Hotel Indigo Rises in Downtown Glendale

• VK Group, a Glendale-based developer, is actively constructing a 7-story Hotel Indigo at 515 N. Central Avenue in Downtown Glendale.
• The building is approved for 142 guest rooms, a second-story pool deck, fitness room, meeting rooms, and a 137-car underground parking garage.
• VK Group has filed to expand the footprint by 3,201 square feet, which would add 12 rooms and bring the total to 174 keys.
• The project replaces a shuttered Burger King; AC Martin is the architect.

A Burger King Becomes a Boutique Hotel

VK Group is building up. The Glendale-based developer's Hotel Indigo at 515 N. Central Avenue is now visibly rising in Downtown Glendale, a seven-story, 142-key project that the Glendale City Council approved in January 2020 and that has been under construction since 2024.

The building takes over a site that previously held a Burger King at the corner of Central Avenue and Doran Street. What replaces it is considerably taller: a U-shaped structure wrapping around a street-fronting courtyard, designed by AC Martin in a Chicago and Industrial Age aesthetic, with brick, stone, and metal on the exterior.

Amenities include a second-story pool deck, a fitness room, meeting rooms, and a three-level, 137-car underground parking garage.

VK Group Wants More

VK Group isn't stopping at the approved program. The developer has filed with the City of Glendale to expand the building envelope by approximately 3,201 square feet, a move that would allow for 12 additional guest rooms. If approved, the hotel would open at 174 keys rather than 142.

The filing signals confidence in downtown Glendale's hotel demand and in the submarket's ability to absorb boutique inventory at a moment when the area is seeing significant residential and mixed-use development nearby.

Hotel Indigo Brand and LA Footprint

Hotel Indigo is IHG's upscale boutique flag, with each property designed to reflect its specific neighborhood. The brand already has a presence in the LA area through a 350-key outpost at the Metropolis development in Downtown Los Angeles, along with California properties in Anaheim, San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, Del Mar, and Napa Valley. The Glendale location would add a new market for the brand within the greater metro.

A Denser Downtown Taking Shape

The project sits just south of 601 N. Brand Boulevard, where Onni Group has proposed a two-tower, 858-unit apartment complex. The Hotel Indigo site is also flanked by recently completed residential developments, including Carmel Partners' Altana Glendale and Century West Partners' NEXT on Lex apartments. Downtown Glendale has a Residence Inn on Louise Street already in the market, and the concentrated activity on Central and Brand reflects a steady bet on the submarket's continued densification.

With construction advancing and an expansion application pending, the Glendale Hotel Indigo is targeting a delivery that would bring the city's first IHG boutique flag and potentially its largest new hotel in years.