1640 5th Street Night View

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.

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8333 Airport Boulevard Rendering

Available Now | Affordable Housing at 8333 Airport Boulevard in Westchester

A new all-electric affordable housing complex is nearing completion in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles. The project, known as Redtail Crossing, is located at 8333 South Airport Boulevard, a site formerly occupied by a church structure now demolished. Developed by Community Corporation of Santa Monica, the four-story building introduces 102 income-restricted apartments into a neighborhood that has historically seen limited affordable development.

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