Refined Design Advances for 1640 Fifth Street Housing in Santa Monica
Revised plans have quietly refreshed the look and feel of the mixed‑income housing complex taking shape at 1640 Fifth Street in Santa Monica, introducing warmer terra‑cotta accents, darker metal panels, and new rooftop plantings after three rounds of Architectural Review Board feedback. The eight‑story structure from Lincoln Property Company, designed by local mainstay KFA Architecture, would occupy a mid‑block site just a short walk north of Metro’s E Line terminus at Downtown Santa Monica Station.