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Published in Downtown News on November 20, 2013

The Wilshire Grand team celebrates hitting "bottom" on the final day of excavation.

Published on GlobeSt.com on December 3, 2013

Globest.com featured an article in which Chris Martin, Dan Beckerman and Bert Dezzutti were quoted speaking about the Jan. 9 “Opportunity Knocks conference".

Published in the LA Times on January 8, 2014

The head of Korean Airlines, Chairman Cho, was profiled in this Los Angeles Times article.

USA Today writes about the Wilshire Grand project being the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and the big concrete pour taking place next weekend, February 15th.

Construction Starts on Tallest Building in the West

Listen in to KCRW's "Which Way LA" as Saul Gonzalez interviews the Wilshire Grand team about the biggest "hole" in Downtown LA. They talk about the big concrete pour taking place this Saturday, February 15th. To fast forward, the interview starts at the 5:55 minute mark. 

In this article, The Guardian writes about the 21,200 cubic yards (16,200 cubic metres) of concrete to be dumped by 2,120 trucks over a 30-hour period. 

The LA Times writes about Wilshire Grand and how it will take a major step forward Saturday February 15th when more than 2,000 truckloads of concrete are driven through downtown for what is being billed as the world's largest continuous concrete pour.

Team members at Wilshire Grand site are interviewed on the Pete Demetriou segment on KNX.

NBC Los Angeles reports as the concrete trucks start rolling in to Downtown Los Angeles. 

As of Monday, the Wilshire Grand workers have set a Guinness World Record by pouring 42,930 tons of concrete in one go for the construction of the Hotel in Los Angeles.