 2026 and open for residents by 2029.

The project is one of a small handful of high-rise buildings in the works for the Miracle Mile, including the 42-story residential tower at 5411 Wilshire Boulevard proposed by Walter N. Marks, Inc. and Onni's planned revamp of the Wilshire Courtyard complex (though that project may face headwinds).

Vancouver-based Onni Group, one of the most prolific developers of high-rise buildings in L.A. County, is also behind new office and residential developments at multiple sites in Downtown Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Hollywood.

[craigs]

And the images:

[Illithid Dude]

Love how they are retaining the existing commercial streetwall with this one. Basically an ideal situation.

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Illithid Dude

Love how they are retaining the existing commercial streetwall with this one. Basically an ideal situation.

Definitely agreed! Would love to see a lot more of this with buildings that are worth saving

[craigs]

Another interesting thing about 708 Cloverdale is that, at 530 ft. tall, it will be the tallest tower in Southern California outside of Downtown LA and Century City, and tied with three other towers in those two aforementioned areas for the 28th tallest tower in the region.

[bossabreezes]

Why is it taking 3 years for them to break ground? The slowness of project realization in this city is even worse than SF in many cases, no wonder there is a housing crisis.

[Zapatan]

That's awesome but 2026 is too far away , hopefully some other cool proposals arise in the time being.

[craigs]

20-story, 223-unit apartment tower planned at 1830 N Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood

The Franklin & Cahuenga development is being designed by AC Martin

Steven Sharp
Urbanize Los Angeles
May 24, 2023

Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm CGI Strategies has plans for its biggest project yet: a mixed-use high-rise complex just south of the US-101 freeway in Hollywood.

The proposed project, filed earlier this month with the L.A. Department of City Planning, would rise from a corner lot located at 6400 Franklin Avenue and 1830 Cahuenga Boulevard. Plans call for the construction of a 20-story building featuring 223 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments, accompanied by 19,837 square feet of retail space at the ground and roof levels. The tower would also include parking for 282 vehicles located in two subterranean levels and a four-story podium.

Requested entitlements include density bonus incentives to permit a larger structure than would otherwise be allowed by zoning rules. In exchange, plans call for the inclusion of 27 very low-income affordable units, offsetting the 24 rent-stabilized apartments which would be demolished to make way for the new high-rise.

AC Martin is designing the tower, named Franklin & Cahuenga for its cross streets, which would incorporate amenity decks at the podium and roof levels.

Other approvals required for the tower include a conditional use permit to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages in association with a proposed restaurant.

According to a landing page on the CGI website, a groundbreaking for Franklin & Cahuenga is expected in mid-2025, with completion scheduled for late 2027.

The tower joins a handful of similar mixed-use high-rise developments planned for sites north of the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, such as the 30-story apartment tower slated for 6220 Yucca Street and the $1-billion Hollywood Center complex.

CGI is no stranger to Hollywood, is currently in the midst of construction at an 86-unit apartment complex a few blocks to the west at 1818 N. Cherokee Avenue. The company's other upcoming developments include a proposed housing and hotel complex just north of the Wilshire/La Brea subway station.

[112597jorge]

Ritz Carlton Tower coming to Newport Beach. 22 floors standing 295 ft tall. To be built at the former Newport Marriot Resort along the Fashion Island Perimeter road.

https://www.ocbj.com/oc-homepage/putting-up-the-ritz/

[LA21st]

Originally Posted by 112597jorge

Ritz Carlton Tower coming to Newport Beach. 22 floors standing 295 ft tall. To be built at the former Newport Marriot Resort along the Fashion Island Perimeter road.

https://www.ocbj.com/oc-homepage/putting-up-the-ritz/

Nice!

[Quixote]

Perfect development scale for Hollywood and generally everywhere east of Western. In fact, I think 12-15-story buildings, or anything in the 120-150-foot range, is more my ideal sweet spot.

[Quixote]

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[LA21st]

https://stunewsnewport.com/index.php...idences-051322

Newport Beach tower approved yesterday

That Fashion Island area could easily add in more 20-25 story hotels and condos.

[202_Cyclist]

Originally Posted by LA21st

https://stunewsnewport.com/index.php...idences-051322

Newport Beach tower approved yesterday

That Fashion Island area could easily add in more 20-25 story hotels and condos.

I agree. We lived within a mile of Fashion Island when I was in high school more than 25 years ago now. I haven't visited in a long time but I think there have been one or two new residential buildings completed around Fashion Island in the past couple of years.

[LA21st]

Originally Posted by 202_Cyclist

I agree. We lived within a mile of Fashion Island when I was in high school more than 25 years ago now. I haven't visited in a long time but I think there have been one or two new residential buildings completed around Fashion Island in the past couple of years.

Yea, and a new 20 story office.

[202_Cyclist]

Originally Posted by LA21st

Yea, and a new 20 story office.

Is that where the Chipotle world headquarters is located? If you are in the area, please take and post some photos. I am interested what it looks like now.

Orange County really missed out by not building the Centerline light rail project in the early 2000s that would have served the offices in the around Santa Ana/John Wayne in Irvine and Costa Mesa.

[ChelseaFC]

Overhaul of The Commons at Calabasas to include new mixed use buildings with 119 apartments, replacement of movie theatre

https://www.theacorn.com/articles/ca...basas-commons/


https://thecommonslane.com/plan-features/

[homebucket]

The specs:
- 4 floors
- 17 units
- 12,000 sq ft for ground floor commercial
- Parking for 148 cars

Rosewood Residences start to rise at 9900 Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills
$100-million development takes shape on the former site of the Friars Club
MAY 24, 2023, 9:30AM STEVEN SHARP



Nine months after breaking ground at the former site of the Friars Club in Beverly Hills, construction is ramping up for the Rosewood Residences.

An orange crane is now in place at 9900 Santa Monica Boulevard, where New York-based Nahla Capital and Los Angeles-based GPI Cos. are partnering on a $100-million project which will consist of a four-story building featuring 17 condominiums above 12,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Plans also call for parking for 148 vehicles.

https://la.urbanize.city/post/rosewo...-beverly-hills

[Steve8263]

delete, sorry

[craigs]

Here's a look inside the completed Wrapper office tower

The Eric Owen Moss-designed landmark has spurred plenty of hot takes

Steven Sharp
Urbanize Los Angeles
May 25, 2023

Its construction has spurred no shortage of hot takes on Twitter, and The Guardian has even described it as a "gas-guzzling villain’s lair." Whatever your feelings may be, there can be no doubt that the monumental Wrapper development has made its mark on the L.A. skyline.

The project, which is now officially complete more than a half-year after our tour inside, occupies a property located at 5790 W. Jefferson Boulevard - a short walk west of Metro's La Cienega/Jefferson Station. Developed by Frederick and Laurie Samitaur Smith, the 16-story tower features approximately 180,000 square feet of space across 16 floors, seated atop a subterranean parking garage, and adjacent to a multi-use trail which parallels the neighboring E Line right-of-way

"Wrapper’s structural concept originated in 1998 and was first presented in an exhibit at the Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio," reads a narrative provided by Eric Owen Moss Architects, the firm responsible for the project's design. "Unlike conventional high-rise structural systems based on columns organized along modular grid lines, Wrapper is supported by a network of curvilinear bands originating from a number of geometric center points. Each curving band is wrapped around the largely rectilinear building envelope, and folded around each vertical and horizontal corner of the building until it reaches the ground."

Below the ground, the steel bands are supported by a base isolated foundation, allowing the building to move more safely during an earthquake. EOM Architects contends that the tower is five times more seismically resilient than a typical American high-rise.

The use of the steel frame exterior also allows building to have a column-free interior, with the tower's elevator core located at the rear. That also accommodates multiple floor-to-floor height options, ranging from as just over 13 feet to cavernous 24-foot-tall spaces with mezzanines hung from the ceiling.

Wrapper's height, which culminates in a rooftop deck 235 feet above ground level, was at one point unprecedented for the neighborhood. However recent years have brought a sea change to the Baldwin Hills and West Adams neighborhoods which surround La Cienega/Jefferson Station, notably in the form of the nearby Cumulus District with more than 1,200 apartments, a Whole Foods Market, and an even larger 30-story high-rise.

More changes are also on the horizon. Just east of the of the Wrapper site, real estate and construction firm Lendlease is planning to redevelop a Public Storage facility with a mixed-use project that would include a 12-story apartment building and offices.

Meanwhile, Samitaur and Moss also have big plans for neighboring sites - including a 22-story building which would eclipse the height of Wrapper and two additional high-rise buildings. The two firms have also proposed the construction of a pedestrian bridge which would connect Wrapper and its neighbors to properties across Ballona Creek in Culver City, where the two firms have developed a number of sculptural buildings over the course of a 35-year partnership.