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The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center Los Angeles, CA

Services: Architecture | Planning Client: J.H. Snyder Company and ORIX Real Estate EquitiesContractor: Ray Wilson CompanyCompletion Date: July, 2001

This $42 million prromenade entertainment and retail center is located just north of Los Angeles International Airport. The 250,000 sq.ft. complex and 9-story parking structure on 5.6 acres is part of Howard Hughes Center, a 2.7 million sq.ft. 70-acre mixed-use development. Rising 70 feet above the 405 Freeway, the second busiest roadway on earth, The Promenade's enlivened freeway elevation is designed to create a distinctive visual impression. Featuring a two-level 18-plex National Amusements' Bridge Theater and a 3-D IMAX Theatre, some tenants include Borders Books and Music, Nordstrom Rack, Islands Restaurant, Johnny Rockets, Macaroni Grill, Stefano's, Starbucks Coffee and On the Border. The center's 1940's theme is reflected in the clean, elegant lines, terra cotta colors and metallic decorative trimmings, while the open-air design includes Art Deco textures, motifs and avionics elements in vogue during the Howard Hughes heyday. The center serves as an important amenity to the work force located within the MVE master-planned Howard Hughes Center.

Designed by McLarand Vasquez & Partners, Inc., an affiliated company.

Acres: 6.00Size: 250,000 sq.ft.Stories: 2 Shell Cost: $81.00/sq.ft.

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