HWH Luxury Living

OUR STORY In 1858, and at the young age of 15, Herman Wolf Hellman (?HWH?) immigrated to Los Angeles with his older brother Isaias. HWH began working as a simple clerk, then store owner, and ultimately becoming one of LA?s premiere money men of the late nineteenth century, through his hard work, sound investments in land, oil, and banking. In 1903, HWH decided to erect an office building on the site of his downtown Los Angeles house. HWH built the largest, most modern, and most costly building ever constructed in Los Angeles. It was also the most lavish, with marble floors and corridors and stained glass skylights in the lobby. Newspapers praised Hellman?s boldness. The construction of the Hellman Building catalyzed the development of South Spring street as ?The Wall Street of the West,? and set the cornerstone of LA Financial District for the next 70 years. Today, the HWH Building, known as ?HWH Luxury Living,? has been meticulously renovated and redesigned, bringing the historic building new life as 188 luxury high-rise apartment homes, Downtown LA?s largest amenity rooftop, ground floor retail, bar and restaurant spaces. The original marble corridors, 3/4 inch maple hardwood floors, original historic windows, and stained glass domed skylights have been restored by the finest craftsmen of their trade. All renovations have met the original standard of excellence, in honor of Herman Wolf Hellman . . .?