Los Angeles To Grow Up

Planners in Los Angeles are hoping to curtail the urban sprawl by encouraging developers to build up not out. The LA Times says:

The move opens up downtown to larger and denser development at a time of growing debate across the region about overdevelopment and traffic congestion.

The developable space above the Convention Center is large enough to build the equivalent of seven 73-story U.S. Bank buildings, and city leaders expect the program to spark a new boom in residential development.

…the city of Los Angeles has never before attempted to use its own air rights to help spark more residential development — let alone on such a massive scale.

City plans to float deal on downtown air rights – Los Angeles Times

[via Archinect]