Thompson Hotels and tommie to Take Residence in Hollywood
SAN FRANCISCO (May 28, 2015) – The international lifestyle hotel management company Commune Hotels & Resorts, comprising Joie de Vivre Hotels, Thompson Hotels, and tommie, announces two new-build hotels in the greater Los Angeles area as part of its continued national expansion. Thompson Hotels, a luxury lifestyle brand, and tommie, a new micro lifestyle brand debuting this fall in New York City, will be at the forefront of a massive renaissance in a rapidly transforming pocket of Hollywood. Both projects are being led by a private developer with multiple ventures in the mixed-use urban area.
“The resurgence and robust future of Hollywood create a prime opportunity for us to bring the first new-build Thompson hotel to Los Angeles and introduce tommie to the West Coast,” said Niki Leondakis, CEO, Commune Hotels & Resorts. “The privilege of working closely with our partners in the layout and programming of the two buildings provides the opportunity to genuinely weave the new hotels into the fabric of the neighborhood in each of the brand’s distinctive ways.”
On the highly desirable Wilcox Avenue, north of Sunset Boulevard, Thompson Hollywood will be a 200-key hotel that embraces the scene and style of Hollywood. The ground floor of the 10-story building will comprise the hotel lobby, a 4,595-square-foot restaurant, a 1,862-square-foot bar, and an outdoor plaza. With views of the iconic Hollywood sign and downtown Los Angeles, the penthouse level will include an outdoor pool with deck, a 1,430-square-foot restaurant and a fitness center.
tommie Hollywood will stand nearby on Cahuenga Boulevard, south of Sunset Boulevard at the edge of L.A.’s most walkable neighborhood. The vibrant Hollywood neighborhood is being proposed for the new micro lifestyle hotel because of the synergy between the tommie brand ethos and the neighborhood’s cultural fabric. tommie Hollywood is in early planning stages.
As Hollywood flourishes with a construction boom and an expected 68-percent population increase over the next five years, the Thompson and tommie properties will be anchors to the resurgence of the historic neighborhood, originally famed for being the playground of the Golden Age of film. The tradition has been revived for the 21st century with an eclectic nightlife scene luring local tastemakers with a mix of bespoke watering holes and mom-and-pop bars that sit alongside nationally-famed restaurants and star-studded nightclubs.
Thompson Hollywood and tommie Hollywood will be located among local treasures such as the California-native independent record store Amoeba Records; Floyd’s 99 barbershop where stylists celebrate their individuality with patrons and passers-by; the Sundays-only Hollywood Farmer’s Market; and entertainment production offices fostering the next wave of creatives.
Thompson Hollywood and tommie Hollywood will break ground once entitlements and permits are secured, which is anticipated by end of 2015. Both hotels are slated to open in 2017.
