The estimated price tag to earthquake-proof the Gas Company Tower, center, is $230 million. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) L..A. County plans to pay more to upgrade the Gas Company Tower than it ...
On paper, the deal makes sense. Faced with the prospect of an extensive, and expensive, seismic safety retrofit for its 1960s-era downtown headquarters, L.A. County decided to vet an alternative: a ...