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LOS ANGELES-Greenland USA has completed and revealed the phase I plans and renderings of the Metropolis site, a $1 billion skyscraper in Downtown Los Angeles. The phase I plans include a 19-floor, 350-room hotel and a 38-floor residential tower with studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. Construction is expected to launch within the next few months and will be complete in mid-2016.

The phase 1 renderings were revealed at a ground breaking ceremony on Friday. Los Angeles-based architecture and design firm Gensler designed the building exterior, while SPAN Architecture will design the interior space for the first phase. AECOM affiliate Tishman Construction is leading the construction of the development with Turner Construction as the general contractor. Take a look at the unveiled renderings below.

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.