Major changes are in the works for a proposed hotel complex in the Arts District, reports The Dusty Archive.

Back in 2023, the Los Angeles City Council signed off on a proposal to redevelop an aging residential hotel at 2057 E. 7th Street as a component of a new hotel complex dubbed The Rendon. Plans had called for the construction of a new 15-story building near the northwest corner of 7th Street and Santa Fe Avenue, expanding upon the existing three-story building of the same name. The proposal called for 103 guest rooms as well as nearly 16,000 square feet of commercial uses, including an art gallery, a cafe, a restaurant, and a bar.

View looking northwest from Santa Fe AvenueSCB

However, plans approved last year by the City of Los Angeles now indicate that the retention of the existing building is off the table. A revised project description calls for razing the full site to clear the way for a new building as an 11-story hotel with 123 guest rooms and 12,855 square feet of commercial uses - including an art gallery, a restaurant, and a bar.

The revised plan is designed by SCB, replacing the originally-approved project by Omgivning.

Aerial view looking northwestSCB

The Dusty Archive, which decried the change to the design as a violation of the original project approval, notes that a demolition notice has been posted to the existing building, which dates to 1914.

City records also list a new applicant for the project - Galaxy Commercial Holdings. The same applicant recently received City Planning Commission approval for a high-rise complex on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.

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