A mixed-use development on the site of a Toyota of Hollywood location is moving forward with the City of Los Angeles’ blessing.
The Los Angeles City Planning Commission voted to uphold the approval of a proposal to turn the Toyota of Hollywood at 6000 Hollywood Boulevard into housing and offices, Urbanize Los Angeles reported. The proposal comes from Hawthorne-based LAcarGuy and its CEO Mike Sullivan; Toyota of Hollywood was founded in 1957 and is a subsidiary of LAcarGuy, which has 13 auto dealers across Los Angeles County owned by the Sullivan family.
The site spans 3.7 acres and would consist of high-rise and low-rise structures including 350 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, 136,000 square feet of offices, and about 22,500 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Houston-based developer Hines is part of the development team.
The project, designed by OfficeUntitled, would feature a 35-story residential tower rising 419 feet, a six-story office building, and low-rise residential structures that would seemingly create a townhome-populated, village-style environment. Between the buildings would be about 23,500 square feet of publicly accessible open space designed by landscape architect Relm, including a new plaza opening up to Hollywood Boulevard.
The Planning Commission took up two appeals against the project before ultimately upholding its decision to advance it. One was from a coalition of labor unions known as CREED L.A. (Coalition for Responsible Equitable Economic Development Los Angeles), which argued that the project’s environmental impact report didn’t consider several potential hazards that could impact future site occupants. The other was from the owner of an adjacent property, which appealed to the Commission to block the project due to its potential to obscure a cell tower and billboard on his property.
The project has gotten some support from business organizations such as the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, as well as building trades unions such as the Western States Regional Council of Carpenters.
A timeline for completion of the project hasn’t been confirmed after the appeal process, though in 2023, the plan was to break ground in 2026 and finish work in 2029, Urbanize reported.
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