Everyone’s calling Laurel Supply a genius brand strategy. No press release. No website. A private Instagram with zero followers. Packed from day one.
Here’s what they’re leaving out.
One of the owners is Dean McKillen. And to understand what he built on Santa Monica Boulevard, you need to understand his father.
Paddy McKillen Sr. is one of the most respected figures in global luxury hospitality. He restored Claridge’s. The Connaught. The Berkeley — three of London’s most iconic hotels. He built Château La Coste in Provence, an estate with art and architecture by Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando, and Bob Dylan.
His entire career has been one philosophy: find the buildings with bones. Restore them. Honor what was there. Never genericize.
