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Groups Try to Blow Life Into Downtown LA

LOS ANGELES--A coalition of preservationists and city leaders is trying to encourage the conversion of CBD's old commercial buildings into sorely needed housing.

By David W. Myers | Updated on August 01, 2000

DOWNTOWN–For years, out-of-towners and even some Angelenos have poked fun at Downtown LA for its lack of nightlife. With a few exceptions, most parts of the Central Business District become a veritable ghost town after the last office workers head home to the suburbs around 6 p.m.

A coalition of city officials and building-preservationists has begun trying to do something about it. The City Council recently approved a new adaptive re-use ordinance that should make it easier for developers to convert the CBD’s stock of old industrial and commercial buildings into housing. And now, a new survey by the nonprofit Los Angeles Conservancy estimates that nearly 50 of Downtown’s older commercial structures are ripe for conversion to apartments—a report that might kindle the interest of builders and real estate investors.

“Converting those buildings would be a great way to revitalize the CBD and, at the same time, save some very beautiful structures that are important parts of our city’s history and architectural legacy,” Conservancy Executive Director Linda Dishman tells GlobeSt.com.

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