LOS ANGELES
Just five years since the grand opening of the JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, Los Angeles, plans were announced by AEG to develop a 755-room expansion of the hotel to bring in even more meetings and conventions.
Combined, the new project together with the existing JW Marriott L.A. LIVE and The Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles will contain 1,756 rooms and over 200,000 square feet of function space.
Destined to solidify L.A. LIVE’s position as a top hospitality, leisure and entertainment destination in Los Angeles, the new Gensler designed 38-story tower will likely further expand group, business and leisure visitation to downtown Los Angeles.
Taking advantage of the proposed connecting links to the Los Angeles Convention Center, STAPLES Center and Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, convention and hotel guests will access to 19 restaurants, Regal Cinemas, Lucky Strike Lanes & Lounge, the GRAMMY Museum and its live sports and music venues.
This latest project represents over $500M in additional investment by AEG in downtown Los Angeles.
The area’s transformation began with STAPLES Center’s 1999 opening and accelerated with the development of L.A. LIVE’s various components over the past decade, most recently culminating in the 2014 opening of the Courtyard by Marriott and Residence Inn properties.
The new hotel tower will be directly connected to the existing 878-room JW Marriott L.A. LIVE and 123-room Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles hotels by means of a bridge across Olympic Blvd. In addition to two levels of below-grade parking and ground level retail space, a second floor amenity deck will include a restaurant, bar/lounge, fitness center, executive lounge and pool area with cabanas.
AEG intends to proceed with this project as soon as it completes the necessary arrangements with the City and Marriott. Construction is currently contemplated to begin in late 2015 or early 2016, with the new hotel rooms and facilities scheduled to open in 2018.
