Westwood housing project delayed
The completion date for a Westwood housing project originally
set to be finished summer 2004 could be pushed to as late as
February 2005, UCLA Housing estimates.
Housing Director Michael Foraker, who was away from his office
Friday, wrote in an e-mail that the latest information from two
contractors working on Weyburn Terrace, a graduate student housing
complex in the Village, shows the project will be ready in late
January or early February.
Three of seven buildings are still under construction, with one
expected to open at the end of December.
Foraker wrote there are no new reasons for the delays, which
involve contractors’ difficulties in hiring competent workers
and in securing materials like concrete, plywood and steel.
In a November interview, Foraker and other UCLA staff said they
hoped all Weyburn Terrace units would be ready before the start of
winter quarter.
The project’s extended construction timeline means those
hopes will not be realized ““ another blow to Housing, which
estimated in November it could lose up to $5 million in revenue
this year since it included rent from unfinished Weyburn Terrace
apartments in its annual budget.
New hotel to open near Staples Center
The city will heavily subsidize construction of a 55-story,
1,200-room Convention Center hotel-condominium complex downtown
near the Staples Center, officials said.
Under an agreement announced Friday, Hilton Hotels Corp. will
lend its name to the hotel and manage it.
The hotel, being developed by Wolff Urban Partners working with
Apollo Real Estate, is expected to include a range of luxury suites
on the top floors as well as 100 condominiums.
Compiled from Bruin senior staff and wire reports.