Serious construction is about to begin on something big in downtown Los Angeles: a building that when completed will be the tallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi. Called the Wilshire Grand Tower, ...

If you’re in downtown Los Angeles or just driving by, it’s easy to spot the construction of the Wilshire Grand Tower as it rises ever higher into the sky. When it’s done, the Wilshire Grand, at 1,1100 ...

Thomas Properties Group Inc. has been retained by Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. to develop a $1 billion mixed-use project at the current site of the Wilshire Grand Hotel. The project would include the ...

High-Rising: Wilshire Grand Center. The Wilshire Grand Center just became the tallest building in the West, capped last week by a spire that pushes the 73-story tower to 1,100 feet. Yet, for all the ...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — The Wilshire Grand, which for 57 years has stood at the corner of Seventh and Figueroa streets, will be torn down and replaced with a $1 billion luxury hotel, office and ...

The Wilshire Grand tower, a new mixed-use project in Los Angeles' financial district, will be the tallest U.S. building west of Chicago, at 1,100 feet. AC Martin Partners designed the $1 billion tower ...

The plan for the Wilshire Grand involves an architectural lighting scheme on the mid- to upper levels of the 45-story phase one hotel and condominium tower. No text or logos — essentially, no ...

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Flocks of construction cranes are roosting in many Los Angeles neighborhoods. This late in the cycle, experts say, developers are rushing to complete new retail, residential and hotel projects — ...

A new skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles has become the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. Construction workers on Saturday placed a 10-ton spire atop the Wilshire Grand Tower. The spire ...