75B - PH - 6 E MACARTHUR PLACE - NEXUS DEVELOP

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ZOA No. 2009-04, CUP No. 2009-08, Amend DA No. 05-02 and VA No. 2009-02 April 13, 2009 Page 3 The hotel will include approximately 3,000 square feet of meeting rooms/conference space on the first floor as well as 1,600 square feet of outdoor activity space directly adjacent to the conference space. The main lobby of the hotel will also feature a media area, home theatre area, lounge, cafe and bar. Also included on the first floor is a 700 square foot exercise room adjacent to an outdoor pool and spa (Exhibit 4). The exterior of the hotel will feature a variety of materials including ceramic tile, smooth and textured stucco and metal accents and railings. The building has been designed to complement the existing high-rise towers by utilizing similar design features including the use of glass storefronts, curving metal railings on the north and south elevations and varying the buildings in/out articulation on each of its elevations to add to its visual interest (Exhibits 5 and 6). The hotel landscaping has been designed to highlight its various architectural elements while providing a pleasant pedestrian experience. Canary Island Pines, Mexican Fan Palms and Jacaranda trees will be utilized along the MacArthur Boulevard side of the hotel to provide a visual buffer from the street as well as provide shade for an outdoor patio and seating area. Vine covered metal trellises are proposed along MacArthur Place to complement the Jacaranda's and Mexican Fan Palms as well as enhance the pedestrian experience along this elevation. Scored concrete, outdoor seating and a water feature have been included at the southeast corner of the hotel to continue the enhanced pedestrian experience along this elevation as well as provide a point of visual interest for the site (Exhibit 7). Analysis of the Issues The originally approved entitlements for the Cinema site included a 25- story high-rise tower containing 150 for-sale condominium units, approximately 13,500 square feet of retail and restaurant uses and a six-story, mixed-use loft building containing 15 residential units and 10,000 square feet of office space. In December of 2008, Nexus Development Corporation submitted a revised plan showing the removal of the retail and restaurant building and the six-story mixed-use loft building, the relocation of the 25-story high-rise tower and the proposed 4-story hotel. As a result of this revised proposal, amendments to the original entitlements, as well as several new entitlements, will be required. 75B-5