Developer Jade Enterprises has cleared a key milestone in its bid to bring a new hotel and residential complex to a site near the L.A. Convention Center in Downtown Los Angeles.

Rendering of the South Park Towers. Image courtesy of AC Martin.

On October 1, the Los Angeles City Council voted to certify an environmental study for the South Park Towers project, which would rise from a property just north of the 10 Freeway at 1600 S. Flower Street. The proposed development, which also has frontage on Venice Boulevard and Hope Street, calls for the construction of two towers featuring a 300-room hotel, 250 residential units, 3,200 square feet of ground-floor restaurant space, 10,000 square feet of medical offices, and parking for 288 vehicles.

AC Martin is designing the project, which would include a 22-story hotel building facing Flower Street and a 23-story residential building fronting Hope Street. Renderings show a pair of contemporary glass-clad towers, standing approximately 260 feet in height. Plans call for amenity decks at the podium and roof levels, and other common features such as fitness centers and meeting rooms.

Construction of the mixed-use complex is expected to occur over a 32-month period, pending the approval of discretionary entitlements such as a transfer of floor area rights, which has yet to occur.

Rendering of the South Park Towers. Image courtesy of AC Martin.

Though many similar projects have fallen by the wayside, the Jade Enterprises development remains among a handful of proposals which aim to complement a planned expansion of the neighboring L.A. Convention Center, which is scheduled to begin construction in Spring 2025. The City of Los Angeles is working with AEG on the project, which could involve an expansion of the nearby J.W. Marriott hotel complex.

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