Canadian owner Morguard Corporation has asked the City to convert two underused floors of the 22‑story Lumina Hollywood building at 5929 Sunset Boulevard into new housing. The application, filed July 1 with the Planning Department would swap empty offices and a slice of parking on levels 3 and 4 for 36 additional apartments—two set aside for very‑low‑income households.
The newest chapter of the $1‑billion Jordan Downs remake has opened its doors. Kalmia Rose, a $54‑million collaboration between BRIDGE Housing and HACLA, replaces two vacant blocks at 9704 & 9808 South Kalmia Street in Watts, with 76 family‑sized apartments wrapped around a trio of landscaped courtyards. The mix includes one‑ through four‑bedroom homes; 61 are income‑restricted at 30‑60 percent AMI, 14 are market‑rate, and one is reserved for an on‑site manager.
Construction fences have finally come down at 232 Judge John Aiso Street, revealing a new landmark for Little Tokyo: Go For Broke Plaza and the First Street North Residences. Conceived by nonprofit developer Little Tokyo Service Center and designed by Carde Ten, the six‑story complex wraps a cherry‑tree courtyard and the pre‑existing Go For Broke monument with 248 income‑restricted homes and nearly 40,000 square feet of storefronts aimed at neighborhood businesses.
A long‑vacant stretch of Beach Boulevard has gained a striking new landmark: Cloud House, a five‑story apartment community from Bonanni Development and architect AO. The 321‑unit project replaces a former strip‑commercial parcel with a mid‑rise wrap that hides a concrete parking core behind wood‑framed residences and crowns the garage with a 17,500‑square‑foot rooftop park.
Construction is underway for a six-story residential building at 834 South Holt Avenue, located just west of La Cienega Park in the Pico‑Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles. The site currently accommodates three existing apartment buildings…
