| Two California Plaza | |
|---|---|
Two California Plaza (left) and One California Plaza |
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| Alternative names | Deloitte & Touche Building |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 350 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates | |
| Construction started | 1990 |
| Completed | 1992 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 228.60 m (750.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 54 |
| Floor area | 123,542 m2 (1,329,800 sq ft) |
| Elevator count | 26 |
| Design and construction | |
| Management | MPG Office Trust |
| Main contractor | Hathaway Dinwiddie |
| Architect | Arthur Erickson Architects |
| Developer | Metropolitan Structures West |
| Structural engineer | Martin & Huang International |
| References | |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
Two California Plaza is a 229 m (751 ft) skyscraper in the Bunker Hill District district of downtown Los Angeles California. The tower is part of the California Plaza project, consisting of two unique skyscrapers, One California Plaza and Two California Plaza. The Plaza also is home to the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Colburn School of Performing Arts, the Los Angeles Omni Hotel and a 1.5-acre (0.61 ha) water court.[5]
Completed in 1992 by Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company, Two California Plaza has 1,329,000 sq ft (123,500 m2) of office space. The towers were designed by Arthur Erickson Architects and named BOMA Building of the Year in 1997 and 2001.[5]
California Plaza was a ten year, US$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.[6] It was nearly 10 years before significant tall buildings were completed again in the downtown Los Angeles.
The 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.[7]
The construction and US$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 11-acre (4.5 ha), publicly owned parcel of land.[8][9]