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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 […]

Our office is bustling with new faces and we are excited about opportunities to collaborate as we grow. We interviewed our newest freshman class and asked each of them to give us a brief introduction: Alexandria Gill Alexandria grew up in Maryland and attended the University of Maryland where she earned a Bachelor of Architecture. […]

New Mixed-Use Building Adds 92 Residential Units to the Palms Neighborhood (Santa Monica, CA – January 18, 2019) KFA is pleased to announce the Grand Opening of The Roy at Overland, a multifamily, mixed-use housing project by Anejo Development LLC and Griffin Opportunities LLC, occupying a half-acre site at 3644 Overland Avenue in the Palms […]

2018 brought another year of gift-giving joy for KFA and friends. With an early start before Thanksgiving, Black Friday sales were perused and holiday shopping was intensified. The sixth year KFA has participated in this gift drive brought one overflowing bag to each of 41 kids in the emergency shelter. The bags were delivered to […]

KFA Designed Jamison Properties’ 209 Residential Units Plus Neighborhood-Serving Retail   July saw the grand opening of Jamison Properties’ development Luna on Wilshire at 3640 Wilshire, an urban, seven-story, mixed-use residential project in Koreatown. Congratulations to Associate Jaime Olmos, AIA, and the rest of the Luna project team! Luna adds an impressive 72 market-rate apartments and […]

The Southern California Association for Non-Profit Housing celebrated its 30th Annual Conference in late September and KFA was proud to be an attendee for the 30th year. Always one of the most high-spirited and camaraderie-filled events in the housing industry calendar, the conference honors the movers and shakers in the affordable housing world, offers two […]

I remember the moment when I made the choice to pursue architecture as a career. I had completed my freshman year of college at the University of Michigan and was home for the summer, watching back-to-back episodes of Bob Vila’s This Old House and Hometime. When it came time to pick my major that fall, I […]