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Thousands of new apartments and condos are in the pipeline for Hollywood. On Hollywood Boulevard, Eastown opened in 2014.

Mapped: Hollywood’s booming development landscape

When complete, these 30-plus projects will change the neighborhood

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Thousands of new apartments and condos are in the pipeline for Hollywood. On Hollywood Boulevard, Eastown opened in 2014.

As anyone who moves regularly through the neighborhood already knows, Hollywood is changing daily. New hotels, offices, and apartments are rapidly changing the landscape.

More than 1,200 hotel rooms were added to a large section of Hollywood from 2001 to 2016, and, in a similar time period, residential development increased 261 percent. It’s estimated that approximately 4,000 more units in the works. On top of all of that, a report prepared for the Hollywood Property Owners Alliance and Central Hollywood Coalition predicts that office space will balloon by 67 percent by 2021.

It’s daunting to keep up with what is planned. To help keep tabs, this map tracks more than 30 projects throughout Hollywood, from its bustling center to its fringes.

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Crossroads of the World

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Harridge Development Group’s hugely transformative plans for the properties surrounding the Crossroads of the World complex will include hundreds of units of housing, a 308-room hotel, and 190,00 square feet of commercial space.

The original Tudor-style Crossroads buildings themselves will be restored and reused, but otherwise unchanged. The project will also incorporate the newly landmarked former home of The Hollywood Reporter.

The project was approved by the Los Angeles City Council in January, but in February, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation sued the city of LA to stall or halt the project.

Two tall buildings are in the distance. In the foreground is a road with cars. there are palm trees and buildings lining the road. Courtesy of Harridge Development Group

Citizen News building

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This historic Art Deco building on Wilcox and Selma in Hollywood could be transformed into a food and entertainment space. Developer Relevant Group plans a “flexible event space” and restaurants with outdoor dining areas in the building. Rockefeller Kempel Architects is designing the project.

A building with many windows. There is a sunset and the sky is blue and pink. There are lights on in the building. Via Relevant Group

Hollywood Target

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The retail complex had been in limbo since 2014, assailed by lawsuits over the complex’s height from the La Mirada Neighborhood Association. But late last year, the Target beat its legal challenges. In March, the company secured the permits from the city it needed to get work underway on the project. Pre-construction has been happening on the site since then, but no formal construction restart date has been announced.

A building and a street. There are cars on the street. The building has a tan exterior. Photo by Alissa Walker

Amoeba tower

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Amoeba’s lease is running out, and developer GPI Properties is planning to replace the music mecca with a glassy, 28-story tower with 232 residential units and 7,000 square feet of commercial space along the ground level. Plans filed with the city in 2017 showed that GPI planned to begin demolition on the site as early as mid-2019, with work on the building wrapping up in 2021.

Amoeba said it plans to stay in Hollywood.

A tall building with a glass exterior and many windows. There is a street in front with cars. There are people in the foreground on a sidewalk opposite the building. Courtesy of GPI Companies

Academy on Vine

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The $450 million development is rising on a site bordered by De Longpre, Homewood, Ivar, and Vine Street—directly south of the ArcLight Hollywood parking garage. 

The project, from developer Kilroy Realty, will be made up of four mid-rise commercial buildings and one 20-story residential tower. The completed project will offer approximately 335,000 square feet of office space and 13,000 square feet of retail space. Academy on Vine is expected to open in early 2020, but all of its office space has already been rented by Netflix.

A group of buildings. There are two signs on the buildings. One sign reads D&M and the other sign reads A Courtesy of Kilroy Realty

This Gensler-designed project will rise 13 stories. When complete, it will add 280,000 square feet of new offices and 18,400 square feet of ground-floor retail space.

Dubbed “Epic,” it is being developed by Hudson Pacific Properties, which also owns the Sunset Bronson Studios building across the street and the neighboring Icon tower. Netflix is renting both.

The project began construction in late 2017. It’s expected to take 27 months to complete.

An aerial view of a city. There is a large building with many windows in the center of the view. In the distance are buildings and mountains. Courtesy of Hudson Pacific Properties

Selma Wilcox Hotel

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A 114-room hotel is slated for this property at Selma Avenue between Wilcox and Cahuenga, adjacent to the Dream Hotel. The hotel would have a rooftop deck and three underground parking levels.

The plans were filed by the Hollywood International Regional Center, which, according to its website, helps stimulate foreign investment in real estate via the EB-5 visa program. Branding for the hotel hasn’t been announced yet, but it was approved by the city council in March.

A group of large buildings. In the distance are mountains. There is a sunset and the sky is purple. Via department of city planning

6100 Hollywood

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This 22-story tower would rise where there is now a surface parking lot. The development would hold 220 apartments, 11 of which would be affordable. The developer is an LLC connected to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. It anticipates construction will begin in 2020 and last about two years.

A tall skyscraper amongst smaller city buildings. There is a sunset in the sky and the the sky is blue, purple, and pink. Courtesy of HKS Architects

Rise Hollywood

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This apartment complex will rise seven stories and bring more shops and 369 more apartments to a home-plate-shaped, 2-acre property bordered by Cahuenga Boulevard and Cole and Fountain avenues.

Two large buildings. One of the buildings is white and black and the other building has a glass exterior. There is a street in front of the buildings with cars. Courtesy of Nadel Architects

Treehouse Hollywood

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This fully-furnished, five-story, coliving apartment complex, Treehouse Hollywood, will hold 60 bedrooms will be organized into 18 suite-like living spaces with shared kitchens and living rooms. It’s set to open in the summer.

A kitchen area. There is a sink, a hanging plant, and shelves with kitchenware. There is a table with chairs. The ceiling is made of wood. Renderings courtesy of Treehouse

Second Home Hollywood

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Behind the future Target, Second Home is opening a coworking space and “cultural venue” in the former headquarters for the Assistance League of Southern California, a 1960s Colonial Revival-style building designed by architect Paul R. Williams. The Selgas Cano-designed campus will include 60 new “pods” made of timber and acrylic and 3,000 new plants and trees.

6901 Santa Monica

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Developed by Onni, this mixed-use project would hold 231 housing units, including 15 for very-low income tenants. The ground floor brings 15,000 square feet of retail space to the structure. Parking for 390 cars would be provided in a partially underground garage. In January, Onni began clearing the site, Urbanize reported.

A large building with a pink exterior and a glass lower level. It is evening and the sky is blue and purple. A city intersection is in front of the building. Via Department of City Planning

Tommie Hotel

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Located on De Longpre between Cahuenga and Ivar, this seven-story hotel from developers Five Chairs, a subsidiary of Hollywood International Regional Center, will be just southwest of the block that holds the Cinerama Dome and the Arclight. Called the Tommie Hotel, the under-construction project will have a restaurant at street level and a rooftop pool when complete. It’s slated for completion in March 2020, according to Suffolk Construction, which is building the hotel.

A large building with multiple windows. Via department of city planning

Whisky Hotel

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The Whisky, from hotelier and restaurateur Adolfo Suaya, will hold 134 guest rooms and an underground garage for 120 cars. The project is expected to break ground within the next month, a hotel representative confirms.

A hotel bar. There is a bar with stools that has shelves with liquor. There are tables, couches, and chairs. Courtesy of Christoph Kapeller Architecture and Adolfo Suaya Design

6535 Melrose

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A number of old gas stations in LA are being saved and repurposed, but that’s not likely the fate of this old 76 gas station by Highland Avenue. Developers filed plans with the city last July to build a three-story apartment building with 19 units, but those plans changed in January, when the developer filed plans to enlarge the project using transit-oriented communities incentives, which encourage building near public transit. Now, the project will be 4 stories tall and include 33 units.

A gas station. There is a city intersection in front of the gas station with cars stopped at a traffic light. Google Maps

1749 N Las Palmas

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If all goes according to plan, an existing 17-unit apartment complex at this site would be razed to make way for a new seven-story mixed-use development with 70 apartments and 3,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Seven of the apartments would be affordable housing. The developer is Denley Investment and Management.

A building with multiple floors. There is a lawn and trees in front of the building. Google Maps

6677 Santa Monica

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This one is a biggie: Developed by AvalonBay, this mixed-user would bring 695 apartments to Santa Monica Boulevard near Highland. Additionally, the project will hold roughly 20,000 square feet of retail space and 56 units of affordable housing. The complex is under construction now and is slated to be complete in late 2019.

A row of city buildings which are attached. Two of the buildings are black and one is white. There is a street in front of the buildings. Courtesy of AvalonBay Communities

6637 Hollywood

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This six-story hotel from CIM Group will bring almost 20,000 square feet of commercial space and an art gallery along with its 167 rooms. A start date for the project is unclear.

A large yellow building with multiple windows. There are trees and a fence in front of it. Via department of city planning

Chaplin Hotel

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This 11-story hotel near the rock ‘n’ roll Ralphs would feature an angular concrete build and glass walls fronted by a photovoltaic brise soleil to mute the full brunt of the sun in rooms and interiors. It would contain 93 guest rooms. Parking would come via a four-level underground structure.

A tall building with a concrete and glass exterior. Via Hollywood Hills West Neighborhood Council

6430 Hollywood

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This Hollywood Boulevard site would hold a large housing development that would restore and incorporate the historic Art Deco Attie Building and the “You Are A Star” mural on its exterior.

The planned development is a 15-story complex designed by Los Angeles-based firm GMPA Architects. It would include 260 units of housing and 17,800 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Parking for 420 cars would be located in a five-story lot—including two underground levels.

Construction was previously expected to begin in March 2019, with a two-year build-out. But now developers seem to be aiming for completion in 2023. They have applied for CEQA streamlining for the project, Urbanize reports.

A large white building with many windows. There is an intersection in the foreground and people are walking across the street and on the sidewalks. Via department of city planning

1525 Cahuenga

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Plans were filed in 2014 to build a seven-story hotel with a rooftop, and four years later, things appear to be moving forward. Earlier this year, developers applied for permits to build the 63-room hotel, which will also hold two restaurants at ground level over a basement parking garage.

A building with a parking lot. The building has a sign that reads Certified Printers. There is a street in front of the building with cars. Google Maps

Godfrey Hotel

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The under-construction Godfrey will bring 220 hotel rooms and a public rooftop bar to the neighborhood. It will also have a ground-floor restaurant. The Godfrey brand has other locations in Chicago and Boston. The Hollywood Godfrey is slated to open in August.

A large grey building with multiple windows. There is a street in front of the building. Via department of city planning

Ivar Gardens

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This hotel project from developer R.D. Olson will replace a Jack in the Box with an Art Deco-inspired structure that includes 275 guest rooms, along with 1,900 square feet of retail space, a rooftop pool and fitness center, and four levels of underground parking.

A tall building with a tan colored exterior. There is a parking lot in front of the building. There is a sunset and the sky is purple, pink, and blue. Via CRA/LA Governing Board

Hollywood Center

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The development formerly known as Millennium Hollywood is back. The project would hold 1,005 apartments and condos, including 133 units set aside for low-income seniors.

Plans call for two towers, measuring 35 and 46 stories, and two 11-story buildings on sites next to and across from the Capitol Records building at Yucca and Vine streets. Construction could begin as early as 2021.

A rendering of two towers and a collection of low-rise buildings slated to rise around the Capitol Records building. Courtesy of Hollywood Center

citizenM

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In early 2016, stylish microunit, Millenial-targeting hotelier citizenM paid $7.5 million for a .27-acre lot north of Hollywood and Vine. In August of that same year, citizenM filed plans with the city to build a 14-story, 216-room hotel on the property. A construction start date has been not been announced.

A small building with a tan and red exterior. There is a street in front of the building with cars. Google Maps

6250 Sunset

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The $54 million mixed-use development slated for a spot next to the historic Earl Carroll Theatre broke ground in October. It’ll bring 200 new apartments to the neighborhood and create 4,700 square feet of street-level retail space. The project—which includes the restoration of the lovely theater—is expected to be complete in late 2019.

A group of buildings with many windows and balconies. There are palm trees in front of the building. It is sunset and the sky is blue, purple, and pink. Courtesy of Essex Property Trust and TCA Architects

Modera Argyle

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This seven-story building, called Modera Argyle, would put 276 residential units on a site is directly behind where the Palladium Residences are expected to rise. It’s expected to open in 2023.

A large building with multiple windows and balconies and trees in front. Via city planning department

6220 Yucca

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This 20-story tower—with apartments and a hotel—from developer Champion Real Estate would raze a cluster of smaller residential buildings, including the rent-controlled Yucca-Argyle apartment complex. There won’t be an any affordable units in the new high-rise, but all of the units would be subject to the city’s rent stabilization ordinance, meaning yearly rent increases will be caped by the city.

A tall building with multiple windows. There is a street in front of it. Office of Planning and Research

Palladium Residences

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One of the most high-profile developments planned for Hollywood, this project would put two 30-story mixed-use towers directly behind the Palladium. The new high-rises would bring 731 apartments to the neighborhood, with 5 percent of the units set aside for low-income tenants, and they would put new retail and restaurant along Sunset Boulevard, El Centro Avenue, and Argyle Avenue.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation argued this project was too big for the neighborhood and sued, but the suit was thrown out by a Superior Court judge last year.

6200 Sunset Blvd

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This project will bring 270 apartments and about 12,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space in a seven-story building to a site right across Sunset from the Palladium. Resident amenities are set to include a pool, a gym, a screening room, and a roof deck. It was approved by the City Council in February. It was previously expected to be complete in 2021.

A large white building with many windows. There are trees in front of the building. Via department of city planning

5750 Hollywood Blvd

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This unique seven-story, 161-unit apartment complex will be made up of residential clusters connected to one another by sky bridges. Fourteen of the units will be set aside for low-income residents, and a subterranean garage will hold 271 parking spaces. Located right next to the 101 freeway, the site has been cleared for construction.

A building with a street in front of it. Courtesy Carrier Johnson + CULTURE

Hollywood Sears mixed-user

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This seven-story project from CIM Group would bring 375 residential units, 1,447 parking spots, and almost 265,000 square feet of retail space to the 5.3-acre site. Late in 2017, the project moved forward, getting a mandated traffic study underway.

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SunWest

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Right across from the unfinished shell of a lawsuit-beseiged Target, this apartment complex would rise to six stories. It would hold 293 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments to the neighborhood—15 of them set aside for very low-income households—plus 33,000 square feet of commercial space along the street.

A large building with a blue and grey exterior. There is a street in front of it with a car stopped at a traffic light. Via Department of City Planning

6753 Selma Ave

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This seven-story building would hold ground-floor offices for coworking space and 51 apartments on the floors above—eight of which would be for very low-income tenants. The parking would be a fully automated garage with spots for 29 cars. A construction timeline has not yet been announced.

A tall building amongst other city buildings. The tall building has multiple large windows. There are trees in front of it. Courtesy of HBCS

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Crossroads of the World

Harridge Development Group’s hugely transformative plans for the properties surrounding the Crossroads of the World complex will include hundreds of units of housing, a 308-room hotel, and 190,00 square feet of commercial space.

The original Tudor-style Crossroads buildings themselves will be restored and reused, but otherwise unchanged. The project will also incorporate the newly landmarked former home of The Hollywood Reporter.

The project was approved by the Los Angeles City Council in January, but in February, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation sued the city of LA to stall or halt the project.

Two tall buildings are in the distance. In the foreground is a road with cars. there are palm trees and buildings lining the road. Courtesy of Harridge Development Group

Citizen News building

This historic Art Deco building on Wilcox and Selma in Hollywood could be transformed into a food and entertainment space. Developer Relevant Group plans a “flexible event space” and restaurants with outdoor dining areas in the building. Rockefeller Kempel Architects is designing the project.

A building with many windows. There is a sunset and the sky is blue and pink. There are lights on in the building. Via Relevant Group

Hollywood Target

The retail complex had been in limbo since 2014, assailed by lawsuits over the complex’s height from the La Mirada Neighborhood Association. But late last year, the Target beat its legal challenges. In March, the company secured the permits from the city it needed to get work underway on the project. Pre-construction has been happening on the site since then, but no formal construction restart date has been announced.

A building and a street. There are cars on the street. The building has a tan exterior. Photo by Alissa Walker

Amoeba tower

Amoeba’s lease is running out, and developer GPI Properties is planning to replace the music mecca with a glassy, 28-story tower with 232 residential units and 7,000 square feet of commercial space along the ground level. Plans filed with the city in 2017 showed that GPI planned to begin demolition on the site as early as mid-2019, with work on the building wrapping up in 2021.

Amoeba said it plans to stay in Hollywood.

A tall building with a glass exterior and many windows. There is a street in front with cars. There are people in the foreground on a sidewalk opposite the building. Courtesy of GPI Companies

Academy on Vine

The $450 million development is rising on a site bordered by De Longpre, Homewood, Ivar, and Vine Street—directly south of the ArcLight Hollywood parking garage. 

The project, from developer Kilroy Realty, will be made up of four mid-rise commercial buildings and one 20-story residential tower. The completed project will offer approximately 335,000 square feet of office space and 13,000 square feet of retail space. Academy on Vine is expected to open in early 2020, but all of its office space has already been rented by Netflix.

A group of buildings. There are two signs on the buildings. One sign reads D&M and the other sign reads A Courtesy of Kilroy Realty

EPIC

This Gensler-designed project will rise 13 stories. When complete, it will add 280,000 square feet of new offices and 18,400 square feet of ground-floor retail space.

Dubbed “Epic,” it is being developed by Hudson Pacific Properties, which also owns the Sunset Bronson Studios building across the street and the neighboring Icon tower. Netflix is renting both.

The project began construction in late 2017. It’s expected to take 27 months to complete.

An aerial view of a city. There is a large building with many windows in the center of the view. In the distance are buildings and mountains. Courtesy of Hudson Pacific Properties

Selma Wilcox Hotel

A 114-room hotel is slated for this property at Selma Avenue between Wilcox and Cahuenga, adjacent to the Dream Hotel. The hotel would have a rooftop deck and three underground parking levels.

The plans were filed by the Hollywood International Regional Center, which, according to its website, helps stimulate foreign investment in real estate via the EB-5 visa program. Branding for the hotel hasn’t been announced yet, but it was approved by the city council in March.

A group of large buildings. In the distance are mountains. There is a sunset and the sky is purple. Via department of city planning

6100 Hollywood

This 22-story tower would rise where there is now a surface parking lot. The development would hold 220 apartments, 11 of which would be affordable. The developer is an LLC connected to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. It anticipates construction will begin in 2020 and last about two years.

A tall skyscraper amongst smaller city buildings. There is a sunset in the sky and the the sky is blue, purple, and pink. Courtesy of HKS Architects

Rise Hollywood

This apartment complex will rise seven stories and bring more shops and 369 more apartments to a home-plate-shaped, 2-acre property bordered by Cahuenga Boulevard and Cole and Fountain avenues.

Two large buildings. One of the buildings is white and black and the other building has a glass exterior. There is a street in front of the buildings with cars. Courtesy of Nadel Architects

Treehouse Hollywood

This fully-furnished, five-story, coliving apartment complex, Treehouse Hollywood, will hold 60 bedrooms will be organized into 18 suite-like living spaces with shared kitchens and living rooms. It’s set to open in the summer.