Huge Arts District project clears hurdle on path to construction
LA TimesA rendering shows the 670 Mesquit project in Los Angeles’ Arts District. The four-building mega development known as 670 Mesquit will have apartments, offices, a hotel, a charter elementary school, shops and restaurants if the City Council signs off on the plans to replace a cold storage facility on the west side of the Los Angeles River with the mixed-use complex designed by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Group. A rendering of the $1.4-billion mixed-use project 670 Mesquit in Los Angeles’ Arts District, which would include housing, offices, a hotel, shops and restaurants. A rendering of the $1.4-billion mixed-use project 670 Mesquit in Los Angeles’ Arts District, which would include housing, offices, a hotel, shops and restaurants “This was really an office-forward project to begin with,” LoGrande said.