Downtown L.A.

What is being built, what has filed to open and what is on this weekend in Downtown L.A., read every morning from L.A.'s public records, and every Globe story about it.

Public records read Oct. 7, 2026. How this page works

Being built

L.A. Department of Building and Safety permits, filed and issued · newest Sept. 24, 2026

A new commercial building (office)

1822 S. Main St. · Downtown Los Angeles

Sept. 24, 2026 · Plans filed · City record
Demolition of a commercial building

1224 S. Hope St. · Downtown Los Angeles

Sept. 22, 2026 · Plans filed · City record
Demolition of a commercial building

1220 S. Hope St. · Downtown Los Angeles

Sept. 22, 2026 · Plans filed · City record
A new commercial building (carport)

1822 S. Main St. · Downtown Los Angeles

Sept. 3, 2026 · Plans filed · City record
Of portion of retail to residential amenity

1457 N. North Main St. · Historic Cultural North

Sept. 1, 2026 · Permit issued · City record
A new commercial building (hotel, $22 million)

1130 S. Hope St. · Downtown Los Angeles

Aug. 28, 2026 · Permit issued · City record
Office to gym and recreation

777 S. Figueroa St 3rd · Downtown Los Angeles

Aug. 28, 2026 · Plans filed · City record
A new commercial building (warehouse, $1.2 million)

1325 S. Los Angeles St. · Downtown Los Angeles

Aug. 27, 2026 · Permit issued · City record
Demolition of a manufacturing

1325 S. Los Angeles St. · Downtown Los Angeles

Aug. 19, 2026 · Permit issued · City record

Filed to open

State liquor-license applications, City business registrations and changes of use · newest Oct. 7, 2026

Bremen House

601 W. 5th St.

Registered with the City as full-service restaurants, start date Sept. 1, 2026 · City record
Casa Focaccia & CO., Italian Street Food

350 S. Grand Ave.

Registered with the City as limited-service restaurants, start date Sept. 21, 2026 · City record
Off Wilshire Grille

1245 Wilshire Blvd.

Registered with the City as full-service restaurants, start date Aug. 25, 2026 · City record
The California Wine Exchange

1050 S. Flower St.

Registered with the City as drinking places (alcoholic beverages), start date Sept. 1, 2026 · City record
Restaurant, in a former retail store

400 S. Broadway

Permit issued Sept. 17: change of use from retail store to restaurant · City permit
To-take outcream and sandwich restaurant, in a former retail

408 E. 2nd St.

Plans filed Aug. 24: change of use from retail to to-take outcream and sandwich restaurant · City permit

Filed is not open: applications get protested, withdrawn or denied, and start dates slip. Each line says only what its record says.

This weekend

Fri., Oct. 9 to Sun., Oct. 11 · special-event permits, L.A. Public Library programs

Docent-led Central Library Art & Architecture Tour - Weekdays

Central Library

Fri., Oct. 9, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM · Library listing
AI Literacy For Entrepreneurs

Central Library

Fri., Oct. 9, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM · Library listing
Alicia Maher, “Guatemala to Panama” (Culinary Historians of Southern California)

Central Library

Sat., Oct. 10, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM · Library listing
Walk-in Tutoring With Marley

Central Library

Sat., Oct. 10, 11:00 AM · Library listing
Docent-led Central Library Art & Architecture Tour - Saturday Mornings

Central Library

Sat., Oct. 10, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM · Library listing
Pronunciation and Communication Class (Intermediate) With Linda and Lea

Central Library

Sat., Oct. 10, 11:30 AM · Library listing
Current Events Class (Intermediate) With Molly

Central Library

Sat., Oct. 10, 1:00 PM · Library listing
Walk-in Tutoring With Jeffrey

Central Library

Sat., Oct. 10, 1:00 PM · Library listing

And 7 more library programs here this weekend, on the library's own calendar.

From the Globe

Every Globe story about Downtown L.A., newest first — 15 so far

Oct 6, 2026NewsDowntown L.A. Hit 104 and Broke a Record From 1953. Three Other Marks Only Tied.
Oct 4, 2026FoodLOQUI and Woon's Wok-Fired Asada Taco Is in the Arts District Until Tuesday
Oct 3, 2026NewsThe Best Drive-In Near L.A. Costs $10, and It Isn’t in L.A. County
Sep 29, 2026NewsCrime Fell in 18 of L.A.'s 21 Police Divisions, but Not Downtown
Sep 17, 2026EntertainmentMatthew Rhys Won Two Lead Acting Emmys. Nobody Had Ever Done That.
Sep 6, 2026FoodDowntown Italian Restaurant Rossoblu Will Close Nov. 1
Sep 2, 2026FoodYayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirror Rooms at The Broad Are Still On View
Aug 27, 2026FoodDowntown's 40-Seat 'Cosmic Tuscan' Supper Club Made The Infatuation's Hit List Without a Score
Aug 26, 2026FoodNew Arts District Movie Rooftop Charges $14 to $17 for Drinks, With No Cocktail Menu
Aug 22, 2026FoodTwelve Free L.A. Events This Weekend. The Ticketed Ones Start at $5.
Aug 22, 2026NewsWeather Service Sees No L.A. Heat Break. Downtown Is Forecast to Hit 99 Wednesday.
Aug 20, 2026NewsAll Six Metro Rail Lines, Ranked by the Last Train That Actually Gets You Home
Aug 19, 2026NewsPalisades Fire Arson Retrial Set for November 2 After Not-Guilty Plea in Downtown LA
Aug 11, 2026FoodKCON, the Nisei Week Parade and 626 All Land on the Same Weekend. Here's the Order to Do Them In.
Aug 6, 2026EntertainmentBroadway's Second Act Is Finally Booking Real Shows

How this page works

Every morning the Globe reads the public records Los Angeles publishes and sorts them by the place each record names. Nothing on the lists above is written by a model or guessed from a headline; each line says what the record says, on the record's own date, and links to it.

This page covers the Downtown Los Angeles, Historic Cultural, Historic Cultural North neighborhood council areas and ZIP codes 90013, 90014, 90015, 90017, 90021, 90071. A record lands here only when it names one of those councils or, when it names no council, one of those ZIP codes.

Being built: the City's plans filed and permits issued, from the L.A. Department of Building and Safety. "Plans filed" means plans went in; it does not mean a building is coming. Plans change and some never get built.
Filed to open: California ABC's daily report of new liquor-license applications (Los Angeles County), the City's register of active businesses (restaurants, cafes and bars registered by a company, never a person) and changes of use into a restaurant. When two records name one address they sit together; that is all it means. An application can be protested, withdrawn or denied.
This weekend: the City's temporary special-event permits (only events whose permitted name says they are public: a carnival, a festival, a market — never a wedding, a party, a film shoot or anything at a house), and the L.A. Public Library's own program listings, placed by each branch's address. Freeway closures join when Caltrans' data portal lets our reader in.
Houses, duplexes and backyard units are counted, never listed by address. We name businesses, developers and agencies, never private people.

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