Wilshire Grand Resort
Los Angeles, CA
Project Overview
The tallest building west of Chicago is a 1,100-foot skyscraper in the financial district of downtown Los Angeles. The property includes 67,000 square feet of retail, 677,000 square feet of Class A office space, and the 889-room Intercontinental Los Angeles Downtown.
Design and Installation of wet pipe, pre-action, standpipe, high and low zone fire pump systems.
1,100 ft tall
Skyscraper
67,000 sqft
Retail Space
677,000 sqft
Class A Office Space
889 room
Intercontinental Los Angeles Downtown
Case Story
Renovating a historic building in the heart of a major metropolis always will cause some heartburn for the principals. The Wilshire Grand Center and the city of Los Angeles was no exception for Brian Callahan, president of Santa Ana, California-based design-build firm XL Fire Protection.
Callahan, in partnership with Xylem Bell & Gossett were A-C Fire Pump, worked for three years to provide the 2.1-million-square-foot Wilshire Grand Center with an enhanced, sustainable fire-protection system during the hotel’s expansive $20 million makeover. Today, the 73-story glass-and-steel Wilshire Grand Center is valued at $1.35 billion and is the tallest building in the United States west of Chicago’s Willis Tower.
