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The 10 building complex would replace a cold storage facility at the crossroads of 4th and Central.

The project includes:
• 1,589 housing units, with 262 of them being affordable units
• Parking for 2,426 vehicles
• 145,748 square feet of retail and restaurant space
• 400,000 square feet of office space
• 2 acres of publicly accessible open space

This project had to overcome blowback from numerous Little Tokyo residents making every single NIMBY playbook claim from traffic to expenses to pollution, and the LA City Council couldn’t find any plausible reason to reject the project even after all of that.

If this gets built it’ll be transformative for the Arts District, and when mixed with other projects currently planned for the Arts District could make it one of LA’s best areas if we focus on helping it develop and grow. This is gonna house thousands of people on a single cold storage warehouse facility foot print, that is such an improvement of land usage especially so close to Downtown LA.

Source: https://la.urbanize.city/post/la-city-council-approves-2-billion-fourth-central-development

I’ve seen some people saying that based on how long it took to open Phase I, Phase II will open just before the Olympics and III will not open until after them.

But it’s overly pessimistic to assume that it will not be ready in time for the Games. Two major things happened in Phase I that caused it to take so long, which Phases II and III will not have:

The D Line had to be connected to Phase I before they started testing because Wilshire/Western was the western end of the line so they were not connected. Phases II and III are already connected to Phase I, so they won’t have that little delay in testing.
Phase I had 3 stations, the most of the extension. Phases II and III only have two stations each so it will not take them as long to finish the station interiors.

Additionally, Phase I testing was messed up because there were power outages on the line and they couldn’t continue testing until power was restored. What are the chances that happens again?

I’m not saying that it definitely will happen before the Olympics; I have been disappointed before. But I would be shocked if they don’t open it before the Games.

After Much Debate, the LA City Council Unanimously Approved the 2 Billion Dollar Fourth and Central Development in the Arts District.

I seriously doubt the D Line Extension will not be finished by the Olympics.

CalTrans Wants You Input On Which Freeways Should Have Bus Lanes

another reason why every la metro station with emergency swing gates needs to be replaced, especially the final station on each line smh