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SunCal, which describes itself as one of country’s largest real estate firms, has unveiled plans for its highly-anticipated foray into Downtown Los Angeles. The $2-billion project, slated for a 14.5-acre site at 6th and Alameda Streets, would raze a series of warehouses and industrial buildings to make way for a 2.8-million-square-foot mixed-use complex. According to the Downtown News, the proposed development would include: The developer has tapped the Priztker Prize-winning Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron to design the project, with assistance from local players A.C.

Holland Partner Group has taken construction vertical for the second phase of Apex, a high-rise development in the South Park neighborhood of Downtown Los Angeles. The project, located at 9th and Figueroa Streets, would consist of 341 apartments and approximately 11,600 square feet of retail space in a 28-story, LEED-Silver building. Plans also call for a rooftop amenity deck and an underground parking garage. Designed by Gensler and the Preston Partnership, the tower will feature a glass curtain wall and a prominent digital sign.

Although Amoeba Music will remain in its Hollywood home for the duration of its lease, landlord GPI Companies is nonetheless moving forward with plans for a future redevelopment of the property at 6400 Sunset Boulevard. Yesterday, the Brentwood-based real estate firm filed plans with the City of Los Angeles to redevelop the property at 6400 Sunset Boulevard as a mixed-use complex. A case filing from the Department of City Planning indicates that the proposed development would feature 232 residential units above 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space..

Los Angeles developer California Landmark Group continues to move forward with its seven-story apartment complex on the Palms - Culver City border. The podium-style building, located at 3838 Dunn Drive, will feature 86 apartments - including seven units of affordable housing. Resident amenties will include a fitness center, a community room and a rooftop deck. The building is being designed by Rios Clementi Hale Studios, which has drawn up plans for a white and grey building featuring yellow accents and a green wall to mask its parking garage.

Koreatown’s IB Plaza, a shopping center at 8th Street and Western Avenue, may not be long for this world. Property owner Western Plaza Capital Holding, LLC has filed plans with the City of Los Angeles to redevelop the underlying property at 800 S. Western Avenue as a mixed-use complex. The replacement project would consist of 96 dwelling units, 148 hotel rooms and approximatley 58,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The proposed development is contigent on several discretionary approvals by the City, including a general plan amendment.

A new tower crane has been raised high near the Capitol Records Building, heralding the latest change to Hollywood’s once low-slung skyline. Related California, the Irvine-based firm best known for the Grand Avenue Project, has started vertical construction for an 18-story apartment tower at the southwest corner of Yucca Street and Argyle Avenue. The project, which is targeting a completion date in 2018, will offer 114 one-, two- and three-bedroom dwellings above 2,100 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.

East Los Angeles College (ELAC) has completed work on a $55-million expansion of its campus in Monterey Park. The Arts and Humanities Building, designed by the architecture and engineering firm HGA, consists of a five-story structure featuring classrooms, offices, and language learning labs. It is divided into two separate wings by an open-air courtyard which also serves as a main entrance and vertical circulation point. Located near the heart of the ELAC campus, the building incorporates a exterior plaza at the front of the building which weaves into a central quad.

Two years after completing work on a two-building development in Little Tokyo, AvalonBay Communities has turned its sights to the Arts District. Yesterday, the Virginia-based real estate firm filed plans with the City of Los Angeles for a mixed-use complex at the southwest corner of Alameda Street and Industrial Avenue. The proposed development, slated for the site of a 130,000-square-foot cold storage facility, would offer 475 live-work lofts, 45,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and parking for 703 vehicles.

A commercial building adjacent to Chinatown’s bustling Dynasty Center could give way for a mixed-use development. Yesterday, plans were filed with the City of Los Angeles to construct a seven-story structure at the northwest corner of Alpine and North Spring Street. The proposed development would create 122 residential units above 4,200 square feet of retail space and three levels of underground parking for 120 vehicles and 124 bicycles. Plans also call for residential amenities and six units of very low income housing.

Located near the center of the San Fernando Valley, the low-slung neighborhood of Reseda has suddenly become a hot spot for mixed-use developments. Yesterday, plans were filed with the City of Los Angeles to demolish a series of small commercial buildings to make way for a new residential-retail complex. The project, located at 6648 N. Reseda Boulevard, would consist of 205 residential units - including 18 restricted to very low income households - as well as 5,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space and parking for 280 vehicles.