LA typically has a number of eye-catching projects in the works, and that’s certainly the case at present, with a surge in hotel construction set to bring a flurry of new hotels to the Californian city in the coming years.
Tophotelprojects currently has 37 projects, totalling 7,936 rooms, listed in its database in planning or under construction. According to the data service, nine of the total pipeline projects will open this year, 12 are slated for 2022, and seven will arrive in 2023. There’s also two projects scheduled for 2028 and a further seven TBA.
The region’s fastest growing hotel brand is The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, which intends to open three boutique properties totalling 192 rooms, while Hyatt Centric and citizenM also have plans for two outposts respectively. The largest project in the pipeline however is the JW Marriott Hotel Los Angeles at L.A. Live, which is currently undergoing a 755-room extension. The new hotel tower will be directly connected to an existing site, as well as The Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles, by a bridge across the trendy Olympic Boulevard.
Featured below are just a few of the key properties set to grace The City of Angels’ streets over the next decade. If you would like further information – including contact details for the developers, operators, designers and procurement teams behind each project – please visit www.tophotelprojects.com.
Downtown L.A. Proper
The latest outpost from Proper Hospitality will open this June in the heart of LA’s Downtown South Park District at 11th and South Broadway. Houses in a reimagined building from 1926, the property will feature 148 guestrooms and suites, inspired interiors by celebrated American designer Kelly Wearstler, two destination restaurants helmed by award-winning chef Suzanne Goin and restaurateur Caroline Styne – of The Larder at Maple Drive and Tavern fame – and a rooftop pool with a restaurant-bar-lounge.
EXPRESS CHECK-OUT: Opening Date: Q2 2021 • Developer: The Kor Group, Stork Development Group • Operator: Proper Hospitality • Architecture: Gary Handel Architects, Omgivning • Interior Design: Kelly Wearstler • Main Contractor: McGuire Builders, Reaume Richardson
Thompson Hollywood
Set to arrive on Wilcox Avenue in LA’s Hollywood and Vine neighbourhood in the Spring, Thompson Hollywood is being designed by Tara Bernerd & Partners to capture the feel of the South of France and mid-century Southern California, building on old-school Hollywood glamour and West Coast Modernism. The hotel will comprise 190 guestrooms including 24 suites, as well as two restaurants, 15,000ft2 of meeting and event space, a fitness centre and a rooftop pool deck with scenic views across the city.
EXPRESS CHECK-OUT: Opening Date: Q2 2021 • Owner: Hollywood IRC • Operator: Hyatt Hotels Corporation • Developer: Relevant Group • Architecture: Steinberg Hart Architects, Rockwell Group • Interior Design: • Tara Bernerd & Partners • Main Contractor: • Suffolk Construction Los Angeles
citizenM Downtown Los Angeles
Amsterdam-based operator citizenM has plans for two new outposts in Los Angeles, the first of which is an 11-storey hotel located in the heart of its Historic Core at South Spring Street and West 4th Street. Opening its doors in late Summer, the 315-room property is being developed by BLVD Hospitality, while its design is by longstanding collaborator Concrete in partnership with Gensler's LA office. In constructing the newbuild, general contractor Mortenson will employ prefabricated modular units.
EXPRESS CHECK-OUT: Opening Date: Q3 2021 • Operator: citizenM • Developer: BLVD Hospitality • Architecture: HLW International, Gensler, Concrete • Main Contractor: Mortenson
Conrad, Los Angeles
Hilton Worldwide has tasked interior design firm Tara Bernerd & Partners with drawing on the organic form of the building and the energy of the surrounding architectural landscape to design the 28-storey Conrad LA. Situated opposite Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall on Grand Avenue, the property will comprise 305 guestrooms as well as restaurants, bars and a pool terrace overlooking the Hollywood hills.
EXPRESS CHECK-OUT: Developer: Related California • Operator: Hilton Worldwide • Architecture: Gehry Partners, AECOM • Interior Design: Tara Bernerd & Partners • Landscaping: James Burnett
Fig + Pico
Developed by Lightstone and designed by Gensler, Fig + Pico is a dual-tower complex comprising 1,153 guestrooms and 13,145ft2 of ground-floor retail and restaurant space across three hotels: Moxy, AC, and Hilton Garden Inn. Amenities across the mixed-use project – split into a 38-storey building that houses Moxy and AC, and a 27-storey structure featuring Hilton Garden Inn – will include indoor and outdoor fitness centres, a pool deck, banquet spaces and a sky lobby opening onto a landscaped viewing level.
EXPRESS CHECK-OUT: Opening Date: Q2 2022 • Developer: Lightstone • Operator(s): Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide • Architecture: Gensler • Landscaping: AHBE
