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| Figueroa Central (All images: Oceanwide Holdings Group) |
New renderings have emerged for Figueroa Central, the skyline-altering mixed-use complex which recently broke ground across the street from Staples Center.
The $1 billion development from Beijing-based Oceanwide Holdings Group will create three high-rise towers, offering 504 luxury condominiums and a five-star hotel. Long envisioned as the retail complement to the restaurants and entertainment venues of LA Live, Figueroa Central will contain approximately 200,000 square feet of commercial space within a two-level open-air galleria.
Designs for the project by architecture firm RTKL call for some of the tallest residential buildings in Los Angeles. The 49-story North Tower, rising 677 feet above street level, will include a 183-key hotel and 164 condominiums. As first reported by DTLA Rising, the five-star inn will feature the first American outpost of the opulent Cavalli Club, in addition to celebrity-chef restaurants and a luxurious spa.
Figueroa Central's twin South Towers will each rise 40 stories, peaking 530 feet above ground. Plans call for 170 condominiums in each of the buildings, perched above an elevated private park with greenery and playground space for residents. The towers' seven-story podium would feature nearly 1,000 parking spaces, obscured from view by a 32,000-square-foot LED ribbon which is being called the largest on the West Coast. The project would also include an additional 480 parking stalls on subterranean levels.
Oceanwide Holdings currently anticipates sales of the condominium units to commence in 2017, with the full project expected to open in 2018.
- LA Figueroa Central (Official Website)
- Figueroa Central Archives (Building Los Angeles)
- Luxury Cavalli Club Coming to Massive Fig Central in Downtown LA (DTLA Rising)
Looks great.....if it were in Vegas.
ReplyDeleteKind of like if Vegas City Center and Times Square had a baby.
Deleteyes! i like the vegas/times square vibe! this is LA, so its appropriate!
DeleteI'm just glad they have buildings that meet the sidewalk. Not a fan of the shopping mall, but at least there's no soul sucking plaza along Fig.
DeleteWith this project, Downtown will reign supreme as Southern California's ultimate LED district, beating out Hollywood Boulevard, The Sunset Strip, and Universal Citywalk. (Seriously, how many billboard districts does one city need? Tokyo you say?...ok...you're right)
ReplyDeleteSuper excited to see our little skyline grow in a noticeable way. This project and the Metropolis will make a marked difference in it's form from most angles. Yay L.A.!
Truthfully, I just want to get the superblock projects out of the way so that Downtown can move onto the more interesting infill projects. The mega projects do fill out space quickly, though, and make a nice impact on the skyline to boot.
DeleteNot only Cavalli Club, but first global Cavalli HOTEL as well.
ReplyDeleteI'd be happy if it were a Holiday Inn. Just build it!
DeleteI'd love to see that skyline photo with the other major projects photoshopped in as well. Wilshire Grand, Metropolis and 1200 Fig.
ReplyDeleteMe too, but it will take someone with better design skills than I.
DeleteExcited to see this built, can't wait to officially see LA's future skyline.
ReplyDeleteThe view from that second rendering should look a lot different within the next 4-5 years, after Metropolis, Fig South, etc. fill in some parking lots.
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