Wilshire Corridor

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This stretch of Wilshire Boulevard was lined, for the most part, by small apartment buildings until the mid-1970s, when the concept of condominium conversions developed. Once apartment conversion opportunities were exhausted, high-rise condos were built from scratch, some reaching up to 27 floors in height.
As a result, the Wilshire-Westwood Scenic Corridor Specific Plan was developed and took effect in February 1981. Covering multi-family properties on Wilshire Boulevard located between the Los Angeles Country Club at Comstock Avenue and Glendon Avenue to the west, the plan was implemented to help address such issues as development density, shadow impact and landscaping.
Regulations included limiting new buildings to six floors or 75 feet in height, but special exemptions have allowed several high-rise developments to be approved and constructed. Among them are LaTour, completed in 1990 with 73 units on 21 floors, and the Wilshire, built in 1991 with 95 units on 27 floors. Projects in the works include a 290-foot, 23-story condominium tower underway on Wilshire at Malcolm Avenue and a 21-story project that is being built at Comstock.