The 722 S. Broadway Building is an adaptive reuse and seismic upgrade of an existing unreinforced masonry (URM) building designed by renowned Los Angeles architect R.B. Young. Constructed in 1909, the 80,000-SF building is seven levels above grade over a one-level basement. It was initially home to the Barker Brothers Furniture store, the largest furniture retailer west of the Mississippi River. Most recently, it was home to the Sassony Arcade, though the upper floors remained unoccupied for decades. Miyamoto performed a feasibility study to determine the most economical solution for multiple retrofit options considered by the owner. The proposed solutions satisfy both seismic requirements for life safety and functionality for the desired building use. The seismic retrofit consists of new concrete shear walls along longitudinal exterior walls, new concrete moment frames along transverse exterior walls and new steel moment frames at two interior lines. 722 S. Broadway is undergoing a major revitalization, as is the Downtown Los Angeles’ Historic Broadway Theater and Commercial District in which it resides. The surrounding Broadway Shopping District boasts the highest per foot retail rents in Los Angeles. This historic treasure is found on the National Register of Historic Places and is at the heart of the “Bringing Back Broadway” Initiative. Through this adaptive reuse, the building is destined to once again flourish in this high-density area with a rapidly growing demand for retail, residential and creative office spaces.