First phase of Gensler's California Market Center overhaul in Los Angeles is complete

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A massive $170 million plan to overhaul the Gruen Associates-designed California Market Center (CMC) in Los Angeles has taken a step forward as developers Brookfield Properties have announced completion of the first phase of the project.

Views of the overall complex, which was originally designed by Norma Merrick Sklarek while she worked at Victor Gruen's office in the 1960s, (top) and of the renovated sky bridges linking the complex (bottom). Image courtesy of Brookfield Partners / Gensler.

In press release announcing the update to the 1.85 million-square-foot project, the developers write that a top-to-bottom overhaul of a 600,000-square-foot, 13-story building contained within the complex has been completed. The overhaul, which is designed by Gensler, will reposition the four-building, block-sized complex into a social and business node for fashion and technology companies. The complex was originally designed in the 1960s as a hub for clothing manufacturer based in Downtown Los A...

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