Best Western Hollywood Hills Hotel

Best Western Hollywood Hills Hotel An Adler Family Production with KoningEizenberg Architecture City Constructors, Inc.

Project Description The Best Western Plus, Hollywood Hills Hotel was built in 1927, expanded in 1970, and has incorporated many improvements over its 80 plus years.

But by 2010 it was time for another makeover. Upgrades throughout the hotel make the Best Western Plus, Hollywood Hills Hotel a starstudded home-away-from-home.

The hotel has been run by the Adler family since 1949, attracting the famous and the hip, as well as tourists and locals. Writer Aldous Huxley slept here and the first floor coffee shop was, and still is, the “go to” Hollywood diner for all hours. This remodel celebrates the vitality of

HOLLYWOOD

Hollywood and the hotel’s eclectic clientele.

Work included a number of strategic components from mundane maintenance and paving, to a dramatic Klieg light mural and coordinated awnings. E xterior painting includes a striped beach towel inspired pattern for the upgraded pool court yard. A new canopy along with reconfigured parking, landscaping, lighting and signage reorients the main entry away from a busy thoroughfare to a tree lined parking court and guest drop off area. Revamped parking areas are screened from

walk of fame

residential neighbors with abundant landscaping. Streetscape improvements to benefit both visitors and the community included replacing

Completion Date June 2011 Program 44,000 sq. ft., 86 room hotel and café on 0.92 acre site

450 feet of cracked and lifted sidewalk, planting shade street trees, removing abandoned utility poles, and adding bike racks. Interior work comprises new offices with lobby and reception spaces featuring the owner’s Hollywood photo memorabilia.

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Hollywood Hills adjacent residential zone

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adjacent residential zone UP

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SUSTAINABLE FEATURES

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Vegetated Drainage Swale Permeable Concrete Infiltration Trench Bike Racks Experience and Drip Irrigation Insulated Windows with Sunshades High Efficiency Lighting

Parking Trash Enclosure Cafe (E) Refurbished Lobby/Reception Office and Bathtooms Bar (Future Tenant) Drop Off

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Tour Bus Parking Refurbished Pool Court Owner (Bernie’s) Parking Spot Embedded Movie Quotes Corner Monument Sign New Street Trees, and sidewalk