From drug den to luxurious inn
A century-old brick apartment house and former drug den near Staples Center is slated to be reborn a luxurious inn as demand for hotel rooms grows in downtown Los Angeles. The boarded up building is a conspicuous ruin in a neighborhood decidedly on the upswing, alongside a trio of top-drawer condominium towers built in the real estate boom of the 2000s. Full story
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Boutique hotel( Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times )
Rick Son, left, Brian Okazaki and Kevin Burke stand outside the downtown L.A. building they bought last year. They plan to transform the structure at 1130 S. Hope St. into a luxury boutique hotel.
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