Will LA County abandon Hall of Admin? Supervisors push to buy skyscraper for headquarters

Los Angeles County leaders are proposing to buy a skyscraper in the Bunker Hill section of downtown Los Angeles and move its workers from the Hall of Administration and several other county buildings to the high-rise.

The Board of Supervisors has its eye on the 52-story Gas Company Tower, a commercial office building at 555 West 5th Street, for the new county headquarters. The steel and glass building is reportedly about half-vacant. It is listed for sale by several commercial real estate companies.