Huge Transformation Plans Unveiled For California Flower Market
October 25, 2016 | 1 min to read
DTLA — Plans will be unveiled today for a massive transformation of the 107-year-old Southern California Flower Market. If all goes as intended, the floral business center at 755 Wall St. would be reconfigured, with one of its two structures razed and replaced by a 14-story tower, and the other upgraded.
The new project would have dozens of vendors selling their wares on the ground floor of the low-rise building, with office space and parking above it. The housing would be in the neighboring structure.
Scott Yamabe, the market’s executive vice president, said the project would allow the industry to remain anchored in Downtown Los Angeles. However, the development would require some zoning changes, and Yamabe said that if approvals cannot be secured from the city, then the owners would have to look at moving the facility out of Los Angeles.
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