Los Angeles City Planning Commission has approved plans from the Downtown Women’s Center at 501 East 5th Street to expand its campus onto a neighboring parking lot at 5th Street and San Pedro Street in Skid Row.
Daylight Community Development and GTM Holdings have partnered to develop the project. Gensler is designing the Downtown Women’s Center expansion, with KFA Architecture serving as the architect of record.
501 East 5th Street Entrance via KFA Architecture
The proposed project will bring new supportive housing to replace the onsite parking. Plans call for the construction of a seven-story building featuring 97 supportive housing units and one market-rate manager’s unit. The building will yield a total built-up area of 62,000 square feet. The new apartments will be reserved for households earning low-income levels.
In addition to housing, the project will also include 10,000 square feet of space on the ground floor for service providers, recreation areas for residents, and 60 parking stalls on a single subterranean level to serve the Downtown Women’s Center.
501 East 5th Street View via KFA Architecture
Renderings reveal a contemporary low-rise apartment complex with an exterior designed in cement plaster and perforated metal panels. Floor plans showcase a V-shaped footprint centered on an open-air courtyard and staircase. Revisions from a March 2021 entitlement submission show a more transparent fence located at street level around the perimeter of the site.
The project requires the approval of a general plan amendment and a zone change. An estimated construction timeline has not been announced yet.
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