mercantile-lofts-extThe Mercantile Lofts is a 35-unit boutique quality live-work managed community apartment rental building in the Historic Core of Downtown Los Angeles. Originally built in 1907 and then converted to oversized luxury lofts in 2011, the building features beaux-arts postmodern architecture with an artful designer lobby and glass curtain wall system. The Mercantile building blends historic details with a modern look. The building’s vintage features, such as barn-style doors and exposed brick walls, have been preserved, while the building has been outfitted with modern touches. These additions include custom bamboo flooring on some floors, polished concrete flooring on others, stainless-steel appliances and washer-dryer in each unit. The loft units are bigger than life with 14 foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows and range in size from around 1,400 up to to 2,000 square feet.
• stunning beaux-arts design with urban sophistication • 1400-2000 sf floor plans with 14 foot ceilings
• in-suite appliance package, including washer-dryer
• floor-to-ceiling windows • on-site secure assigned parking
• pets welcome
Mercantile-Lofts-ext-2With architectural reminders of its genuine vintage past, the Historic Core has become one of the most sought after neighborhoods of the re-emergent Downtown L.A . Located on Main Street, between 6th and 7th Street, The Mercantile Lofts is central to Downtown’s plentiful restaurants, shops, famous pubs, entertainment and transportation. The Artisan House bar, restaurant and market delivers food and drinks. Around the corner is Cole’s French Dip, one of the oldest operating restaurants in Los Angeles. It contains a speakeasy right out of 1920’s prohibition era, now perfectly legal, but with the lingering excitement of its secret past. The Historic Core is home base for hip urbanites, and it is a pleasant walk to the Arts District, Fashion District, Little Tokyo, Financial and South Park districts.
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The 35 loft apartments at The Mercantile are suitable for live-work use as delightful residential units, creative office space and fashion/showroom space. Each loft unit has access to an optional underground gated parking space. With their spacious interiors, the lofts are loved by cats and dogs as well. City life combined with genuine modern aesthetic, Mercantile Lofts are a big blank canvas for a creative living expression.
South Park is a neighborhood that is nestled in the southwest corner of Downtown Los Angeles. In recent years, South Park has become a neighborhood with modern expansion of residential high rises, sports stadiums, concert arenas, and luxury restaurants and hotels. It has become a city for the successful and the ambitious.
In South Park with the median age is 23, has the lowest for any city in L.A. County. The percentages of residents who are 34 or younger is among the county’s highest. It has become a youthful and diverse area in LA County.
View of South Park
Imagine living in a brand new building and just a walking distance to LA Live, Staples Center, and the LA Convention Center. There’s a pulse and energy to this vibrant urban area where there is always something to do and something going on. You’ll find your days function better with the right combination of excitement, and ease of getting from where you live to where you play.
South Park is an area that is dedicated to safety, it has one of the lowest crime rates of any Downtown neighborhood. The Safe Team of South Park Business Improvement District (BID) patrols all day, every day on bicycle and foot throughout the South Park district. In green shirts and black pants, they are on the road making daily contact with merchants, visitors, and residents.
South Park BID provides a 24/7 Safe Walk Service within it’s district boundaries. The Safe Walk Service is designed to ensure safe arrivals by providing walking accompaniment to residents, employees, and visitors who may feel more secure when accompanied by a District Safety Officer rather than walking alone.
Just south and walking distance to Downtown Los Angeles, residents of South Park Experience it all. Walking distance to the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Disney Concert Hall, the Central Library, the museums and art galleries are abound, and there’s always a selection of stage plays, movies and musical performances.
An abundance of choices are within walking distance. Some neighborhoods tout their mall as the special place to be. When you live in Downtown LA, you have malls, too. But beyond the ordinary shopping experience, downtown has boutiques, speciality outlets, and entire districts from which to choose. Shopping bonanzas at wholesale prices, like the Fashion District, the Jewelry District, the Flower District.
Even though the area offers almost everything a great city can offer, residents need to get out and it’s quite easy to do! The area has a convenient terminal for the blue line at Pico and Union, making it easy for the residents to hope on the Metro and be transported quickly to the major hub of Los Angeles, Union Station.
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