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This week, the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council’s Planning and Land Use Committee will review Sapphire and Emerald, a pair of residential-retail developments planned by Jade Enterprises. Sapphire Sapphire, slated for a roughly two-acre site in the City West neighborhood, would consist of two seven-story structures linked by a pedestrian bridge. The north building, which would replace a parking garge on 5th Street, would offer 142 residential units and 139 parking stalls in a three-level, partially underground garage.

An environmental report published by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning (LADCP) has unveiled new details about the Seven, a residential tower proposed in Downtown’s City West neighborhood. According to the LADCP document, Pasadena-based Pangea Development intends to build its proposed mixed-use complex at the corner of 7th Street and Lucas Avenue, replacing the two-story City Center Motel. The proposed development would consist of a 26-story tower offering 241 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, nearly 7,300 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a six-level, 341-car parking garage.