Architects, designers, builders, the mayor of Los Angeles and his fans have long known about this: Downtown Los Angeles has finally achieved its popularity. Buyers come to the same conclusion: Downtown LA is the most undervalued major city on planet Earth.
Well, in fact, the center of Los Angeles has been doing wonderfully since 1995, during which the Los Angeles City Community Restoration Agency committed itself to leveling houses and clearing the land for the future development of a skyscraper for commercial purposes. During this period, there was a clearing and sprawl of the entire quarter, more department stores on the Broadway gate, and many of the remaining financial corporations in Los Angeles moved to vacant class office space on Bunkers Hill.
In mid-2013, the city center was marked as “an area with a growing poor and well-hanging community”. It began to attract too foreign millionaires, mainly from China, who rushed to invest in it, sometimes with cash. The center of Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, as well as a diverse residential area of about 50,000 people at this time of writing. A study conducted in 2013 showed that there are more than 500,000 jobs in this area. Wikipedia mentions that the area has shrunk economically and suffered a recession over the decades to the early 2000s. Now construction is busy. Old buildings are modified for new purposes, and skyscrapers are built. Downtown Los Angeles is known for its government buildings, parks, theaters and other public places.
In 2013, a study conducted by the Center for Business Improvement in the city center (DCBID) showed that out of 52,400 people living in downtown Los Angeles, the demographic breakdown was 52.7% Caucasian, 20.1% Asian, 17.0 % Hispanics and 6.2% African Americans; 52.9% of women, 47.1% of men; and 74.8% of residents were between 23 and 4 years old. The median age for residents was 3. The average household income was $ 98,700. The average household size was 1.8. As for the educational level, 80.1% of residents have completed at least 4 years of college. The study was a sample of 8,841 respondents in the Los Angeles area. It was not a “census”, but rather a comprehensive consumer survey in Los Angeles.
More recently, the center of Los Angeles attracted the commercial sector yuppi in New York, which is too interested in laying the foundation for its projects.
The latest news is that the British firm plans to convert the historic building in downtown Los Angeles into its own.
Hoxton and Los Angeles
Hoxton is a British hotel operator who is the latest news! - Only today (December 29) I bought a historic building in downtown Los Angeles for $ 30 million and plans to turn the crumbling structure into a hip-class hotel, according to JLL, the broker involved in the deal.
Hoxton owns hotels in London and Amsterdam and plans to open another one in New York and one in Paris next year. The fact that he chose LA - the center for this - speaks about something significant in the growing attractiveness of the area.
Hoxton describes its brand as an "anti-hotel", where travelers find not only a bed, but also "a place where people can eat, drink, work and play at any time of the day." His character is indicated in the description of the British newspaper The Independent, which is called Hoxton's Amsterdam outpost "an almost morbidly fashionable hotel in the Netherlands."
Downtown LA sees it perfect for this.
JLL described the center of Los Angeles as an area where people want to eat, live and work. This is a trendy area with a diverse residential area of about 50,000 people at this time of writing. According to a map from JLL that tracks millennia and baby boomers, Downtown Los Angeles surpasses baby boomers by 10% in the consumer market. In most industry markets in Los Angeles, the breakdown is 25% of millennia to 21% of baby boomers. Says Sarah Lo, senior manager, hotel business consultancy and accounting firm Ernst & Young. “The city center is flourishing, and international companies take note of everything”,
Finally.
For a long time, corporate soldiers serving business travelers dominated the region’s hotel market. Tourists flocked to West Hollywood or beach communities such as Santa Monica and Marina del Rey. The town square was once ridiculed as a ghost town after five, but now there is a lively restaurant and bar scene here. Developers paint the pages of small “lifestyle” boutique hotels — some with uniquely designed rooms and high-class food and nightclubs. And the recent Los Angeles Times noted that investment is the latest sign that the renaissance of the area has created a place where tourists, and not just business travelers looking for a comfortable environment, want to lay down their heads. Proof: money comes from abroad now. World investors also appreciate the place.
The Hoxton Hotel on 11th Street and Broadway has joined several other neighbors.
A 148-room hotel in Los Angeles, which will be located in a vacant building built in the 1920s, will come straight across the road. Two blocks away is the popular Ace Hotel, a boutique that opened last year in the historic building of United Artists and is accredited to attract more investment in the area.
Even large chains are driven in.
Hotel Indigo, a hip brand managed by the InterContinental Hotels Group, is being built as part of the $ 1 billion development of the Metropolis Chinese company near the Staples Center.
The downtown market is strong - with 77% occupancy, which exceeds 75% on average in the 25 largest markets, Luo said. Some of them predict the imminent threat of restructuring, but designers do not want to think about it. Ernest Wood Jr., president of Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board, encourages momentum. He says: “The projects that are currently underway are crucial to our long-term ability to attract both tourists and business people,” he said in a statement.
The areas around 11th and Broadway, which have invested little in the past, are currently being steamed, and several residential complexes are currently being built, including approximately 650 apartments from luxury developer Jeffrey Palmer. New York developer Georgetown Co. announced in September a project worth $ 40 million to rebuild the historic Herald Examiner building into creative offices and restaurants at ground level. Several buildings on Broadway are decrepit and have been empty for decades. Other chips, lined with graffiti, bent double under crumbling ceilings and hurt by paint. No matter, they dismount with silent speed.
With New York yuppies, British, local, and expatriates buying their land in this region, the center of Los Angeles has gone from staggering steps in the early 19th century. This has become an area to be reckoned with.
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