L.A.'s Mall Makeover: Introducing Mixed Use

An ailing retail center in a high-density area of Los Angeles proposes to introduce a mixed use mall to include senior housing.

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August 7, 2005, 11:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen


"The Beverly Connection is a casualty of a retail boom of the last few years in the Hollywood-Miracle Mile area, where the new Grove shopping center about a mile east at Farmers Market, and to a lesser degree the Hollywood-Highland complex a few miles north, have taken away business.With the mall now a shadow of its former self, developers are proposing a radical, $125-million makeover that is already generating opposition in the community. The owners want to turn the Beverly Connection into a mixed-use development by building a 177-unit assisted-living center with a unit for those with Alzheimer's disease and 62 luxury condominiums.

...The Beverly Connection project is part of a growing trend in urban planning of mixing retail and residential space, especially in business districts. Hollywood has seen several mixed-use complexes rise in the last few years, including one at Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street that offers a restaurant and Borders bookstore on street level with apartments above it."

Thanks to Chris Steins

Saturday, August 6, 2005 in The Los Angeles Times

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