Greenland Delivers Final Tower at Metropolis

Greenland USA has delivered the fourth and final tower at Metropolis, a-6.3-acre mixed-use property in Downtown Los Angeles with condos, for-lease apartments, retail and a hotel. Thea is the final tower in the project, standing at 56 stories with 685 units, 24/7 lobby ambassadors and a full suite of amenities. Following outbound restrictions from China, Greenland is the among the very few Chinese developers with a project in Downtown Los Angeles.

Metropolis has been under construction for several years, delivering its first two towers in 2017 and 2018. “Five years ago we set out to redefine the Downtown Los Angeles skyline by creating an inviting and thriving live-work-play community in the center of Los Angeles,” Winston Yan, general manager of Greenland USA, tells GlobeSt.com. “We are proud to have delivered a world-class community that families and young professionals as well as commercial tenants call home—a place that is served by mass transit, award-winning cultural organizations, and a vibrant, walkable cityscape.”

Originally a parking lot, Metropolis includes the 308-unit Tower I; the 514-unit Tower II; the 350-room boutique Hotel Indigo; and 70,000 square feet of retail space, along with the now complete Thea at Metropolis, which has a temporary certificate of occupancy. The center of the amenity package is a 67,500-square-foot outdoor Skypark.

The project has been integral in bringing much needed housing to the Los Angeles market, but also provided jobs and spurred economic growth. Through its full development, the developer created hundreds of permanent, full-time jobs and employed union workers daily. “We are honored to deliver an on-time program of this scale in the United States,” says Yan. “Throughout the lifecycle of this project, we have created more than 430 permanent, full-time jobs while employing 1,700 union workers daily and generating billions of dollars in economic impact.”

The development also had a broad impact across trades and demographic groups. “We have created 17,200 full-time job equivalents, employed 26 different unions/trades, and supported and exceeded our women-owned and minority-owned participation goals,” says Yan. “We funded apprenticeship and worker transition programs not only for hundreds of individuals working on Metropolis but individuals working on many other union construction projects throughout greater Los Angeles.”