A half-year since we last checked in, Onni Group's latest apartment tower has reached its peak at the intersection of Olympic Boulevard and Hill Street in Downtown Los Angeles.

Located on the site of what was previously a parking lot at 230 W. Olympic Boulevard and 1000 S. Hill Street, the 54-story building is slated to feature 685 apartments above ground-floor commercial space and parking for more than 1,000 vehicles.

Aerial view looking northwestHunter Kerhart Architectural Photography

IBI Group is the architect of record for the project, working off of an entitlement design from Chris Dikeakos Architects. At approximately 593 feet in height, the building would rank among the city's tallest residential buildings - albeit not as tall as the 60-story, 760-foot-tall tower originally planned.

While the tower will share the contemporary look of Onni's other Downtown towers, the project does have one notable change. Habitable space and residential units wrap the podium along Hill and Olympic, masking above-grade parking from view. That design feature has often been requested by members of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, and has been formalized in an advisory notice to developers.

Building podiumHunter Kerhart Architectural Photography

While the tower may currently stand out along low-slung Olympic Boulevard, three similar similar-scaled high-rise buildings are proposed one block to the south on 11th Street by Mack Real Estate Development and Crescent Heights.

Onni Group is not done building in Downtown. The Vancouver-based developer also has two towers planned at the former home of the Los Angeles Times, as well as a mixed-use project in the Arts District.

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