Disney's Grand Californian Hotel
The Disneyland Resort announced late yesterday what we all knew was coming, an expansion of the Grand Californian Hotel & Spa that will increase the size of the resort by 30% as well as include the very first Disney Vacation Club (DVC) villas in Anaheim. The project is scheduled to be complete by late 2009 and will add over 200 new hotel rooms and 50 vacation villas that will include kitchens, living and dining areas. The expansion will also add a rooftop viewing deck for the fireworks, a new swimming pool and 300 underground parking spaces. Currently the Grand Californian features 745 rooms and when the expansion is complete, it will feature a total of 995 guest rooms.

The W Hotel in Hollywood
Construction continues on the enormous mixed-use development that is Hollywood and Vine/the W hotel. You're getting a 305-room W Hotel, 143 for-sale W Residences, 375 apartment units, 61,500 square feet of street level retail, and a three-story subterranean garage. According to a rep for developer Legacy Partners, the rental/retail part will be called Hollywood and Vine, and of course, the W will be called the W

The USC Dorms