L.A. City Council approves 16-story residential project in Hollywood
To allay fears that construction would disrupt recording sessions at the Capitol Records building next door, the developer included plans to minimize noise and compensate the studios if necessary.
The Los Angeles City Council approved plans Friday for a 16-story residential tower in Hollywood, following weeks of warnings that construction work on the project would disrupt recordings at the landmark Capitol Records building next door.
Councilman Eric Garcetti, who represents a portion of Hollywood, said the city had added new measures that would safeguard work at the building's underground recording studios, which will be located less than 20 feet from the project's six-level, 242-space subterranean garage.
The project will establish a fund to compensate EMI, the parent company of Capitol Records, if recording is disrupted, Garcetti said.
Second Street Ventures, which is developing the project, has also agreed to adopt construction techniques that minimize noise at Capitol Records' underground studios, according to the plan.
"We all learned a lot more about vibrations than we ever knew before this started," Garcetti said.
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