A look inside Koreatown's Hallasan apartment tower

In Koreatown, construction was completed earlier this year for Hallasan, a new apartment tower located one block southwest of Wilshire/Vermont Station at 696 S. New Hampshire Avenue. Now, development firm Holland Partner Group is offering a look inside.

The 36-story building, which replaced a surface parking lot at the northeast corner of 7th Street and New Hampshire Avenue, include 375 residential units in studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom floor plans. Monthly rents for the property range from $2,491 for a 468-foot studio to as much as $9,884 for a penthouse unit.

Aerial view of Hallasan looking northHolland Partner Group

MVE + Partners designed the tower, which is clad in glass on its upper floors and a transparent screen around its parking podium. The tower features amenity decks above both its podium and rooftop. The complex also features a fitness center, a swimming pool, and a co-working lounge.

Amenity decks have been placed above both the tower podium and its rooftop level, with features including a fitness, a swimming pool, and a co-working lounge.

Living areaHolland Partner Group

“We are thrilled to have had this opportunity to design once again for longtime partner Holland Partner Group,” said MVE + Partners principal and director of design for Los Angeles Sherwin Pineda in a news release. “Hallasan is an important part of Koreatown’s renaissance, and it’s inspiring to see their investment in this historic Los Angeles neighborhood.”

The tower was entitled as the signature component of a larger mixed-use project proposed by Harridge Development Group, which also permits the conversion of an I. Magnin department store on Wilshire Boulevard into a 160-room hotel and the redevelopment of an adjoining parking lot with a low-rise apartment complex.

Rooftop pool deckHolland Partner Group