hayward hotel bringing in retail and ’50s-style eats
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As the facade and retail spaces in the Hayward Hotel at 6th and Spring undergo a serious revamp, there’s more beneath the surface than a simple cosmetic upgrade.
New tenants are being brought in to serve Historic Core residents and visitors, including a yogurt shop, an art gallery/clothing store and two new ’50s-themed eateries, replacing small retail businesses.
Eric Shomof of Pacific Investments, the owner of the residential hotel, tells angelenic, “We gave all existing tenants on the ground floor the opportunity to remodel their business and bring it up to date with the new Downtown. Some decided to stay, and some decided that it’s just not for them.”
A “modern ’50s-style diner” called D-Town Burger Bar is opening on the 6th Street side of the building, as well as Market on 6, a 2,000-square-foot market and “‘50s-style deli.”
Both of the eateries are filling an unmet need for the neighborhood, which will be adding nearly 500 residential units in coming months as Barry Shy’s SB Spring, SB Main and SB Tower and Downtown Properties’ Rowan Building condos come online.
Information about the art gallery/clothing store concept is being withheld until closer to next month’s Downtown Art Walk.
Spring Street gets some retail love in the deal too: An as-yet-unnamed yogurt shop, a Historic Core first, will open in a few months. We knew it was only a matter of time.
-good food and a link to the past: the nickel diner now open
-first of hayward facade upgrades already visible
What do you think about these eateries joining 6th and Spring retail? Let us know in the comments!
39 comments
It’s a crucial and responsible move to maintain the affordable housing ( I think thats staying at the Hayward ) and add a more viable neighborhood retail element, such as restaurants and clothing stores to liven the street scene for ALL in such a diverse area. More pedestrian activity is necessary in any dense nabe and this will bring that about.
Keep ‘em coming.
A market! Yes!
this is great. that corner is just busting at the seams with people now (and especially once sb tower opens), and the retail spaces in the barry shy buildings aren’t suitable for anything like the places going into the hayward.
I think this is great for the neighborhood and Spring Street in general. I walk by the Hayward daily and the transformation is beautiful.
Several small cafes and a diner is a perfect fit for this quickly growing community. Now if we can get the continued street scaping that is already beginning on Spring such as lights on the trees, flower pots, and painted buildings, this area will become what we all have been waiting for. Several infill projects can turn this street into something awesome.
NOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDING OF THEM ALL - THE ARCADE BUILDING.
Weenez, Lime, a 50’s Diner, a yogurt shop, small markets and clothing stores. Now only if we can get a gourmet market in the proposed 15 story tower behind city lofts as planned. PERFEECCCCCTTTTTT.
Sometimes it’s the little things (and at little cost) that can add up to a big difference.
Have you all noticed the HUGE difference that those flower planters on the Haywards’ fire escapes make? Really softens and humanizes the look of the building…add at almost no cost. Kudos.
I really can’t wait for this to all come to fruition. It’s a very long time overdue and with everything else that is happening in downtown it’s very exciting. Does anyone know what is happening at the Stock Exchange Building and the SB building next to it?
Thank you Eric Shomof and Barry Shy for making this all happen.
Does anyone else feel like this area may actually end up with a more neighborhood feel than even south park? I was beginning to consider moving to one of the newer buildings to the south but may reconsider if more retail came to this area.
What type of clothing store are we talking about? Nothing like it use to be i hope. Spring street is really key in this change downtown. Within a matter of months, the opening of Barry’s buildings, The Rowan, and the projects over at 8th and spring will really start to fill in all these dark little areas to create a huge residential corridor similar to wilshire corridor in westwood. It’s a bout having nice up-scale retail first, and then everything else will fall into place downtown. Things like what the hayward owners are deciding to do are crucial.
spring street resident, I totally think spring st is way more conducive to be a true neighorhood feel than south park.
I know LA is not Manhattan, but if we were to draw parrallels, Spring St area is more like LES/EV while South Park is more like Chelsea or Murray Hill.
To me, LES/EV has a much more neighborhood feel.
Yep, a sidewalk cafe here, a deli shop there, planter boxes here, a boutique there…Spring Street and environs is getting to feel and look like REAL city. It’s all about people taking back the space and making it their own.
And hot damn, JEremy R! We’re even talking about the “feel” of different residential neighborhoods in downtown LA, of all places…comparing them to the East Village, Lower East Side, Murray Hill. Imagine this conversation 10 years ago. [cricket sounds] We’ve come a long way.
For me, South Park is too new, too modern, too clean. I prefer the details in Historic Core buildings (and attendant flaws) and that built environment.
I also think the built environment in the Historic Core is more conducive to walking. That may just be because there’s still so many uncompleted projects in South Park that will take a few years to complete, though.
South Park will be getting its gathering spaces in time, as retail fills up. It’ll just be a matter of whether you like clean lines and new construction or historic detailing in a newly converted building.
I love and prefer Spring St. for walking over Broadway, the main reason is the trees and the narrower street. The new work on the facade of the hotel Alexandria looks good, i almost didn’t recognize it..i hope they put cool signage too.
Historic Core is way better then South Park. There”s history there and the architecture is beautiful. Everything is too new in South park.
The large trees on Spring St. really give it a nice feel. This combined with such magnificent architecture gives spring street a feel and character like no other downtown –very neighborhoody and walkable. The area in front of Spring tower lofts is especially nice with the sidewalk café “la café”, those pretty green sidewalk benches that the city recently installed, the way the trees are lit up at night, and the flower pots that have been hung. “Bringing Back Broadway” may be the official initiative, but it seems that Spring street is turning the corner quicker, becoming a more organic and vital rebirth to the new downtown.
Hopefully BS, (ah, I mean SB), will learn from his mistakes and stop renting retail to porn shops and the like – if only he had the vision of Goodwin /Gillmore or KOR group, and the level of retail they are bringing into their developments – that would be something. BTW, angelenic – is there anything to this rumor I heard on curbed that Tom Ford is looking around here to open up a retail shop?
Does anyone know when all of the adaptive reuse projects will have their move in dates? there seems to be 4-5 active projects in the works on spring st, if not more.
This year, next year, 2 years?
I think a majority of those SB buildings should be up to speed within a couple of months. Also the Rowan building, Van Nuys building, National City towers, and Great Republic lofts are well on their way.
The one I wonder about is the building with the Crocker Club. Is that residential at this moment?
Town Down:
I think the Van Nuys building is staying senior housing. Also the Spring Arts Tower, Crocker Club’s building, is a very active community of businesses:
http://www.angelenic.com/792/spring-arts-tower-takes-steps-back-in-time-while-looking-forward/
Thanks Stephen. I wish for them to atleast clean up the street level retail. Right now the windows and storefronts just look grimey.
There are many things I dislike about the gaslamp but their street level retail in almost all their buildings looks clean and attracts attention.
Thank goodness for the Hayward’ yogurt shop, now I don’t have to walk to Little Tokyo to their 50 yogurt shops. Just hope the Hayward shop stays open until 11:00 pm. Pretty please….
does anyone know what’s going on with sb manhattan and sb lofts retail?
I noticed that the retail space at the bottom of SB Manhatton facing Spring St has the glass covered for 3 locations. I wonder if something will be going in there.
I noticed the coverings on the Manhattan building also and I think something definitely is going in. I am curious as to what is happening to the building diagonally across from the Manhattan. It’s a SB building also and it seems they are knocking down the groundlevel facade of the building for retail.
Can anyone confirm?
I heard there’s an Indian restaurant going into the Manhattan, which would be fantastic if it’s true.
Li: I’ll check in with them about that. Thanks for the tip…
man is that awesome news or what. A yougurt/dessert shop, a diner, and now a indian restaurant all in the same corner.
I am sorry to say but some of the businesses in the Hayward Hotel need to change. Spring is quickly becoming one of the pedestrian friendly areas to explore and all the electronic stores really do not add much to the neighborhood.
I don’t just feel this way because I don’t buy DJ equipment but there are so many of these stores already on broadway. We need more sidewalk cafes, upscale clothing stores, and the like.
So does anyone know what is going into those three SB Manhattan buildings?
I meant three SB Manhattan units. Is it really going to be a restaurant?
I’ve got some inquiries out with a few people trying to get that info. Building management hadn’t heard of any Indian restaurant when I called for information.
WOW you guys are on everything and answer fast. Thanks.
I havent heard anything about the sb buildings. I’m really excited to see how this new clothing store/art gallery at the ground floor of the hayward will come out. Hopefully this will nice and create a little domino effect on this for more good retail.
I think the domino effect has started already. The Douglas building retail is almost complete. Along the way on Spring and Main you have a all the SB buildings, the Rowan, and to cap everything we also have the Great Republic Lofts, City National Lofts, the Chapman, and the Bartlett? to the south.
All these residents will need retail and for this density the percentage of businesses profiting will be high.
My biggest question will be what will happen to all the low income affordable housing? Will those units go to students like the Cecil is doing?
It seems like today’s “affordable housing” is a little different thanwhat is was 10-15 years ago. These days, not everyone can afford these expensive lofts. Normal people/students/local employees who cannot afford paying around 2 grand a month, apply for affordable housing. People stereotype when they think of the word, “affordable housing.” Many years ago it was known for people who are looking to be lazy and take advantage of the system, but today it seems to be very different. Just this past month i’ve met over 5 normal people in the neigborhood, that are either students, artists, or just work downtwn that either live in the Hayward, Alexandria, or Rosslyn. I think studio apts throughout these buildings range from $500-$1000 a month or so.
The SB Lofts retail is currently housing a florist shop and an art gallery with plans to move a French-themed bistro in shortly. When the retail space at SB Manhattan opens, it will feature a major brand name client; likely a Starbucks or Coffee Bean and a Chipotle….. the only one in downtown!
I’ve lived in the neighborhood for the last six years…. I moved in in 2002 when it was a dump and Barry Shy has done a great job revitalizing it. Keep up the good work!
honestly i dont know if a brand name client will fit in with this environment. I kind of like the fact that all these stores are individually owned. We just need more infill projects.
Can someone from Hotel Hayward replace the batteries on the chirping smoke detectors that has been chirping for the last month?