Hal Bastian Meets the Builders of Wilshire Grand

Submitted by jec on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 16:50

Watch this segment on Wilshire Grand as commercial real estate veteran Hal Bastian profiles the project for "What's Up, Downtown?"

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Urbanize LA Tours Wilshire Grand Project

Submitted by jec on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 15:32

The team from Urbanize LA recently toured the Wilshire Grand site and have posted several exciting photos of the construction progress.

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Wilshire Grand: Reshaping LA's Skyline

Submitted by jec on Thu, 08/11/2016 - 11:55

As the iconic sail structure nears completion at the top of the Wilshire Grand tower, fabrication for the spire and beacon are currently underway at Valmont in Nebraska. The spire extends 172-feet above the top of the sail, bringing the overall height of the Wilshire Grand to 1,100-feet, making it the tallest structure west of Chicago. At the top of the spire sits a beacon that will be lit internally by an array of RGB LED lights; recently, the design team made a trip out to Ontario, California for a review of the beacon – an 18-foot tall structure of perforated stainless steel.

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Dekkadance & Sora Receive Silver in Commercial Real Estate Awards

Submitted by Sebastian on Tue, 03/05/2019 - 09:17

Dekkadance and Sora have received a Silver Award for Best Hospitality Project – Restaurant in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Commercial Real Estate Awards. We are proud of Dekkadance and Sora, and we wish to congratulate everyone involved in their development!

Photo: Eric Laignel

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Wilshire Grand

Submitted by developer on Fri, 08/02/2013 - 14:27

Los Angeles Business Council recognizes Wilshire Grand at the 43rd Annual Architectural Awards Ceremony

Los Angeles, CA

June 5, 2013

Wilshire Grand was recognized by the Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) at the annual LA Architectural Awards ceremony which was held this past June at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The project received an Award of Excellence in the category of Design Concept.

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Wilshire Grand Presented at GPD in Finland

Submitted by developer on Fri, 08/02/2013 - 14:34

Conference held June 2013

Tampere, Finland

AC Martin design team members for the Wilshire Grand project, Tammy Jow and Joseph Varholick, in conjunction with project team partners from Enclos presented Wilshire Grand at the 2013 Glass Performance Days (GPD) conference held in Tampere, Finland. The project was presented to the international audience at the Façades + Innovation Workshop held at the conference.

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Caltech's Gates-Thomas Lab Certified LEED Gold v4

Submitted by jec on Mon, 08/08/2016 - 10:40

The Gates-Thomas Laboratory on Caltech’s campus in Pasadena has just been certified LEED Gold v4 in the BD+C, New Construction category. As part of the USGBC’s pilot program for this newest version of LEED, the project met a more stringent set of criteria becoming the first project in California and the first higher education facility in the United States to reach Gold under BD+C v4.