36 More Homes Planned Inside Hollywood’s Lumina Tower at  5929 Sunset Boulevard

Canadian owner Morguard Corporation has asked the City to convert two underused floors of the 22‑story Lumina Hollywood building at 5929 Sunset Boulevard into new housing. The application, filed July 1 with the Planning Department would swap empty offices and a slice of parking on levels 3 and 4 for 36 additional apartments—two set aside for very‑low‑income households.

Today the third and fourth floors hold roughly 27,000 square feet of workspace that has sat mostly vacant since the tower opened. Morguard’s architects, Gensler, propose carving that area into a mix of studios, one‑bedrooms, and two‑bedrooms without altering the tower’s glass exterior. Structural walls stay in place; new plumbing rises through former storage chases to keep construction costs down.

Because the new homes are tucked inside the existing shell, no extra height or bulk is requested. Instead, Morguard uses the State’s “adaptive reuse” density bonus to meet zoning rules while gaining a modest floor‑area bump for the two deed‑restricted units.

Commercial space would shrink from just over 46,000 square feet to about 13,600 square feet, all at ground level. Plans show most of that frontage leased to the Hotel Café, a long‑running Hollywood music venue that would build a restaurant and live‑entertainment space opening onto Sunset.

Outside, the small park on Gordon Street—part of the original entitlement—gets a refresh. New shade sails, raised planters, and fixed seating replace the current lawn, and a widened path pushes pedestrian traffic away from apartment entries.

If approvals arrive on schedule, Morguard expects interior demolition to start in early 2027, with the 36 new homes ready for residents about a year later.

The project is the latest example of Los Angeles owners turning quiet office pockets into badly needed housing stock—reusing space that is already built instead of adding new square footage to the skyline.

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