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1 Cal Plaza

Skyscraper in Los Angeles, California

Skyscraper in Los Angeles, California

FieldValue
name1 Cal Plaza
imageOne Cal Plaza.jpg
caption1 Cal Plaza, with the edge of [2Cal](2cal) behind it to the left
location300 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, California
coordinates
start_date1983
completion_date1985
building_typeCommercial offices
roof176 m
floor_count42
elevator_count28
floor_area97,548 m2
architectArthur Erickson Architects
structural_engineerJohn A. Martin & Associates
main_contractorThe Beck Group
developerMetropolitan Structures West
ownerPartnership Between Rising Realty Partners & Colony Northstar, Inc.
managementRising Realty Partners
references

Los Angeles, California

1 Cal Plaza, formerly known as One California Plaza, is a 176-meter skyscraper located in the Bunker Hill District of downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. With a second skyscraper, Two California Plaza, it comprises the California Plaza project. The Plaza is also home to the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Colburn School of Performing Arts, the Los Angeles Omni Hotel, Angels Flight and The Yard outdoor venue surrounded by the city’s skyline complete with a built-in stage, lighting, sound, and amphitheater seating. 1.5 acre .

Completed in 1985, One California Plaza has 1.05 e6sqft of office space. The towers were designed by Arthur Erickson Architects and named BOMA Building of the Year in 1989. 1 Cal Plaza is LEED certified with a Platinum Certification and is also LEED Net Zero Certified.

California Plaza was a ten-year, $1.2 billion project. Started in 1983, the Two California Plaza tower was completed in 1992 during a significant slump in the downtown Los Angeles real estate market. The tower opened with only 30 percent of its space leased and overall vacancy rates in downtown office space neared 25 percent. It was nearly 10 years before significant tall buildings were completed again in downtown Los Angeles. Several clear shots of the building under construction can be seen in the 1983 action helicopter movie Blue Thunder.

California Plaza was originally planned to include three high rise tower office buildings instead of the two completed. Three California Plaza at 65 floors, was planned for a site just north of 4th Street, directly across Olive Street from California Plaza's first two office highrises and was planned to house the Metropolitan Water District's permanent headquarters.

The construction and $23 million cost of the MOCA Grand Avenue building was part of a city-brokered deal with the developer of the California Plaza redevelopment project, Bunker Hill Associates, which received the use of an 11 acre, publicly owned parcel of land.

One California Plaza was purchased on June 6, 2017 by a partnership between Rising Realty Partners and Colony Northstar, Inc. In 2025, lenders forced California One into receivership under Trigild.

Tower One was featured in the Nickelodeon television show Drake & Josh as Spin City Records in the episode "Really Big Shrimp".

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  8. Hawthorne, Christopher. (May 22, 2009). "Architect designed L.A.’s California Plaza towers". [[Los Angeles Times]].
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  12. Hayes, Tome. (May 12, 1985). "Los Angeles: For Downtown, An Ambitious Mixed-Use Project". The New York Times.
  13. Kim, Eddie. (20 June 2017). "Rising Realty Partners Buying One California Plaza".
  14. Vincent, Roger. (2025-09-02). "Bunker Hill tower One California Plaza goes into receivership".
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