Project Data:

Completion Date:     5/25/2021

Square Footage:      347000

Building Use:           Hotel, Retail, Residential

Design Architect:      AO

Project Description:

This new mixed-use project combines the elements of a world class boutique hotel, an upscale retail boulevard lined with specialty shops and 96 luxury residences above a podium topped with gardens, pools, gathering spaces and amenities. The property also includes a year-round heated swimming pool, a fitness center and a host of stylish indoor-outdoor meeting and event spaces including 1,800 square feet of indoor pre-function space curated for social events and corporate gatherings. The ballroom features floor-to-ceiling glass walls and doors that open to a luscious and spacious event lawn. The six-story hotel provides sweeping views of the San Gabriel Mountains and great vantage points of the Santa Anita racetracks, the oldest thoroughbred horse racetrack in Southern California, as well as the Arcadia County Park located across the street.
The new neighborhood caters to travelers, locals and residents, creating an accessible enclave in the heart of Arcadia. The architecture draws inspiration from the 1934 art-deco Santa Anita Park, with its façade incorporating color and decorative schemes that nod to the racetracks, such as fascia elements adorned with scallop patterns emblematic of the Art Deco movement. Two custom art installations – one facing the main street and one flanking the onsite boulevard – are inspired by the swish of a horse’s tail and the colorful peacock representing the city of Arcadia. The main street art wall installation features silver inlays coated in iridescent paint on an opaque charcoal background, while a bright accent piece replicating a peacock tail pattern provides a pop of color and brightness to this wall. The other installation recreates the same horse tail pattern over a transparent golden wall with internally illuminated curvaceous forms protruding in front of the golden glass.
The complex is unified with lush landscaping and shade trees lining the boulevard, the event garden, the podium and the overall site. Parking is discreet - wrapped by retail shops and topped by residences and gardens. The corner of the site provides a gallery and garden for local artists to display their work. The goal for Le Meridien is to create a true mixed-use neighborhood, compatible with the adjacent uses that will serve as a proud landmark for the city’s tallest residential building and only 4-star hotel.