L.A.’S Koreatown Strip Malls To Be Replaced By Hotel, Residential, Retail Complex

A Koreatown shopping center at Eighth and Western could be replaced by a flashy new mixed-use development, if everything goes according to plan. According to an environmental report published today by the planning department, developers Western Plaza Capital Holdings, LLC envision a 12-story building with a hotel, retail, and apartments, adaptive reuse of an existing Art Deco structure, and a new three-story commercial building on the site at 800 South Western. The 12-story structure would hold a 148-room hotel, 96 apartments, and nearly 60,000 square feet of retail space. Five percent of the apartments would be available to very low income households. Renderings by TCA Architects show the taller building as an eye-catching structure with one corner that looks to be made of glassy cubes. Read more at Curbed Los Angeles.