Boomtown Koreatown
Christopher Pak’s projects are changing the face of the Wilshire Center/Koreatown. This is a seven-story luxury condo in the heart of Koreatown at 7th Street and Serrano Avenue. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Christopher Pak is building this 22-story, combination condo and retail jointly with MTA above the Red LIne station at WIlshire and Western. Currently, he has four big projects. Three of them are going up fast. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
The 22-story condominium tower rising above the Red Line will include upscale retail. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Olympic Palace Tower at Gramercy Place and Olympic Boulevard, next to Rotex Hotel. This was one of Pak’s controversial projects because of neighborhood opposition. He has had to lower the height and reduce the number of units. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Christopher Pak , a well connected Korean American architect and developer, is changing the face of Wilshire Boulevard. He has parlayed his connections to win big projects including the Metro Plaza project, which his architectural firm in partnership with KOAR Institutional Advisors is building with the MTA. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
