A Koreatown property owner has tweaked plans for a six-story hotel to include an extra floor and 20 apartments.
EWAI, an architecture firm based in Koreatown, has filed revised plans on behalf of owner Mike Barry to build a seven-story, 60-room hotel with 20 apartments at 3216-3222 West 8th Street and 800-814 ½ Mariposa Avenue, Urbanize Los Angeles reported.
It would replace a four-unit apartment complex and parking lot.
Barry’s initial plans, filed in 2018, called for a hotel and residential project. In 2022, he revised his plans to feature a six-story, 95-room hotel. He’s now reverted to his original proposal.
Plans now call for a seven-story building with a 60-room hotel, with 20 apartments above 4,000 square feet of shops and restaurants. A three-level underground parking garage would serve 71 cars.
The U-shaped project, designed by EWAI, would include separate hotel and residential wings, with swimming pools at the second floor and rooftop. The hotel would include a 1,400-square-foot rooftop bar.
The proposed hotel and apartment building has mostly floor-to-ceiling windows, and is trimmed in white, gray and slate blue, according to a rendering.
Pending approvals and a zone change, the developer would break ground late this year and complete the hotel/apartment project in 2026.
Mike Barry owns the H Hotel at 3206 W 8th Street in Koreatown, adjacent to the proposed 60-room hotel and apartments.
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Last year, an investigative report by ProPublica accused Barry and other Los Angeles hotel owners of illegally turning residential hotels for low-income residents into boutique hotels for tourists, charging more than $200 a night.
A hotel manager said the hotel hadn’t accepted long-term residents since 2019, and asked the city to remove its residential designation.
— Dana Bartholomew
