Renovation of DTLA’s Hotel Cecil Slated to Begin in Late 2019

New York-based Simon Baron has partnered with Skid Row Housing Trust, which will assist with developing and managing the SRO units. Under the proposed arrangement, the developers will repurpose 10 existing units as offices for on-site supportive services. Additionally 30 units are to be removed from the building - creating space for manager's apartments and hotel amenities - and rebuilt in an adjacent building no earlier than July 1, 2028. If the 30 replacement units cannot be provided at the off-site location, Simon Baron would instead be required to convert 18 hotel rooms on the Cecil's eighth floor to SRO housing and pay an in-lieu fee to account for the remaining 12 apartments.