A new affordable housing development is in the works at 1018 North Ardmore Avenue in East Hollywood, Los Angeles. The proposal, submitted to the Los Angeles Department of City Planning, calls for a five-story apartment building with 46 income-restricted units.
The project is being led by developer David Cohen of ELAD Investment, LLC, with design by Commun Associates.
The site currently contains two residential buildings constructed in the 1920s, which would be demolished to make way for the new construction. All 46 apartments will be reserved for low- and moderate-income households, and layouts will include a mix of one- and two-bedroom units. No on-site vehicle parking is included in the proposal. The project would rise roughly 51 feet and span over 25,000 square feet.
Architectural plans show a clean, rectilinear facade with tall, narrow windows and minimal ornamentation—an efficient, modern design that contrasts with neighboring single-family homes.
The development is taking advantage of the Citywide Housing Incentive Program, allowing for greater height and density than typically permitted by local zoning.
If approved, the development would contribute much-needed affordable housing to a dense, transit-accessible neighborhood near Hollywood and Koreatown.
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Architectural style: Early Penitentiary.
I know with affordable housing you are somewhat limited with designing to a price point that may hopefully allow the owner of the property to achieve at least some level of profitability at some point, preferably sooner rather than later, but really that looks like an office building in an industrial park by an airport. I desperately hope for the sake of the neighborhood that there is a local Mural Arts non-profit that can work some magic on that very depressing building.