Ace Hotel Los Angeles
The Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, originally built as the California Petroleum Corporation Building and later known as the Texaco Building, is a 243 ft (74 m), 13-story highrise hotel and theater building located at 937 South Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, California. It was the tallest building in the city for one year after its completion in 1927, and was the tallest privately owned structure in Los Angeles until 1956. Its style is Spanish Gothic, patterned after Segovia Cathedral in Segovia, Spain.
"United Artists Theatre" redirects here. For cinema chain, see Regal Entertainment Group.Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles
United Artists Theatre (1927–90)
University Cathedral (1990–2011)
Completed
- Hotel
- Music Venue
929 S Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1609
March 5, 1927
December 26, 1927
2012–14
$3 million
($52.6 million in 2023 dollars[2])
73.76 m (242.0 ft)
13
Scofield Engineering Construction
- GREC Architects
- Killefer Flammang Architects
Nabih Youssef Associates
- Commune Design
- Atelier Ace
- Spectra Company
- Morley Builders
- Benchmark Contractors, Inc.
1,600 (The Theatre at Ace Hotel)
182
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3
- Segovia Hall
- The Theatre at Ace Hotel
- Walker/Eisen Room
Spanish Gothic Revival
Private
United Artists Theater Building
March 20, 1991[3]
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The building contains the historic United Artists Theatre, the flagship theater built for the United Artists motion picture studio. The theater was later used as a church by pastors Gene Scott and his widow Melissa Scott under the name "University Cathedral". In October 2011, Scott's Wescott Christian Center Inc. sold the building to Greenfield Partners, a real estate investment company located in Westport, Connecticut, for $11 million.[6] It was converted to a hotel, part of the Ace Hotels chain, the Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, which opened in 2014 and closed in 2024.
Ace Hotel conversion[edit]
The building was completely restored and renovated to serve as a luxury boutique hotel called Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles. It featured 182 rooms, a pool, a restaurant and three bars, as well as the restored theatre.[10] It opened on January 16, 2014. In December 2014, Greenfield Partners put the building up for sale, seeking about $100 million as the sale price.[11] In May 2015, Chesapeake Lodging Trust bought the building for $103 million.[1]
The theater was restored as well and re-opened on February 14, 2014 as the Theatre at the Ace Hotel, with concerts by the British rock band Spiritualized.[8] L.A. Dance Project, a dance company founded by choreographer Benjamin Millepied, also took residence in the theater.[8] Red Hot Chili Peppers performed a fundraiser at the Ace Hotel on February 5, 2016, in support of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.[12]
The hotel closed on January 31, 2024.[13] The building's owners have announced plans to remodel it as a limited-service, rooms-only hotel, managed via a tech platform, without any food and beverage establishments.[14]
The theater has been rebranded as The United Theater on Broadway.
Broadway Theater Historic District[edit]
The building is a historic district contributing property in the Broadway Theater District on the National Register of Historic Places. It is also a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.[15]