The Sun Realty Company commissioned the building in 1926 and architectural firm Curlett & Beelman designed it in the Renaissance Revival style.

The Sun Realty Company commissioned the Mayfair Hotel on 7th Street in the Westlake neighborhood in Los Angeles in 1926, designed by Curlett & Beelman and built at a cost of US$2,500,000 (equivalent to $43,000,000 in 2023).

[1] At 15 stories tall, promoters advertised the building as the tallest west of the Mississippi.

The Los Angeles Daily Times described the Mayfair as "commanding an unusually beautiful view of the city, the mountains and the Hollywood area" and noted that it was located "only a short ride from Broadway, yet out of the congested traffic district".

[2] In 2014, property owner ICO Group of Companies began a renovation of the Mayfair Hotel, with architect Gulla Jonsdottir providing designs for the project.