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In downtown Los Angeles directly across the street from Staples Center/crypto where the Lakers play and a stone's throw from The Palm steakhouse is an imposing
by valgaze 3y ago
In downtown Los Angeles directly across the street from Staples Center/crypto where the Lakers play and a stone's throw from The Palm steakhouse is an imposing yet unfinished skyscraper. The idea was retail on the bottom, hotel in the middle, and $$ residences higher up
It has languished incomplete-- basically rotting-- in part because of EB-5 financing trouble + Oceanwide.
It's expensive to finish, expensive to demolish and the hellish post-covid/high-interest commercial real estate landscape means it will likely remain there for a while
It's just been sitting there because of EB-5 financing trouble. Especially in post-Covid commercial real estate environment
The fiasco took down a sitting City Councilman (who was just sentenced 13 years in prison: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/former-los-angeles-politician-jose-huizar-sentenced-13-years-federal-prison https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/former-los-angeles-poli...)
More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanwide_Plaza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanwide_Plaza
https://www.costar.com/article/2030217368/los-angeles-skyscraper-unfinished-and-for-sale-draws-potential-buyers-%E2%80%94-and-new-ideas https://www.costar.com/article/2030217368/los-angeles-skyscr...
- anon-sre-srm 3y agoResidential is the way forward. Many projects and formerly commercial buildings are getting the apartment conversion treatment, complete with bullshit interior dead spaces to meet regulatory requirements. It's not a lie, it's commercial real estate! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbTR3lDuYqk&list=PLkH0kJMHYOXD-q8n3SShyt1O0Zw5BVBgL&index=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbTR3lDuYqk&list=PLkH0kJMHYO...
- reustle 3y ago> complete with bullshit interior dead spaces to meet regulatory requirements. At least in NYC, the requirement is that bedrooms need to have a window. Are there more requirements than that? I've had kitchens w/out windows in NYC. Bedrooms needing windows doesn't seem very BS to me.
- anon-sre-srm 3y agoMany more requirements. I said commercial conversions in some areas need to permanently render useless a portion of floor area for statute compliance. https://youtu.be/s2ZUQWojevo https://youtu.be/s2ZUQWojevo
- xwolfi 3y ago[flagged]
- worstestes 3y agoAnd this isn’t Reddit
- inglor_cz 3y agoI can almost imagine King Leonidas stating that during that famous kicking scene.