Planning ahead? Here’s what’s on our radar right now in Southern California venue news. The $600 million W Hollywood will bring the first mixed-use hotel and residential project to Los Angeles, with 305 hotel rooms and 375 luxury apartments at the corner of Hollywood and Vine. It’s slated to open in 2009.
New York chef Laurent Tourondel will open BLT Steak in the former Le Dome space on the Sunset Strip this summer. No word if Tourondel will follow up with his other popular Big Apple concepts, BLT Prime and BLT Fish.
Rancho Mirage, the Beverly Hills of the Coachella Valley, will get a $500 million, 40-acre Ritz-Carlton resort by the end of 2007. The 244-room hotel is slated to open in December, with the spa and 154-unit residential community to open in May 2008.
The Inland Empire goes boutique: The 136-room Aloft Hotel will open in Rancho Cucamonga in early 2008. Aloft is the hotel component of a $60 million master-planned, mixed-use development called HavenPark, which is owned by L.A-based Hileman Company.
Lowe Enterprises, a Los Angeles-based real estate management firm, has acquired and will renovate the Sheraton Universal hotel. The 20-story hotel will get upgraded guest rooms and public spaces, including a new coffee shop and an expanded bar. The hotel has 40,000 square feet of meeting and event space.
The 363-room Park Hyatt in Century City is now the InterContinental Hotel Century City.
In downtown L.A., the Gansevoort West will open in the former Embassy Grand space, a historic 1914 Beaux-Arts building that housed the city’s first philharmonic orchestra. The $30 million property will have 170 rooms, a spa, two rooftop lounges, and use the building’s original 1,800-seat performance space, which is now filled with $25 million worth of Tiffany glass. The hotel is slated to open in late 2007.
The Montage Hotel Beverly Hills project is a go. Located on Wilshire Boulevard between Canon and Beverly drives, the 214-room hotel will feature a 19,000-square-foot spa, a restaurant, a rooftop pool, more than 5,000 square feet of retail space, and a 33,000-square-foot public garden. It’s scheduled to open in the fall of 2008.
The Mandarin Oriental will open a 275-room hotel in downtown Los Angeles as part of the much-ballyhooed and finally approved Grand Avenue Project. The hotel will occupy the first 20 floors of a 48-story Frank Gehry building that will also house residences. The hotel is expected to open by the summer of 2010.
Bye-bye, Trader Vic’s: A planned 120-room Waldorf-Astoria will join the newly renovated Beverly Hilton at the corner of Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards in Beverly Hills, with the legendary Vic’s being pushed off that site. It will be the first new-build hotel for the Waldorf-Astoria brand on the West Coast. An environmental-impact study goes to the city of Beverly Hills this summer, and, if approved, construction will begin late this year.
Partnering with Michael Ovitz, former SBE-er Daniela Danilovic will open a high-end Japanese restaurant, Kumo, in the former Citrine space on Melrose this spring.
Sona chef and partner David Myers will open a French brasserie, Comme Ca, in the former Noura Café space on Melrose. Myers plans a modern, edgy design, with traditional brasserie fare like oysters, pates, terrines, moules frites, and onion soup. Look for a spring opening.
Sang Yoon will open a second outpost of Father’s Office in the Helms Bakery building in Culver City this summer. The new Father’s Office will be much larger, with outdoor seating, but don’t expect a new reservation policy: It will still be first-come, first-serve.
New York chef Laurent Tourondel will open BLT Steak in the former Le Dome space on the Sunset Strip this summer. No word if Tourondel will follow up with his other popular Big Apple concepts, BLT Prime and BLT Fish.
Rancho Mirage, the Beverly Hills of the Coachella Valley, will get a $500 million, 40-acre Ritz-Carlton resort by the end of 2007. The 244-room hotel is slated to open in December, with the spa and 154-unit residential community to open in May 2008.
The Inland Empire goes boutique: The 136-room Aloft Hotel will open in Rancho Cucamonga in early 2008. Aloft is the hotel component of a $60 million master-planned, mixed-use development called HavenPark, which is owned by L.A-based Hileman Company.
Lowe Enterprises, a Los Angeles-based real estate management firm, has acquired and will renovate the Sheraton Universal hotel. The 20-story hotel will get upgraded guest rooms and public spaces, including a new coffee shop and an expanded bar. The hotel has 40,000 square feet of meeting and event space.
The 363-room Park Hyatt in Century City is now the InterContinental Hotel Century City.
In downtown L.A., the Gansevoort West will open in the former Embassy Grand space, a historic 1914 Beaux-Arts building that housed the city’s first philharmonic orchestra. The $30 million property will have 170 rooms, a spa, two rooftop lounges, and use the building’s original 1,800-seat performance space, which is now filled with $25 million worth of Tiffany glass. The hotel is slated to open in late 2007.
The Montage Hotel Beverly Hills project is a go. Located on Wilshire Boulevard between Canon and Beverly drives, the 214-room hotel will feature a 19,000-square-foot spa, a restaurant, a rooftop pool, more than 5,000 square feet of retail space, and a 33,000-square-foot public garden. It’s scheduled to open in the fall of 2008.
The Mandarin Oriental will open a 275-room hotel in downtown Los Angeles as part of the much-ballyhooed and finally approved Grand Avenue Project. The hotel will occupy the first 20 floors of a 48-story Frank Gehry building that will also house residences. The hotel is expected to open by the summer of 2010.
Bye-bye, Trader Vic’s: A planned 120-room Waldorf-Astoria will join the newly renovated Beverly Hilton at the corner of Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards in Beverly Hills, with the legendary Vic’s being pushed off that site. It will be the first new-build hotel for the Waldorf-Astoria brand on the West Coast. An environmental-impact study goes to the city of Beverly Hills this summer, and, if approved, construction will begin late this year.
Partnering with Michael Ovitz, former SBE-er Daniela Danilovic will open a high-end Japanese restaurant, Kumo, in the former Citrine space on Melrose this spring.
Sona chef and partner David Myers will open a French brasserie, Comme Ca, in the former Noura Café space on Melrose. Myers plans a modern, edgy design, with traditional brasserie fare like oysters, pates, terrines, moules frites, and onion soup. Look for a spring opening.
Sang Yoon will open a second outpost of Father’s Office in the Helms Bakery building in Culver City this summer. The new Father’s Office will be much larger, with outdoor seating, but don’t expect a new reservation policy: It will still be first-come, first-serve.
