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The Craftsman

In 2018, the owners of the 1923 Lane Mortgage Building at 8th and Spring Streets began plans for the adaptive reuse of a vintage office building. Six years later, the now century-old structure has reopened as an apartment-hotel fusion called The Craftsman.

Downtown-based architecture firm Omgivning designed the project, which converted the upper floors of the building into 110-short-term rentals, while retaining existing ground-floor retail and restaurant space. San Francisco-based Sonder, which runs short-term apartment-hotel projects, has signed on to operate the upper floors, which features units as small as 380 square feet in size.

-Source: Urbanize LA

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Building Information

Status: Completed (Post-99)

Gross Sq Ft: 84,000

Number of Stories: 12

Date Opened: 2024

LEED Certification: Not Certified

Architect: Omgivning

Retail

Retail Sq Ft: 8119

Hotel

Hotel Name: The Craftsman

Hotel Website: https://www.sonder.com/destinations/los_angeles/the-craftsman/c36393?sleeps=1

Hotel Type: Short-term Rentals

Number of Rooms: 110

The Craftsman
208 W 8th St
Los Angeles, CA 90014