Beverly Hills complex to add public garden

A $10-billion high-rise project will feature elevated landscaped space open to visitors.

- ROGER VINCENT

A RENDERING DEPICTS the planned botanic gardens at the One Beverly Hills condo and hotel complex. The gardens will showcase 200 drought-resistant plants and water features inspired by SoCal's landscapes.

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Everyone is now invited to come experience the high life in Beverly Hills.

New details about a floating public garden, which will be part of a more than $10-billion luxury housing and hotel compiex, were unveiled on Thursday by its London-based developer.

Cain, which started work onthe high-rise One Beverly Hills project more than a year ago, released an updated look at the sprawling botanical gardens that will surround the complex at the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards, a project that has been in the making for more than two decades.

City officials agreed to let Cain build by far the two tallest towers in Beverly Hills with the understanding that stacking the condominiums high would leave open space for 8.5 acres of gardens on the 17.5-acre site.

“We regard the gardens as the soul of the project,” said Jonathan Goldstein, chief executive of Cain.

More than half of the gardens will be open to the public.

One Beverly Hills is one of the biggest real estate developments by cost under construction in North America, Goldstein said.