LOS ANGELES – A 150,000-square-foot building in Los Angeles that formerly served as a Coca Cola production facility will soon undergo an adaptive reuse. The five-story, red-brick industrial building is located at 963 East 4th Street in Downtown Los Angeles’ Arts District.
The property is being converted into a mixed-use, Class A creative office building. The redesign will utilize the building’s large, high-volume, 35,000-square-foot floor plates, in addition to its 14-foot ceilings, expansive windows and panoramic rooftop views.
Current plans include 70,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space situated on the street and lower levels. A new flagship restaurant is planned for the east end of the building, which faces Traction Avenue, and for the west end, which faces the main entry and courtyard.
Construction should be complete in the fourth quarter of next year. The redesign will highlight the building’s original brick façade. It will feature new, operable dual-glazed windows and a large atrium lobby. It will also include a newly constructed, 10,000-square-foot rooftop penthouse that will be surrounded by a landscaped rooftop deck with an outdoor kitchen, firepit and entry court park.
The adaptive reuse is being carried out by HLW International. The building is owned by a joint venture between GPI Companies and Atlas Capital. Jim Jacobsen, Carle Pierose and Andrew Jennison of Industry Partners have been retained to market the creative office portion of the property, while Robert Cohen, Rachel Rosenberg and Van Blackman of RKF will handle the project’s retail leasing.