Developer Plans 70-Story Tower in South Park | Development

With the Wilshire Grand Center open and a 66-story tower recently proposed for Ninth and Figueroa streets, the sky-high action in Downtown Los Angeles continues: Developer Crescent Heights has unveiled plans and renderings for a 70-story South Park building that would have 794 apartments.

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The Miami-based developer is planning the project for the northwest corner of 11th and Olive streets. There would be 12,500 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.

A 66-Story Tower at Ninth and Fig?

Crescent Heights was drawn to South Park by the neighborhood’s walkability and proximity to the sports and entertainment hub L.A. Live, according to Jerold Neuman, a partner with Liner LLP, which is representing the developer.

Crescent Heights purchased the site, which currently houses six one-story commercial buildings, in 2015 for $11.5 million. This would be the company’s first project in Downtown.

The budget is estimated at $300 million, according to Neuman. He added that there will be a "robust" affordable housing component, though the exact number of units has not been determined.

The New York City-based architecture firm ODA is handling the designs. Initial renderings show a series of stacked levels with large, wraparound balconies on nearly every floor.

“The typology of the buildings you see in Downtown follow the rhythm of office buildings,” Neuman said. “This is a true attempt to think of people first.”

The design includes a set of three-story “cutouts” near the middle of the tower. These would create outdoor areas with amenities including, a pool, courtyards and trees.

The project would have 14 levels of parking, including an eight-floor above-grade parking podium with a landscaped area on the top. Residential units on the podium would cover the parking spaces, with the vehicles in the interior of the structure.

Renderings show dozens of trees in the courtyards and along 11th and Olive streets. There would be a public plaza at the corner.

Crescent Heights’ project would be close to a pair of recently opened housing developments, Oakwood Worldwide’s corporate housing structure Olympic and Olive, and Mack Urban’s Wren; the latter is part of a planned series of buildings that includes high-rises along Grand Avenue and Olive Street.

The Wren Apartments Open

The timeline for Crescent Heights’ high-rise has not been announced.

News of the project was first reported by the website Curbed Los Angeles.

nicholas@downtownnews.com

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