Foreman & Clark Building

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Foreman & Clark Building
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The Foreman & Clark Building in 2013
Foreman & Clark Building
General information
TypeBuilding
Address701 South Hill Street
Town or city Los Angeles, California
Country United States
Coordinates 34°02′45″N118°15′18″W / 34.0458°N 118.2549°W / 34.0458; -118.2549
Completed1929
Owner Bonnis Properties
Technical details
Floor count13

The Foreman & Clark Building is a historic building on the corner of Hill Street and 7th Street in Downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S.. It was built in 1929 to host the flagship store and corporate offices for clothing retailer Foreman & Clark, which occupied the building until the 1960s. [1] The building, designed by the architectural firm of Curlett & Beelman, combines elements of Art Deco and Gothic architecture.

The building was purchased in March 2016 by Bonnis Properties, a Canadian development company, for $52 million, and the former office space will be covered into apartments. [2] [3]

The building was named a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 2009. [4]

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References

  1. "Recommendation Report: Historic-Cultural Monument Application for the Foreman & Clark Building" (PDF). Los Angeles Department of City Planning. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  2. Clarke, Katherine (March 31, 2016). "Bonnis Properties shells out $52M for Foreman & Clark Building". The Real Deal . Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  3. Barragan, Bianca (June 4, 2014). "Downtown's 1929 Foreman & Clark Building Going Mixed-Use". Curbed. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  4. "Designated Historic-Cultural Monuments". Los Angeles Department of City Planning, Office of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2022-07-01.