Future of L.A.'s Glass Tower project becomes more clear.AMIR Kalantari acknowledges that when he took 10 months to revise and revamp re·vamp tr.v. re·vamped, re·vamp·ing, re·vamps 1. To patch up or restore; renovate. 2. To revise or reconstruct (a manuscript, for example). 3. To vamp (a shoe) anew. n. his plans for his downtown Glass Tower project some in the real estate industry began to question the fate of the idle project. They speculated that the Los Angeles-based Kalantari Group had decided to instead cancel the project and flip the property. Kalantari said he never planned to scrap plans for the 25-story condo tower at the northeast corner of 11th Street and Grand Avenue; instead he used the year to evaluate construction trends, hire a new architectural firm An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture. History Architects (master builders) have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep (c. , DeStefano and Partners Ltd., and generally get his "ducks in a row." "It's not the type of project I wanted to do with other projects on the table," said Kalantari, owner of his namesake name·sake n. One that is named after another. [From the phrase for the name's sake.] namesake Noun company. Last month, DeStefano replaced Nadel Architects Inc. on the project, and lead designer Doug Hanson and senior designer Laura Jimenez are currently working on the concept design for the 128-unit tower. Los Angeles-based Kalantari Group purchased the land in 2004 and got it entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: in 2005. Befitting be·fit·ting adj. Appropriate; suitable; proper. be·fit  ting·ly adv.Adj. 1. its name, the 192,000-square-foot tower will heavily incorporate glass into its exterior design. Renderings done by Nadel Architects also included extensive exterior glass work, but Kalantari said the new design will be more contemporary. "We are very excited about working on the project," Jimenez said. "Amir is a great client. He wants some exciting architecture--you don't always get a client like that." Kalantari said DeStefano understands how to project his company's vision of urban contemporary design. "Our whole vision was to create a contemporary counterpart counterpart n. in the law of contracts, a written paper which is one of several documents which constitute a contract, such as a written offer and a written acceptance. to what is out there in the area now," he said. Condo units will range in size from approximately 850 square feet to about 3,000 square feet and prices will start in the $400,000 range and max out near $3 million. The building will also include 5,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Kalantari said the project will break ground in early 2007, and he expects construction to take between 20 and 24 months. Staff Reporter Daniel Miller People called Daniel Miller include:
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