New revised plans have been revealed for a proposed affordable housing project at 4024 Durfee Avenue in El Monte. The project proposal now brings a scaled-back plan for affordable housing at the former MacLaren Children’s Center in El Monte.
Prima Development is the project developer. AC Martin remains the architect for the development.
The project site is a parcel spanning an area of 8.2 acres. New revised plans call for 202 senior and family apartments, slashing the proposed housing percentage by 68 percent. The new total unit count will include 102 units for families and 100 units for seniors, as well as a new two-story, 46,000-square-foot non-residential building which would include a clinic, offices for family services, youth services, job training facilities, and a 20,000-square-foot senior care center. Parking for more than 380 vehicles is also planned in surface spaces.
The apartments would be reserved for low-income and extremely low-income households.
In 2022, the City of El Monte signed off on Esperanza Village. Previously proposed plan called for the construction of up to 340 residential units, 40,000 square feet of space for use by Los Angeles County, community-serving medical space, and parking. As an unrelated project, the western 5.6 acres of the property were to be converted into a public park.
Renderings reveal that now residential buildings will be reduced to three stories in height, without podium parking. The project’s Mediterranean-style design will be retained.
The MacLaren facility served as a temporary shelter for foster youth in Los Angeles County from the 1960s through the early 2000s.
Construction of Esperanza Village is expected to occur in a single phase, with completion projected for October 2027.
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