Prolific Developer Onni Group is Planning 857-key hotel in Glendale, California

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Date: September 2019

Location: North Brand Boulevard, Glendale, California, USA

Name: TBA

No. of Keys: 857

Seller: Onni bought the office building for $83 million in 2017, at which time it was reportedly 90 percent occupied. Earlier this year, WeWork signed a lease for 70,000 square feet at the building.

Buyer: The Canadian firm, Onni, filed plans for two buildings with a shared podium at 611 North Brand Boulevard, which would replace a mid-rise office tower currently on the site, Urbanize LA first reported. The project will also include 7,500 square feet of retail space.

The move is a shakeup of Onni’s previous plans, which had called for a 600-unit residential building at the site.

Onni is one of the most active mega-developers in Los Angeles, with several large projects under development in Downtown, including a 1,100-unit complex at the landmarked Times Mirror Square, and the 60-story South Park Tower at 1000 Hill Street, with 700 units.

Onni has also been on an acquisition spree this year, picking up the Wilshire Courtyard office complex in Miracle Mile, and a Manhattan Beach office tower, among other properties.

The size of the hotel would be a first for Glendale, where the next largest hotel development is the 173-room Hyatt Place at 225 Wilson Avenue, according to Urbanize.

The hotel development will also be a first for Onni, which primarily focuses on commercial and residential development.

THPT Comment: Not to be confused with Omni, Onni are a new entrant into the large hotel-build space, although they do know the long and short-term apartment rental markets in Vancouver, Los Angeles and Chicago with their Level Furnished Living brand.

First Seen: Commercial Observer

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