Downtown Los Angeles's Fifth Street Store Building was designed by Alexander Curlett and built by Milliron's in 1927. In the building's early years, it was home to a department store that repeatedly changed its name, including Walker's, Fifth Street Store, Walker's Fifth Street Store, and in 1946 it changed to Milliron's. A $300,000 ($4.95millionin 2025) renovation was done in 1946 as well.[1][3][4]
In 1952, Ohrbach bought Milliron's, after which they performed a $1 million ($12.1millionin 2025)Welton Beckett-designed modernization on this building. Ohrbach's moved into the building the following year[5] and in 1959, the company sold the building to Starrett Corp. for $2.8 million ($30.9millionin 2025).[3]
The building was converted to residential in 2006.[2]
Architecture and design
The Fifth Street Store building was built on a steel frame with brick filler walls and concrete floors, and also features a brick and terra cottafacade.[6] The building was built to the height limit in place in Los Angeles at the time it was constructed.[3]
