The plan for the nine-acre hotel property on the corner of SantaMonica and Wilshire boulevards would upgrade the entire propertyinto "a resort-like environment that would include a sub-tropicalgarden" along with the new luxury rooms, a wisteria-rooftop garden,a new tree-lined entry for the hotel, a transformed executivemeeting center, an expanded hotel pool area with cabanas. Thecondo-hotel would provide 50 to 75 hotel rooms daily.

The building ownership hired Gwathmey Siegel & AssociatesArchitects and landscape architects Peter Walker & Partnerslast year to "define the next 50 years" for the property, which wasbuilt in 1955. Those firms teamed with Gensler and Associatesarchitects to create what the hotel ownership calls the "OasisPlan" for the property's future.

Alagem, chairman of Oasis West, says that keys to the plan willinclude "right-sizing" the hotel room count to create a total of upto 523 high-end luxury rooms in order to maximize room rate andoccupancy. The new plan will create 50% more open space and willinclude water-saving measures, a transportation and parking plan,and other measures designed to elevate both the quality andefficiency of the property.