| Wilshire Grand Center | |
|---|---|
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 WGC with LED disk display featuring the Korean Air logo | |
| Alternative names | Wilshire Grand Tower |
| Hotel chain | InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown [1] |
| Record height | |
| Tallest in California since 2017[I] | |
| Preceded by | U.S. Bank Tower |
| General information | |
| Type | hotel, restaurants, retail, offices, and observatory |
| Architectural style | Metamodern[citation needed] |
| Location | 900 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates | 34°03′00″N 118°15′33″W / 34.0500°N 118.2593°W |
| Construction started | February 15, 2014: 10 years ago |
| Completed | June 23, 2017: 7 years ago |
| Cost | US$900 million |
| Owner | Hanjin Group IJNR Investments Inc. Plant Holdings NA, Inc. |
| Management | Martin Project Management |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 1,100 ft (335.3 m)[2] |
| Roof | 928 ft (283 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 73 |
| Floor area | 1,500,005 sq ft (139,355.0 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 16 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | AC Martin Partners[3] |
| Developer | Thomas Properties Group, LLC |
| Structural engineer | Brandow & Johnston, Inc. Thornton Tomasetti |
| Services engineer | Glumac (MEP) Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (Fire) |
| Main contractor | Turner Construction |
| Known for | First skyscraper in L.A. without a flat roof[1][4] |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 889 |
| Number of restaurants | 6 |
| Number of bars | 4 |
| Website | |
| www | |
| References | |
| [5][6][7] | |
Wilshire Grand Center is a 1,100-foot (335.3 m) skyscraper in the financial district of downtown Los Angeles, California, occupying the entire city block between Wilshire Boulevard and 7th, Figueroa, and Francisco streets. Completed in 2017, it is the tallest building (if include the spire) in the United States west of Chicago. Though the structural top (in this case, the spire) of the Wilshire Grand surpasses L.A.'s U.S. Bank Tower by 82 ft (25 m), the roof of the U.S. Bank Tower is still 90 ft (27.4 m) above the Wilshire Grand's.[8] The Skyscraper Center lists the Wilshire Grand Center as the 15th-tallest building in the U.S. and the 95th-tallest in the world. It won the Structural Engineering Award 2019 Award of Excellence from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.[9]
The building is part of a mixed-use hotel, retail, observation decks, shopping mall, and office complex.[1] The development of the complex is estimated to cost $1.2 billion.[10][11] The Wilshire Grand Center includes 67,000 square feet (6,225 m2) of retail, 677,000 square feet (62,895 m2) of Class A office space, and the 889-room InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.[12] The hotel features the tallest open-air bar in the Western Hemisphere.[13]
- ^ a b c "Why fewer skyscrapers are being built in the U.S." CBS News. February 21, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ "Wilshire Grand Center". The Skyscraper Center. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ^ "Wilshire Grand Center". AC Martin. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ^ "Design". Wilshire Grand Center. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ "Wilshire Grand Center". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- ^ "Emporis building complex ID 127028". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
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- ^ "Los Angeles skyscraper tops out as tallest Western building". The Big Story. September 4, 2016. Archived from the original on September 24, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Wilshire Grand Center - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ Scott, Anna (April 3, 2009). "Korean Air Plans $1.2 Billion Downtown Project". LA Downtown News. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ^ Vaillancourt, Ryan (February 7, 2013). "New Wilshire Grand Design Revealed". LA Downtown News. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ^ InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown
- ^ Spire 73