So prominent, in fact, that the new “billion dollar tower” will surpass LA’s current tallest skyscraper — Library Tower (aka US Bank Tower) at 1,018 feet — as the new tallest on the West Coast (taller than any other structure west of Chicago).
http://brighamyen.com/2013/02/07/renderings-revealed-new-1100-foot-wilshire-grand-tower-in-downtown-los-angeles/
A rendering of the Wilshire Grand Tower that will rise at 7th and Figueroa in Downtown LA’s Financial District with a height of 1,100 feet tall to the spire (Photo: AC Martin)
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Wilshire Grand Hotel, 2006. The original Wilshire Grand Hotel opened in 1952 as the Hotel Statler, on the site of the new Wilshire Grand. In 1950, the City of Los Angeles issued the largest single building permit at the time for the construction of the hotel, which cost over $15 million.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilshire_Grand_Tower
The numbers for the Wilshire Grand — including 900 hotel rooms and 400,000 square feet of office space — have always impressed Marchesano, 54, who at first was uncertain whether the pour would be possible. To pull it off, he would have to find room for all the equipment on an already crowded site.
http://graphics.latimes.com/wilshire-grand-the-big-pour/
The building is being developed by Korean Air, a subsidiary of Hanjin International. Construction is slated to start in late 2013, after the razing of the shuttered Wilshire Grand. The new tower is expected to open in December 2016. The spire will reach 1,100 feet, which is taller than US Bank Tower. US Bank Tower’s highest occupied floor, however, will remain higher than the top level of the Wilshire Grand project. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/new-wilshire-grand-design-revealed/article_a1871f80-717d-11e2-aae7-001a4bcf887a.html
Orchestrating the massive concrete pour for the foundation of the New Wilshire Grand tower was the job of a lifetime. Michael Marchesano gazed out the window of his third-floor office in downtown Los Angeles and didn't like what he saw.
http://graphics.latimes.com/wilshire-grand-the-big-pour/
Over the next three years, workers will raise the New Wilshire Grand tower 1,100 feet above the corner of Figueroa Street and Wilshire Boulevard.
http://graphics.latimes.com/wilshire-grand-the-big-pour/
He joined Turner in 1999 and supervised the construction of such projects as Disney's Grand Californian Hotel and the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes. When Turner won the contract for the Wilshire Grand two years ago, Marchesano had already begun his planning.
http://graphics.latimes.com/wilshire-grand-the-big-pour/
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — The architects working on the $1 billion replacement for the Wilshire Grand hotel today unveiled a new design distinguished by a soaring spire that will be the tallest point of the city’s skyline.
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(Redirected from Wilshire Grand Tower) Wilshire Grand Center is a 335-meter (1,099 ft) skyscraper under construction in the Financial District of Downtown Los Angeles, California. It is the tallest building in Los Angeles and is also the tallest building in the U.S. outside of New York City and Chicago. Its height surpasses the U.S. Bank Tower by 81 feet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilshire_Grand_Tower
when does the wilshire grand open
The Wilshire Grand opens in 1952. The Wilshire Grand was opened in 1952.