Work is nearing completion on a new affordable housing development at 611 South Hobart Boulevard in Koreatown. The project replaces a former preschool property with a seven-story residential building. The building will contain 80 affordable apartments, with a residential program made up of studio and one-bedroom units.
Leo Lee is listed as the developer, and EWAI is responsible for the design.
611 South Hobart Boulevard via EWAI
The project uses density bonus incentives available for fully affordable housing, allowing a larger building than would otherwise be permitted under base zoning. No on-site vehicle parking is proposed for the development. The parking-free plan is tied to the property’s location in a transit-served area between Wilshire Boulevard and 6th Street.
Renderings show a contemporary mid-rise building with a white and gray exterior, a gridded window pattern, and small projecting balcony rails along the residential elevations. The Hobart Boulevard frontage is marked by a tall recessed vertical opening screened with green perforated panels, creating a distinct architectural feature above the ground-floor entry.
The completed building presents a compact urban infill form on a narrow lot, with the residential levels rising above a mostly enclosed podium base. The images also show landscaping at the sidewalk edge and a simple ground-floor treatment facing Hobart Boulevard.
The project sits just south of 3800 West 6th Street, a larger property also associated with Lee. That site has previously been proposed for redevelopment with a mixed-use residential project containing 301 apartments.
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