First Quarter 2014

May 7 / 1 - 3 p.m.
Airport Center I & Carlsberg LAX (6151
W. Century Blvd., parking lot)
May 14 / 9 - 11 a.m.
Skyview Center (6053 W. Century
Blvd., at Avion and 98th Street)
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May 14 / 1 - 3 p.m.
Airport Spectrum / 5777 West Century
Plaza
On the private drive between the LAX
Hilton Hotel and 5757 W. Century
Blvd.
May 21 / 9 - 11 a.m.
5200 W. Century Blvd. / Miracle Mile
Building (on Glasgow Place at Century
Blvd.)
PLEASE RSVP TO [email protected]
CALL (310) 642-7849 FOR MORE INFORMATION
WHAT YOU CANNOT BRING:
Pendaflex files and 3-Ring Binders
Due to the demand, you must RSVP or boxes will not be accepted.
Gateway to L.A.’s newest parking facility adjacent to the Radisson Hotel at Los
Angeles Airport is set to open in a few weeks. Ace Parking Management will
operate the new QuikPark facility on the corner of 98th Street and Vicksburg
Avenue. The facility, which can accommodate 2,500 cars, is expected to open
by April 15. “We are very excited that our new QuikPark is returning to the LAX
corridor in early spring,” said Steve Wade of Ace Parking. “We are looking
forward to bringing our customers a great experience with a brand new facility.”
QuikPark will offer self parking, valet, rooftop parking as well as full-service car
wash detailing.
WHAT YOU CAN BRING:
File folders and paper (No need to remove staples, paper clips and binder clips) CDRoms, Data CDs, DVDs, Microfilm, Microfiche, Credit Cards, Tapes, and Disks.
New QuikPark Facility Set to Open
Gateway to L.A. is again holding a series of shredding events to encourage local
businesses to recycle their sensitive documents, CDs, etc., in a secure way and
under the supervision of Cornerstone Records Management.
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GATEWAY INVITES
BUSINESSES TO DISPOSE
OF SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS
Thurs March 13
8 – 9:30am – The Westin Los Angeles Airport
5400 W. Century Blvd.
Thurs May 8
8 – 9:30am – Sheraton Gateway Hotel
6101 W. Century Blvd.
Thurs July 10
8 – 9:30am – Sheraton Gateway Hotel
6101 W. Century Blvd.
BOARD MEETING:
May 7 / 9 - 11 a.m.
Airport Center II, III & LAX Royal
Airport Center (9841 Airport
Blvd./5933 Century service road)
calendar
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS A 10 SINGLE BOX LIMIT.
GATEWAY TO L.A. 6151 W Century Blvd. Suite 121
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Get Ready
to Shred
GATEWAY TO L.A.
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Peter Kolla Lands First GM Post
Airport Center, at 5959 W. Century Boulevard, is just
one of several large office buildings in the Gateway
area to support Green Business Certification.
Going
Green
GATEWAY BUSINESSES
SUPPORT GREEN CERTIFICATION
All of the large retail office buildings in
the Gateway to L.A. BID have signed
on to support the recently launched Los
Angeles Green Business Certification
Program and will encourage their
tenant businesses to participate in
the certification process. Certification
typically results in cost savings for
businesses and building owners through
lower energy, water and waste
disposal costs.
Program partner Green
Globe has been working
with Gateway leadership
to encourage area building
owners to support the
program by encouraging their
tenants to participate. Once
the building owner supports
the program, tenants will be contacted
by an environmental consultant under
contract with LACCD to encourage
their participation and offer consultation
assistance with the ultimate goal
of achieving certification under the
Program.
business and receive the right to display
the city approved logo and to be
promoted as such.
The push to sign up all eligible Gateway
businesses under the program is
currently underway and interest in the
certification process is reported to be
robust.
The Green Business
Certification Program is
being managed by the
Los Angeles Community
College District (LACCD),
which received a three-year
contract from the city of
Los Angeles to administer
the program’s processes.
LACCD’s program partners
include Green Globe, Green Seal, Los
Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce,
DineLA, and the United States Green
Building Council – Los Angeles Chapter.
Launched in on July 1, 2013, the L.A.
Green Business Certification Program
initially targets three business types:
office/retail, restaurant and auto repair.
Participation in the certification program
begins with a simple online registration
process for the business.
Beyond the initial approach to office
retail business owners, Green Globe and
Gateway leadership intend to introduce
the certification opportunity to eligible
restaurant and auto repair businesses
in the district. Hospitality businesses
can also achieve certification through
a City sponsored program delivered by
Green Seal, a partner in the L.A. Green
Business Certification Program.
Participants that meet program
standards for conserving resources,
preventing pollution by minimizing
waste and compliance with applicable
environmental laws and regulations will
become a Los Angeles Green Certified
L.A. Green Business Certification
Program standards are the same used by
the California Green Business Program,
endorsed by the California legislature
under Assembly Bill 913 (AB 913),
passed in 2011.
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After a career in food and beverage in which he oversaw
the doubling of the food and beverage sales at the
Sheraton Delfina and the opening of four new restaurants
in 18 months as associate director of hospitality at USC,
Peter Kolla is now the General Manager of the Four
Points by Sheraton. “It’s very exciting,” said Kolla, who
embarked on his first GM job in December when the hotel
came under the ownership of Crescent Hotels & Resorts.
He previously served as food an beverage director at
the Sheraton Gateway Hotel, so he is very familiar with
the Gateway area. “There is such a buzz in this area,” he said. “This is a great
opportunity to show that an airport hotel doesn’t have to be what people think
an airport hotel is. It’s great to see how the very talented people in all divisions
of the hotel work to provide our guests with the best possible experience.”
Clean-Up
Effort
WALLYPARK REBRANDS NEW STRUCTURE
AS JOE’S AIRPORT PARKING
Joe must be a pretty high-tech guy. Or at
least his new parking facility is!
LAWA CLEANS UP 5400 BLOCK
OF CENTURY BOULEVARD
In early February, Los Angeles World
Airports stepped up it’s clean-up efforts
along the north side of the 5400 block of
Century Boulevard.
The area, which had become an eyesore
filled with overgrown brush and littered
with trash, now looks beautiful thanks
to the work done by the airport’s
maintenance team. Broken sprinklers
were replaced and shrubs were cut back
appropriately.
“LAWA was maybe unaware that it was
the property owner in that area” said
Laurie Hughes, executive director of
Gateway to L.A. “But once we asked
them to take a look, they were incredibly
responsive.”
Hughes said the clean-up effort
High-Tech
Parking
underscores the close working
relationship Gateway has developed with
the airport and the way in which the two
organizations work together to achieve
common goals such as beautifying
the area near the nation’s third-busiest
airport.
“Some areas around other airports look
rundown, but that’s not something we
accept here at Gateway,” she said. “We
continue to work closely with the airport
to develop a walkable and appealing
environment to all of our visitors whether
they stay in our hotels, work in our
office buildings or come down Century
Boulevard on their way to or from the
airport.”
(Pictured below are before (left) and after
photos of the area)
Los Angeles-based L&R Group of
Companies, the company behind
WallyPark, has made a major capital
investment in a variety of improvements,
including new lighting, high-tech
equipment and aesthetics as it converts
the former All-Star Parking operation and
rebrands it as Joe’s Airport Parking.
L&R is installing a state-of-the-art
revenue control system with a frequent
parker program that will simplify the
parking process while rewarding its
valued customers. In addition, the facility
will offer covered and uncovered selfparking and a premium valet service
with a host of car care services ranging
from washing, waxing, detailing, window
tinting, windshield repairs, paintless dent
removal and minor bumper scuff repairs.
Charles Bassett of L&R said the move
reinforces the Joe’s brand that has been
hugely successful in Downtown Los
Angeles, where it operates more than
100 parking lots.
“Joe’s has been a staple in Downtown
L.A. for more than 60 years,” he said. “It
is a brand people know and respect and
one that already has a major presence in
Los Angeles. This will be the first venture
with Joe’s into the off-airport parking
market.”
Above all, Bassett said the goal is to
create a parking experience at Joe’s
akin to the air travel experience on Virgin
America airlines or the hotel experience
at the W Hotel.
“We are designing our Joe’s Airport
Parking brand to attract air travelers that
value and appreciate a cool, trendy and
fun environment,” he said.
WallyPark already has a solid track
record of successful off-airport parking
operations and now has 16 facilities at
11 major airports from coast to coast.
Last year, WallyPark launched the
WallyPark Express brand, which offers
no frills, easy-in, easy-out parking.
The new facility incorporates the former
All Star lot at 6141 Century and the
adjacent parking garage at 6151 Century
to provide space for more than 1,500
vehicles.
Like the existing WallyPark facilities,
the new Joe’s Airport Parking facility
will feature a variety of complimentary
benefits for its customers including free
USA Today newspaper, free bottled
water and coffee, free wireless internet
access, free 24/7 shuttle service, free
luggage assistance to and from your
vehicle and the signature WallyGuard™
door ding protective pads.
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