Development Team (The Grove)
Owner/Developer
Caruso Affiliated Holdings
Santa Monica, California
www.carusoaffiliated.com
Architect
Elkus/Manfredi Architects, Ltd.
Boston, Massachusetts
www.elkus-manfredi.com
Architect of Record
Langdon Wilson
Los Angeles, California
www.langdonwilson.com
Production Architect (Cinema)
Perkowitz & Ruth
Newport Beach, California
www.prarchitects.com
General Contractor
Whiting Turner Contracting Company
Los Angeles, California
Landscape Architect
Lifescapes International
Newport Beach, California
www.lifescapesintl.com
Architect (Parking)
Parkitects
Irvine, California
www.parkitects.com
Design/Builder (Parking Structure)
Bomel Construction Company
Anaheim Hills, California
Development Team (Farmers Market)
Owner/Developer
A.F. Gilmore Company
Los Angeles, California
Architect
Koning Eizenberg Architecture
Santa Monica, California
www.kearch.com
Architect of Record
House & Robertson Architects, Inc.
Los Angeles, California
www.hrarch.com
General Contractor
Gordon & Williams
Irvine, California
www.gwgc.com
Landscape Architect
Pamela Burton & Company
Santa Monica, California
Planning
Planning Associates, Inc.
Studio City, California
Project Data
Project Address
bounded by Fairfax Avenue, Third Street, and Stanley Drive
Web Site
www.thegrovela.com
www.farmersmarketla.com
Site Area
The Grove: 17.4 acres (7 hectares)
Farmers Market: 4.9 acres (2 hectares)
Gross Building Area
The Grove: 584,938 square feet (54,341 square meters)
Farmers Market: 165,000 square feet (15,329 square meters)
Parking
The Grove: 3,500 structured spaces (eight levels above ground)
Farmers Market: 532 surface
Completion
2002
Occupancy
The Grove: 90 percent
Farmers Market: 100 percent (new space: 80 percent) |
The Grove and Farmers Market
Los Angeles, California
Linked by a trolley shuttle, the Grove—an upscale retail, dining, and entertainment destination—and the adjacent historic Farmers Market offer a captivating, entertaining, safe environment where people can meet, shop, dine, and relax while enjoying fresh air, lush landscaping, and the soothing sound of water. For almost 70 years, the popular Farmers Market, which attracts about 6 million visitors annually, has been a central meeting place for Angelenos. Its landmark 1941 clock tower recently was restored, and stands above the market in one of three new buildings.
After years in which numerous plans to develop the area around the Farmers Market were soundly defeated, developer Caruso Affiliated Holdings took a different tack by reaching out to the community, holding town meetings, listening to residents’ concerns, soliciting their feedback, and basing its design for the Grove on its findings. The result is a 584,938-square-foot (54,343-square-meter) open-air center charged with the atmosphere of a small town that evolved from the 1930s. At the center of the complex, Main Street winds around a town square that features a grassy park and meandering walkways, plazas, and kiosks. In addition to nationally known and one-of-a-kind stores and restaurants, the Grove also contains a 14-screen art deco–style cinema and offers a first-class concierge service.
Double-decker, open-air trolleys run along vintage 1915 tracks, using clean, inductive technology—the first U.S. application of this technology—to power them between the Grove and the Farmers Market. The Grove’s eight-level, 3,500-space parking garage—which is visually blocked from the project by the storefront facades—also includes high-tech features such as automated equipment that directs guests to the most convenient parking via an innovative ramping system.
Since it opened in March 2002, the Grove has demonstrated how new development can complement an existing historic feature while also enhancing the community both financially and aesthetically. The Los Angeles City Council has cited it as “a positive example of how developers should reach out to their future neighbors and community.”
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