Take another look at Bixel & 6th, the fortress-like mixed-use development currently sprouting next to Good Samaritan Hospital. Designed by Togawa Smith Martin, the six-story complex will offer 606 studio to three-bedroom apartment units, seated above 25,000 square feet of commercial space and a 762-vehicle parking garage. The $200 million development also entails the adaptive reuse of an A.C. Martin-designed office building, located at the corner of 6th Street and Lucas Avenue. The eight-story edifice, built in the 1920s, will contain a total of 42 apartments (including 27 affordable units). Planned amenities will include rooftop decks, an outdoor pool, a fitness center and new landscaping. Designs call for a pedestrian paseo to bisect the newly constructed buildings, running north to south from the project’s 6th Street frontage. The paseo would provide open space for residents and potentially outdoor seating for ground-floor commercial tenants. The approximately 900,000 square foot complex is being developed by Holland Residential, a subsidiary of the Holland Partner Group. The Vancouver-based organization is no stranger to City West, having previously developed a smaller residential-retail project immediately south of Bixel & 6th. That project, known as 1111 Wilshire, has helped usher a new wave of development into Downtown’s westernmost nabe. In addition to Holland Residential, prominent Beverly Hills developer Sonny Astani plans a similar complex two blocks southwest at Wilshire Boulevard and Valencia Avenue. Some demolition work for the $60 million project has already occurred. North of Bixel & 6th, a 122-unit residential-retail development is proposed near the intersection of 3rd and Witmer Streets.