Wilshire Grand Center

Wilshire Grand Center
WGC with LED disk display featuring the Korean Air logo
Location in Los Angeles
location in California
Location in United States
Alternative namesWilshire Grand Tower
Hotel chainInterContinental Los Angeles Downtown
Record height
Tallest in California since 2017[I]
Preceded byU.S. Bank Tower
General information
Typehotel, restaurants, retail, offices, and observatory
Architectural styleMetamodern
Location900 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°03′00″N 118°15′33″W / 34.0500°N 118.2593°W / 34.0500; -118.2593
Construction startedFebruary 15, 2014: 10 years ago
CompletedJune 23, 2017: 7 years ago
CostUS$900 million
OwnerHanjin Group
IJNR Investments Inc.
Plant Holdings NA, Inc.
ManagementMartin Project Management
Height
Architectural1,100 ft (335.3 m)
Roof928 ft (283 m)
Technical details
Floor count73
Floor area1,500,005 sq ft (139,355.0 m2)
Lifts/elevators16
Design and construction
Architect(s)AC Martin Partners
DeveloperThomas Properties Group, LLC
Structural engineerBrandow & Johnston, Inc.
Thornton Tomasetti
Cosentini Associates
Services engineerGlumac (MEP)
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (Fire)
Main contractorTurner Construction
Known forFirst skyscraper in L.A. without a flat roof
Other information
Number of rooms889
Number of restaurants6
Number of bars4
Website
www.wilshiregrandcenter.com
References

Wilshire Grand Center is a 1,100-foot (335.3 m) skyscraper in the financial district of downtown Los Angeles, California, occupying the entire city block between Wilshire Boulevard and 7th, Figueroa, and Francisco streets. Completed in 2017, it is the tallest building (if including the spire) in the United States west of Chicago. Though the structural top (in this case, the spire) of the Wilshire Grand surpasses L.A.'s U.S. Bank Tower by 82 ft (25 m), the roof of the U.S. Bank Tower is still 90 ft (27.4 m) above the Wilshire Grand's. The Skyscraper Center lists the Wilshire Grand Center as the 15th-tallest building in the U.S. and the 95th-tallest in the world. It won the Structural Engineering Award 2019 Award of Excellence from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

The building is part of a mixed-use hotel, retail, observation decks, shopping mall, and office complex. The development of the complex is estimated to cost $1.2 billion. The Wilshire Grand Center includes 67,000 square feet (6,225 m2) of retail, 677,000 square feet (62,895 m2) of Class A office space, and the 889-room InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. The hotel features the tallest open-air bar in the Western Hemisphere.