l.a. live tower topped off, lawry’s carvery to open thursday
Last Wednesday was an important day for Downtown LA’s skyline, as the Ritz Carlton tower at LA Live was topped off with a ceremony and press conference.
At 54 stories, the Ritz Carlton/Marriot Marquis JW Marriott hybrid hotel is the tallest building under construction in the central city area and has already made a striking impact when viewed from east, south or west of Downtown.
Meanwhile at ground level, Lawry’s Carvery opens up on Friday, December 19 (UPDATED), the latest in a series of restaurant and venue openings (and the 69th on our year-end list) at the $2.5-billion development.
Full details including safety awards giveaways and photos from the event are available via blogdowntown. Photos via AEG.
What do you think of the new tower? Let us know!
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She’s a beaut – nice curves.
Yes she is!
The hotel is an 878-room JW Marriott, not a Marriott Marquis.
^ Thanks for the correction. Any idea when they switched to JW Marriott from Marriott Marquis?
Its been a JW from day one.
Okay, just to save some shred of credibility here, this is the news that was circulating back when the project had yet to break ground, when KB Urban was still a part of the project: http://www.dexigner.com/design_news/6622.html
“Marriott Hotel Services, Inc. will be the exclusive hotel operator of the Los Angeles Marriott Marquis and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marriott International, will manage The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Los Angeles.”
I don’t know the relationship between JW Marriott and Marriott Marquis brands but it was discussed back in the day.
I am disappointed. I thought it would look taller and more specatacular
Don, If you come N on the 110 or drive by on the 10 it looks taller from that perspective than most buildings in LA.
You must be looking from another direction. Plus we all knew it would be about 650 feet, 54 stories since a year ago, which makes it roughly the height of the AIG or Wells Fargo building. This isnt Chicago or NYC, no 100 story skyscrapers here…and probably never will be! earthquakes and no demand!
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we will get 100 storey buildings very soon. its just that theres no demand, earthquakes have nothing to do with it.
Yes.. Earthquakes have zero impact on high-rise construction.. Check out Tokyo where they are construction a 2,000 ft hight super sky-scraper to be the second tallest building in the world.