“I can’t think of a nicer city to bicycle in than Los Angeles,” Aarons said. “Millennium Hollywood will do anything and everything it can to encourage biking. Our commitment to this is unwavering.”
Using the Capitol Records Tower as a centerpiece, the Millennium Hollywood project will transform 4.47 acres of surface parking lots flanking the building into a dynamic mixed-use development. The pedestrian-friendly project consists of approximately 1 million square feet of new uses that may include residential units, a hotel, office space, a sports club, restaurants, and retail space.
The project will be split between two sites along Vine Street just south of Yucca Street. Two new buildings designed by Gary Handel Architects and Roschen Van Cleve Architects will rise on the site to frame views of Capitol Records and the Gogerty Building. Handel and Roschen are collaborating with James Corner Field Operations, the landscape architects responsible for The High Line in New York City, on the design of extensive open space, street-level plazas, and enhanced pedestrian circulation encompassing more than 25 percent of the entire site.
The conceptual plan includes a development with approximately 492 residential units, 200 luxury hotel rooms, 250,000 square feet of Class A office space including Capitol Records and the Gogerty Building, 35,000 square feet of restaurant space, 40,000 square feet of sports club use, and 15,000 square feet of retail space in two structures that could be as tall as 585 feet on the east side of Vine and 490 feet on the west side of Vine.
The project, which recently received a unanimous vote of approval from the City Planning Commission, next goes to the Los Angeles City Council’s Planning and Land Use Committee for consideration. That hearing is expected to be held later this spring.
Millennium Hollywood’s Bike-In Movie Night will be held Tuesday, May 7, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the parking lot at 1749 N. Vine St. Moviegoers are urged to bring beach and/or folding chairs, cushions and blankets to enjoy the food and screening of the Coen Brothers’ 1998 cult classic starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi. Admission is free but you must RSVP to attend. For more information and to RSVP, please go to www.millenniumhollywood.net.
