Mixed-use project, called Metropolis, is unprecedented for Downtown L.A.

If you travel down through the Downtown LA area on a regular basis, you have probably noticed the every-changing skyline. As an environmental engineering firm, Terra-Petra is taking part with many of these new projects. One of which is called the Metropolis (you can't miss this large mixed-use community steadily growing along the 110 freeway). The Terra-Petra Waterproofing Division is consulting on the building envelope waterproofing system for the Metropolis project and inspecting all of the waterproofing as it gets installed. 

Read more about Metropolis and other projects currently being led by Chinese developers in Downtown Los Angeles.

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Terra-Petra designs subterranean waterproofing on DTLA Oceanwide Plaza

Working closely with Oceanwide Plaza, LLC Vice President Peter Lai (featured in the video below), Terra-Petra designed the subterranean waterproofing  (which Terra-Petra is also still currently inspecting).on the walls of Oceanwide Plaza project site – easily seen via the aerial camera shots in the video. Lendlease, an international property and infrastructure company, recently announced the completion of the initial mat foundation pour for the Oceanwide Plaza development in Downtown Los Angeles to allow for vertical construction of the project to begin. Read the article here

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Terra-Petra Environmental Engineering Helps Developer with Pico Gateway Apartments Project Success

Terra-Petra designed the environmental engineering designs and waterproofing systems for this multifamily property in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood just sold for $22.4M a few years back. As always, Terra-Petra is quite proud to be a part of the revision and revamping of land that was up until today, unusable. The revitalization of the LA Basin continues with environmental engineering being a key component of developers' success stories. So now, in what is becoming to be known as an increasingly popular Westside area, this building is being described as a “very high-quality property in a great location." 

This Week's LA Deal Sheet

The fully occupied Pico Gateway Apartments location offers 48,275 SF of rentable space, including 7,500 SF of ground-floor retail, 39 apartments and more than 135 underground parking spaces. Just two blocks from Beverly Hills, which is also a draw, apartment amenities include double sinks for preparing kosher meals, maple hardwood floors, double-paned windows to block out street noise and appliances. 

There is also an optional Shabbat elevator for residents to use on the Jewish Sabbath. Projected growth in the area is making the neighborhood increasingly popular. A recent study shows the population on the Westside could grow by 3.4% over the next five years. 


Read the full story about this properties sale at: Bisnow.com

Terra-Petra Supports Los Angeles Micropolitan Project General Contractor

Terra-Petra supported Frymer Construction to successfully ensure the environmental integrity of the Micropolitan at Urban Lights Multifamily Community project — located near the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the up-and-coming LA Metro Purple Line station in Downtown Los Angeles.

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The Micropolitan is situated near the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and is within a two-minute walk of the Los Angeles Metro Purple Line station, which will soon debut.

The Micropolitan is situated near the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and is within a two-minute walk of the Los Angeles Metro Purple Line station, which will soon debut.

LOS ANGELES — A private 1031 exchange investor has purchased The Micropolitan at Urban Lights, a 45-unit multifamily community in the Miracle Mile submarket of Los Angeles, for $27.1 million. The community is located at 739 S. Ogden Drive.

The Micropolitan was built in 2015. It is situated near the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and is within a two-minute walk of the Los Angeles Metro Purple Line station, which will soon debut.

Ron Harris and Paul Darrow of Institutional Property Advisors represented the seller, Micropolitan, a subsidiary of Psomas, in this transaction.

 

950 E Third St development breaks ground in DTLA – Terra-Petra Contributor

Terra-Petra contributes environmental construction services for the developer of one of the newer projects in downtown Los Angeles. The $215M mixed-use development that broke ground March 2016 is scheduled to compelete at the end of the year in 2017. 

NEW RENDERINGS OF ARTS DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT UNVEILED


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Mar 22, 2016 Karen Jordan, Bisnow,

Fairfield Residential renderings have just been revealed for 950 E Third St, a $215M mixed-use development that broke ground last week in the Arts District. Fairfield Residential and Legendary Development have released in-progress exterior renderings of the project. It will have five- and six-story buildings with 472 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments along with 22k SF of ground-floor retail, according to Urbanize LA. Amenities include social and sweat lounges, a dog wash and play area, a rooftop deck and a courtyard. Kava Massih Architects is designing the project, which will use similar materials, tones and colors to those of existing buildings throughout the neighborhood.  The project is scheduled to be partially completed by December 2017. [ULA]

Terra-Petra Worked on Residential Component of Huntington Beach’s Pacific City

Colorado based UDR Inc, called upon Terra-Petra environment engineering in 2011 to work with the Bernards (a UDR contractor) in-house design team on Pacific Park, a $135-million shopping center and residential (mixed-use) development in Huntington Beach, California. At the onset, Bernards was faced with an unusual challenge; how to embrace the city’s proud identity as "Surf City" without descending into surfing kitsch. Terra-Petra was tasked to make sure that challenge was met, and it was.

Details about the status of this project has been reported on Terra-Petra's web and other media sites over the years, including the “a Terra-Petra photographic journal” of the Phase I Borrow Soils excavation for the Pacific City project in 2014 – courtesy of David L. Lucero. Terra-Petra is extremely proud of this project and what this development has become today. 

Read more below.

As reported on Urbanize.LA 

Residential Component of Huntington Beach's Pacific City Underway

The project – which was designed by MVE & Partners – is currently rising from a 17-acre site at 21002 Pacific Coast Highway.  Plans call for the construction of six low-rise structures arranged in a crescent shape.  Each building will consist of four levels of wood-frame construction above a concrete podium and an underground parking garage.  Bernards is targeting either LEED Gold or Silver certification for the project.

In total, the development will create 516 residential units, as well as a 12,000-square foot amenity center featuring a swimming pool, a gym and an entertainment center.  The amenity center will also abut a public park.

The residential community – which is being developed Colorado-based UDR, Inc. – is one component of the larger Pacific City complex, which spans 31 acres on a former oil field near the Huntington Beach Pier.  An official website states that Pacific City's retail center will include over 190,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, office space and a 400-key hotel.

For further details about our work with Bernards and the Pacific City project in Huntington Beach, California, please contact Justin Conaway 

Wilshire Grand Tower Topped Off March 2016 – Video Recap

Wilshire Grand Center is a 335-meter (1,099 ft) skyscraper under construction in the Financial District of Downtown Los Angeles, California. The tower will become the tallest building in Los Angeles, the tallest structure and the second tallest building west of the Mississippi River upon completion. The building will be part of a mixed-use hotel, retail, observation decks, shopping malls and office complex, expected to revitalize downtown Los Angeles and the area surrounding the building. The development of the complex is estimated to cost $1 billion. The plans currently include 67,000 square feet (6,225 m2) of retail, 677,000 square feet (62,895 m2) of Class A office space and 900 hotel rooms. InterContinental is the tower's hotel component, comprising 900 rooms and suites occupying the 38th to the 70th floors. Estimated date of completion March 8, 2017. Terra-Petra is proud to have been a part of this project during initial record concrete pour. 

Park Fifth development in DTLA will break ground in April

Based on its intimate knowledge of the City of Los Angeles plan checking requirements, Portland-based architects, Ankrom Moisan brought in Terra-Petra environment engineers to work with the firm's in-house design team to help with design as well as consult on code-complaint systems for the Park Fifth project. The mixed-use development will replace parking lot near Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles and is scheduled to break ground in April. 

Read more about this exciting project on Urbaniz.LA.

The project is being designed by Portland-based Ankrom Moisan Architects, and will be

Terra-Petra provides Deputy Inspection Services for DTLA Blossom Plaza

We are honored to have worked on Blossom Plaza with another Los Angeles area environmental engineering firm to provide our Deputy Inspection Services that ensure the integrity and health of this project's land development process in Downtown LA's Chinatown. 

Blossom Plaza Takes Form in Chinatown – Long awaited mixed-use development rises near Chinatown Station.

Read this Story via Urbanize.LA 

Blossom Plaza Takes Form in Chinatown
Blossom Plaza Takes Form in Chinatown

 

Oceanwide Plaza – now under construction in Downtown Los Angeles

"We've been involved with the Oceanwide Plaza project going back more than 11 years. It's good to see the project finally break ground and to see the team's vision becoming Oceanwide Plaza Downtown Los Angeles, Californiaa reality," says Justin Conaway, Terra-Petra Vice President and General Manager. 

DOWNTOWN'S $1B OCEANWIDE PLAZA
Patricia Kirk, Bisnow

Representing China’s Oceanwide Real Estate Group, local brokerage firm Kennedy Wilson has established a new website for Downtown LA’s $1B Oceanwide Plaza, which is under construction, and posted new renderings of the project.

Designed by the Los Angeles office of RTKL, the nearly 1.5M SF development on a 4.6-acre site at 1101 S Flower St includes three high-rise residential towers with 503 condos and 183 hotel rooms, 167k SF of retail space and 1,444 parking spaces.

Plans also call for a series of pedestrian paseos between Figueroa and Flower streets, a 37k SF open-air deck atop the retail space, and large public plaza for visitors to sit and enjoy the modern landscape, according to Urbanize LA. Additionally, a 32k SF LED ribbon, possibly the largest on the West Coast, will wrap the building's podium along Figueroa between 11th and 12th streets. [ULA

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