As the Wilshire Grand nears completion, developer Jeffrey Fish wants his own landmark in the L.A. skyline: cantilevered pools. The developer recently filed plans with the city for an L-shaped, 60-story condo tower that would rise in an empty lot adjacent to the Pershing Square Building at 448 Hill Street. The kicker? Some units would have pools that extend from the structure and hover above the ground.

“This will be a landmark building unlike anything else seen in California,” Fish said in an email statement to the L.A. Times. He said the project would include a “multi-story open space cut out of the center of the building’s structure.”

Rendering of the proposed tower at the corner of Hill and 5th Streets. Courtesy of CallisonRTKL via L.A. Times

There are two versions of the plan: The first envisions a 55-story tower with 11 condos, 200 hotel rooms and an additional 26,500 square feet for commercial tenants, and the second calls for 57 stories, 142 condos and 25,000 square feet of commercial space......Continue Reading

Top image: Rendering of the proposed tower at the corner of Hill and 5th Streets. Courtesy of CallisonRTKL via L.A. Times

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