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Urbanize.LA By Steven Sharp December 10, 2019 A presentation to the Santa Monica Architectural Review Board provides a look at updated plans for a mixed-use building at the corner of 6th Street and Wilshire Boulevard. KFA Architecture The project, which is being developed by WS Communities, would replace two small commercial buildings with a four-story edifice containing 40 one-, […]

Urbanize.LA By Stephen Sharp November 18, 2019 A staff report to the Santa Monica Architectural Review Board has unveiled a new look for WS Communities’ proposed mixed-use development at 1543 7th Street. The project, which would replace a three-unit apartment building and a light industrial building, calls for the construction of an eight-story edifice featuring 100 market-rate apartments and […]

Urbanize.LA By Steven Sharp October 31, 2019 With completion approaching at the Expo Line-adjacent Ivy Station complex, developers Lowe and AECOM-Canyon Partners have announced an operator for project’s boutique hotel. The 148-room hotel – known as “The Shay”  – will be operated by Hyatt under its premium Destination Hotel brand.  Other offerings will include a 5,000-square-foot outdoor courtyard and 8,000 […]

Dezeen by Bridget Cogley September 30, 2019 Soho House has turned a former warehouse in Downtown Los Angeles into a new spot for its members, featuring a rooftop pool, hotel rooms and garden. Called Soho Warehouse, the new members’ club occupies a factory building that dates back to 1916. The space was renovated and designed in-house by Soho House & […]

Urbanize.LA By Steven Sharp August 01, 2019 Earth movers are now hard at work at 1625 Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica, the site of another mixed-use development from Century West Partners. The project, which began construction in March, will consist of two five-story buildings featuring 191 apartments and 11,402 square feet of ground-floor retail space.  Plans also call for […]

Urbanize.LA By Steven Sharp July 29, 2019 After a year of construction, a senior affordable development from Mercy Housing of California has topped out in the Pico-Robertson Community. The six-story building, which replaced a city-owned parking lot at 8862-8876 W. Pico Boulevard, will offer 48 studio and one-bedroom apartments atop a 68-car garage for tenants and nearby businesses. The $28.7-million […]

KCRW By Frances Anderson June 04, 2019 Fifty years ago, in late June, 1969, the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York. Furious patrons fought back, and their spontaneous demonstrations launched a global movement for gay rights. It also birthed the annual Gay Pride events that are now celebrated around the […]

Urbanize.LA By Steven Sharp May 20, 2019 High Street Residential, a subsidiary of Trammell Crow Company has broken ground on a multifamily residential complex near Los Angeles State Historic Park, according to a representative of the developer. The project, which began construction last week, is located on a triangular site at 1101 N. Main Street.  Plans call […]

Contact: Gil Diaz323-993-7622mediarelations@lalgbtcenter.org The 180,000-Square-Foot Campus Includes 100 Beds for Homeless Youth, New Community Senior Center, Youth Drop-In Center, Youth Academy, and More LOS ANGELES, April 7, 2019—Two years after breaking ground in Hollywood—and just in time for its 50th anniversary—the Los Angeles LGBT Center today celebrated the grand opening of the highly anticipated two-acre […]

Urbanize.LA By Steven Sharp April 8, 2019 Nearly two years after breaking ground in Silver Lake, the five-story frame of the Vica condominiums is topped out. Located at 3400 Sunset Boulevard, the $21-million development from Barth Partners and Barry Leddy Developments will feature 31 residential units, which are billed as the first new condominiums built in Silver Lake in over […]

New building recalling area’s rich history will provide housing for homeless veterans (Los Angeles, CA – February 28, 2019) KFA is pleased to announce the groundbreaking ceremony for the Florence Mills Apartments.  The new construction, affordable housing project is located at 1099 E. 35th St., on the corner of Jefferson Blvd. and S. Central Ave. in […]

LBP By Brian Addison March 21, 2019 In a partnership between affordable housing builder Clifford Beers Housing and Killefer Flammang Architects, 48 new affordable units will break ground on March 27 near the Blue Line at Pacific Coast Highway and Long Beach Boulevard. Set on a 27,000-square-foot lot at 1836-1852 Locust Ave., the five-story, two-structure Vistas […]