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A new environmental report published by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning offers a first look at the 6220 West Yucca Street Project. The proposed development, slated for a 1.16-acre property north of Hollywood Boulevard, would consist of a 32-story tower featuring a mixture of residential units, hotel rooms and ground-level commercial space. According to designs by architecture firm Togawa Smith Martin, the tower would feature 180 residential flats on its upper levels.

The scaffolding has come down and the stucco has come out at 1540 N. Vine Street, where the Houston-based Camden Property Trust continues with the construction of a luxury apartment complex. Located at the southeast corner of Selma Avenue and Vine Street, the $140-million development will consist of a low-rise building featuring 287 rental units and a 40,000-square-foot Equinox Fitness. Thanks to a partnership with nightclub mogul Sam Nazarian, residents of the apartment complex will have access to a variety of restaurants and venues owned by SBE Entertainment.

With one development completed and three additional towers on the way, the Onni Group has clearly demonstrated its bullish optimism about the future of Downtown Los Angeles. Now, the Vancouver, Canada-based developer continues to expand its Southern California operations outside of the region’s historic center. Last week, Onni filed plans with the City of Los Angeles for the construction of a low-rise mixed-use development at 6911 W. Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood.

The website of Cal-Coast Development has unveiled new renderings for a proposed mixed-use complex that would rise one block west of Vine Street. The project, located on an approximately two-acre site at 1311 N. Cahuenga Boulevard, would consist of a low-rise structure designed by Los Angeles-based Nadel Architects. According to the $110-million development’s official webpage, plans call for a seven-story building featuring approximately 369 residential units and 2,500 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.

At long last, Hollywood Boulevard’s most conspicous parking lot bites the dust. Last week, DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners quietly commenced with site preparation with the second phase of Eastown LA, a large residential-retail complex near the Pantages Theater. The project, which is rising from a 3.18-acre site at 6200 Hollywood Boulevard, will consist of a series of seven-story buildings featuring 507 apartments and approximately 60,000 square feet of ground-level retail and restaurant space.

Environmental documents published yesterday by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning offer a first glimpse of 6200 Sunset Boulevard, the latest installment in Hollywood’s mixed-use development boom. The residential-retail complex, which is being developed by the Houston-based Hanover Company, would consist of a seven-story building featuring 270 studio, one- and two-bedroom units above approximately 12,400 square feet of neighborhood-serving retail and restaurant space. Plans call for a litany of on-site amenities which includes a 361-vehicle parking garage, a swimming pool, a fitness center and two roof decks.

A new webcam perched atop the W Hollywood Hotel will provide a live feed of construction progress on the $200-million second phase of Hollywood’s Eastown apartments, otherwise known as Blvd 6200 South. The mixed-use complex, which is being developed by DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners, is replacing a 3.18-acre parking lot at 6200 W. Hollywood Boulevard with a series of seven-story buildings containing 507 rental apartments and approximately 60,000 square feet of ground-level retail and restaurant space.

According to a report from Bisnow, Amsterdam-based hotelier citizenM has paid $7.5 million for a property near the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, with the intention of developing it into a boutique inn. The .27-acre site, located at 1718 N. Vine Street, is currently occupied by a low-rise commercial building. Although exact plans for the project - the company’s second in the United States - are currently unclear, its location near both the iconic Capitol Records Building and the Pantages Theatre make it ideal for citizenM’s “cool and styling luxury micro-units targeting Millennial travelers.” Other hotels under the citizenM brand are known for incorporating both quality design and technology, such as complimentary computer tablets which control each guest room.

In Hollywood, work is well underway on a new hotel near the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Vine Street. The low-rise development, which architectural plans refer to as the Vine Inn & Suites, will consist of a six-story structure containing 112 guest rooms and a small street-fronting cafe. Plans also call for a ground-level swimming pool and 63 parking spaces in a partially subterranean garage. Renderings from local architecture firm Gene Fong Associates portray the finished product as a modern building clad with materials including stone, perforated metal panels and plaster.

With construction finally underway on its 50-story residential tower in Downtown Los Angeles, the Onni Group has now turned its attention towards Hollywood. An initial study published last week by the Department of City Planning has offered a first look at the Vancouver-based firm’s latest Southern California project: 6901 Santa Monica Boulevard. The mixed-use development, slated for a 1.5-acre property between Mansfield Avenue and Orange Drive, would consist of a seven-story structure featuring 231 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, including 15 units for very low income households.