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Japanese Eatery Signs Lease in DTLA

One of downtown’s trendiest buildings is looking to get even edgier. Niku X, an upscale Japanese restaurant with a French influence, has signed a lease to occupy the Wilshire Grand Center. The restaurant, created by Haibin Yang and David Zhao of The X Pot, will open this fall.

The eatery will occupy more than 8,000 square feet of space, for which it signed a 10-year lease. The landlord, Hanjin International Corp., was represented by Kennedy Wilson’s Lee Shapiro and Justin Weiss.

“We’ve recognized the success that Niku X’s sister restaurant, The X Pot, has garnered in Las Vegas, and we are thrilled to bring this new refined establishment to the Wilshire Grand Center,” Weiss said in a statement.

Niku X is being designed by AC Martin with touches from DWDW’s founder De Shun Wang. It will feature three private rooms in addition to a main dining area. The restaurant will have traditional Japanese design elements. It will also have a dry-aging meat cellar and meat imported from Japan.

“Niku X represents the perfect example of the rising popularity of the fine-dining category embodying elements of artistry and culture,” Shapiro said in a statement. “The restaurant will feature an open dining concept which allows for personal connections to be made between the chefs and guests, a quality we typically do not see in upscale dining experiences.”

Shin Thompson, a Michelin-starred chef, is leading the restaurant. He is known for his gastronomy offerings at the now-closed Chicago-based French restaurant Bonsoiree, Japanese comfort food eatery Furious Spoon and Bokuchan’s Japanese Curry House.

The Wilshire Grand Center, at 900 Wilshire Blvd., is a 73-story skyscraper that opened in 2017; it is the tallest structure on the West Coast.

The building is home to the 889-room InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown hotel and has a skydeck on the top floor. It also has offices and amenity space.

Hannah Madans Welk
Hannah Madans Welk
Hannah Madans Welk is a managing editor at the Los Angeles Business Journal and the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. She previously covered real estate for the Los Angeles Business Journal. She has done work with publications including The Orange County Register, The Real Deal and doityourself.com.

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