1 Cal Plaza
1 Cal Plaza, formerly known as One California Plaza, is a 176 m (577 ft) skyscraper located in the Bunker Hill District of downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. With a second skyscraper, Two California Plaza, it comprises the California Plaza project. The Plaza also is home to the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Colburn School of Performing Arts, the Los Angeles Omni Hotel, and a 1.5-acre (0.61 ha) water court.[6]
| 1 Cal Plaza | |
|---|---|
 1 Cal Plaza, with the edge of 2Cal behind it to the left | |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 300 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates | 34°03′08″N 118°15′05″W |
| Construction started | 1983 |
| Completed | 1985 |
| Owner | Partnership Between Rising Realty Partners & Colony Northstar, Inc. |
| Management | Rising Realty Partners |
| Height | |
| Roof | 176 m (577 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 42 |
| Floor area | 97,548 m2 (1,050,000 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 28 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Arthur Erickson Architects |
| Developer | Metropolitan Structures West |
| Structural engineer | John A. Martin & Associates |
| Main contractor | The Beck Group |
| References | |
| [1][2][3][4][5] | |
Completed in 1985, One California Plaza has 1.05 million sq ft (98,000 m2) of office space. The towers were designed by Arthur Erickson Architects and named BOMA Building of the Year in 1989.[6]
California Plaza was a ten-year, $1.2 billion project. Started in 1983, the Two California Plaza tower was completed in 1992 during a significant slump in the downtown Los Angeles real estate market. The tower opened with only 30 percent of its space leased and overall vacancy rates in downtown office space neared 25 percent.[7] It was nearly 10 years before significant tall buildings were completed again in downtown Los Angeles. Several clear shots of the building under construction can be seen in the 1983 action helicopter movie Blue Thunder.
California Plaza was originally planned to include three high rise tower office buildings instead of the two completed. Three California Plaza at 65 floors, was planned for a site just north of 4th Street, directly across Olive Street from California Plaza's first two office highrises and was planned to house the Metropolitan Water District's permanent headquarters.[8]
The construction and $23 million cost of the MOCA Grand Avenue building was part of a city-brokered deal with the developer of the California Plaza redevelopment project, Bunker Hill Associates, which received the use of an 11-acre (4.5 ha), publicly owned parcel of land.[9][10]
One California Plaza was purchased on June 6, 2017 by a partnership between Rising Realty Partners and Colony Northstar, Inc.[11]
Tower One was featured in the Nickelodeon television show Drake & Josh as Spin City Records in the episode "Really Big Shrimp".
References
- "1 Cal Plaza". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- "Emporis building ID 116596". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
- 1 Cal Plaza at Glass Steel and Stone (archived)
- "1 Cal Plaza". SkyscraperPage.
- 1 Cal Plaza at Structurae
- "One California Plaza". Maquire Properties. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- Stevenson, Richard W. (November 11, 1991). "Office Glut Spreads in California". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- "Europe". Archived from the original on 2022-11-11. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- Rutten, Tim (December 6, 2008). "What MOCA really needs". Commentary. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2008.
- Hayes, Tome (May 12, 1985). "Los Angeles: For Downtown, An Ambitious Mixed-Use Project". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- Kim, Eddie (20 June 2017). "Rising Realty Partners Buying One California Plaza". LA Downtown News. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
External links
Further reading
- Cameron, Robert (1990). Above Los Angeles. San Francisco: Cameron & Company. ISBN 978-0-918684-48-6.