$1B Hollywood Star to Rise on Sunset Boulevard
A spiral-shaped office project aims to attract top content creators.
This Hollywood star is getting a makeover even before its debut. It’s a $1 billion, 22-story creative office tower set for a 2-acre lot at 6061 W. Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles.
Dubbed The Star, the spiral-shaped office building is the second version proposed for the site by Los Angeles-based development firm The Star LLC within three years.
The developer unveiled a new design for the tower from global architectural firm Foster + Partners, led by world acclaimed architect Norman Foster, whose credits include iconic buildings like Apple Park in Cupertino, Calif., the Gherkin skyscraper in London and the JP Morgan Chase headquarters tower in New York City. Foster + Partners also designed the master plan for One Beverly Hills, a $2 billion mixed-use development currently under construction in Beverly Hills next to the Beverly Hilton. The Star’s design team also includes the firm’s Senior Partner Patrick Campbell and Nigel Dancey, head of studio, for Foster + Partners.
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The Star LLC, led by CEO Maggie Miracle, scrapped a 2021 design by MAD Architects that called for a 420-foot-high dome-shaped tower with a cable railway on the side of the building to take visitors to a rooftop garden and restaurant. The project’s price tag at the time was $500 million.
Workplace of the future
Aimed at providing office space for Hollywood’s top content creators, the tower will provide spacious floorplans, generous outdoor areas and floor-to-ceiling windows with unobstructed views of downtown Los Angeles, the Hollywood sign and the Pacific Ocean. Its most distinguishing feature will be spiraling gardens that will rise from the street level of the building to the rooftop restaurant.
Development is anticipated to start in 2026, with completion set for 2029. In addition to about 525,000 square feet of office space, The Star will feature a theater, gallery, rooftop restaurant and outdoor event space. On the street level, plans call for an expansive LED video screen, arched paseo of restaurants and community gathering spaces.
Studios expanding
The proposal for The Star creative office tower comes at a time when studio operators are increasingly seeking out modern, high-quality studio spaces for productions. Los Angeles is among several cities across the country including New York City where there have been significant investments made to redevelop existing studios and build large-scale new developments.
The Star is located across from the old Warner Brothers Studios, now operating as Sunset Bronson Studios, and a 14-story office tower leased by Netflix, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The entertainment trade publication also notes Echelon Television Center, a $600 million redevelopment of the nearby former Television Center, is nearby.
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