1 Cal Plaza, formerly known as One California Plaza, is a
skyscraper located in the
Bunker Hill District of
downtown Los Angeles,
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
. 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
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) is a contemporary art museum with two locations in greater Los Angeles, California. The main branch is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near the Walt Disney Concert Hall. MOCA's ori ...
, Colburn School of Performing Arts, the Los Angeles Omni Hotel, and a water court.
Completed in 1985, One California Plaza has of office space. The towers were designed by
Arthur Erickson
Arthur Charles Erickson (June 14, 1924 – May 20, 2009) was a Canadian architect and urban planner. He studied Engineering at the University of British Columbia and, in 1950, received his B.Arch. (Honours) from McGill University. He is known ...
Architects and named BOMA Building of the Year in 1989.
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.
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 3 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 St., directly across Olive St. from California Plaza's first two office highrises and was planned to house the Metropolitan Water District's permanent headquarters.
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, who received the use of an , publicly owned parcel of land.
One California Plaza was purchased on June 6, 2017 by a partnership between Rising Realty Partners and Colony Northstar, Inc.
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See also
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List of tallest buildings in Los Angeles
The tallest building in Los Angeles, California, is the Wilshire Grand Center, which is tall and became the tallest building in 2017. It is also the tallest building in the state, the tallest building west of the Mississippi River, and the ...
References
External links
1 Cal Plaza Official Website
Further reading
*{{cite book, last=Cameron, first=Robert, title=Above Los Angeles, location=San Francisco, publisher=Cameron & Company, year=1990, isbn=978-0-918684-48-6
Office buildings completed in 1985
Arthur Erickson buildings
Skyscraper office buildings in Los Angeles
Bunker Hill, Los Angeles
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold certified buildings