A new residential building has opened at 4750 Santa Monica Boulevard, marking another step in East Hollywood’s shift toward a continuous mid-rise corridor near the Vermont/Santa Monica Metro station. Known as The Vivien, the project replaces a series of low-scale commercial uses with a transit-oriented development that includes an unusually broad mix of unit types for the neighborhood.
The Vivien is developed by Canfield Development. HBA is responsible for the design.
4750 Santa Monica Boulevard View via HBA
The eight-story building delivers 85 apartments above ground-floor commercial space, with 1,137 square feet reserved for retail activity along Santa Monica Boulevard. The program includes studios, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and four-bedroom residences, a mix that responds to both smaller households and larger families seeking housing near transit and neighborhood services. Parking for 72 vehicles is located within the structure.
The project was entitled through the Transit Oriented Communities program, which allowed added height and density in exchange for long-term affordability. Ten homes are reserved for extremely low-income renters for a 55-year period. Amenity spaces include a central courtyard and a rooftop terrace that offer outdoor areas buffered from the surrounding traffic corridors.
Architecturally, The Vivien layers light and dark exterior panels to break down its mass and give the structure a stepped, vertical rhythm. Balconies are positioned along multiple elevations, providing private open space while reinforcing street-facing activity. The retail frontage and pedestrian entries contribute to a more walkable edge along Santa Monica Boulevard, a corridor that has seen steady reinvestment over the past several years.
The building sits within a cluster of new housing that has emerged around the Vermont/Santa Monica station area, where mid-rise residential projects are gradually replacing older single-story properties. With the addition of The Vivien, this stretch of East Hollywood continues to transition into a more active, transit-supportive district with housing options for a wider range of household sizes.
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Er.. if it opened in real life, shouldn’t the pictures be of the actual building, not solely of the rendering?
Perhaps you can explain: 10 units set aside for extremely low income for 55yrs.
Does it mean they will not get any increases for this period of time? Or something very small vs. up to 8 or 10%.
And why aren’t other projects that have AFFORDABLE units incorporated are NOT getting the same deal.
I constantly spent my half an hour to read this website’s articles every day along with a
cup of coffee.