| Transportation officials have given a green light to the largest “transit-oriented” development in L.A. County history, a $1.3-billion apartment, retail, and high-rise office tower complex to be built at the terminus of the Red Line subway and Orange Line busway in North Hollywood. The development will feature more than 1.7 million square feet of development on 15.6 acres, which would be the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s largest transit-oriented development. More than 1 million square feet of office space will be built in three buildings between 12 and 20 stories tall. Other buildings on the drawing board will house nearly 160,000 square feet of retail and entertainment and about 560 apartment units. About 6,200 parking spaces will be built. Groundbreaking could begin by 2009, with various parts of the project being completed between 2010 and 2014. |