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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 two levels of below-ground parking.  Plans also call for amenities such as a gym, a yoga area, a pool, a roof deck, and a game room.

KFA Architecture is designing the project, which will be bisected by Lincoln Court, a landscaped alley cutting between Olympic Boulevard and Colorado Avenue.  The project was designed to accommodate the alley by splitting it into two buildings, linked by pedestrian bridges.

Completion is anticipated in late 2021, according to the project’s general contractor Milender White.

1625 Lincoln is the second phase of The Catherine, Century West’s 89-unit development now under construction at the southeast corner of Lincoln and Colorado Avenue.  That project is being designed by Michael W. Folonis Architects.

Similar residential-retail are also under construction at 1641 and 1550 Lincoln Boulevard.

All four projects sit within walking distance of the Expo Line’s Downtown Santa Monica terminus.

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 project is targeted at seniors earning at or below 30 and 60 percent of the area median income.  Rents will range between $456 and $976 per month, according to a staff report to the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee.

Designed by KFA Architecture, the building consists of three levels of wood-frame construction above a three-level concrete podium.  At completion, the apartment complex will incorporate a central courtyard, a gym, and a rooftop garden, with open corridors that allow for natural ventilation and lighting.

Mercy Housing of California is planning a similar senior affordable development in Sherman Oaks, and is also pursuing the adaptive reuse of a century-old building in Downtown Los Angeles as permanent supportive housing.