Culver City's Farragut Connector is about to get a makeover Steven Sharp Thu, 04/25/2024 - 11:30 A short, spartan pedestrian path in Culver City is about to get some TLC. Rendering of Farragut Connector ReplacementCulver City Culver City has announced that construction is about to begin for the replacement of the Farragut Connector path, which runs along Farragut Avenue between Jasmine and Jackson Avenues. Plans call for replacing the existing path with a new one that includes an irrigation system, illuminated bollards, a bottle filler, a pet drinking fountain, new fencing, and landscaping ..read more

Construction underway for affordable housing at 7220 Maie Avenue in Florence-Firestone Steven Sharp Thu, 04/25/2024 - 10:30 Construction commenced in March for a new affordable housing development next to the A Line in unincorporated Florence-Firestone, the L.A. County Development Authority announced in its newsletter. 7220 Maie AvenueGoogle Street View The Metro @ Florence Apartments, a project from   Meta Housing Corp., will rise from a site at 7220 Maie Avenue a car wash next Florence Station. Plans call for the construction of a new seven-story building featuring 160 stu ..read more

1,100 apartments take shape at 2300 S. Red Hill Avenue in Santa Ana Steven Sharp Thu, 04/25/2024 - 09:30 A massive mixed-use apartment complex is taking shape on the border between Santa Ana and Tustin, per social media posts from architecture firm AO. The Row at Redhill, named for its location at 2300 S. Red Hill Avenue in Santa Ana, will eventually span 14.5 acres of land at the intersection of Red Hill and Warner Avenue. A full buildout of the project would feature up to 1,150 housing units, 80,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, and parking for more than 2,400 vehicles. Re ..read more

Completion nears for sageLA apartments at 200 N. Vermont Avenue in Koreatown Steven Sharp Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00 At the northeast corner of Koreatown, completion nears for a mixed-use apartment complex from Hankey Group and Jamison Services, Inc. near Vermont/Beverly Station. View looking northeastHunter Kerhart Architectural Photograph The sageLA development, located on the former site of Midway Ford at 200 N. Vermont Avenue, consists of a six-story podium-type building that will feature 490 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments above 35,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. P ..read more

Mixed-use apartment complex on the rise at 6055 W. Pico Boulevard Steven Sharp Wed, 04/24/2024 - 10:30 Wood framing is starting to rise above the concrete podium of a mixed-use residential development in Carthay. The project from Wiseman Residential, located at 6055 W. Pico Boulevard, will eventually consist of a six-story building featuring 125 apartments above 4,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and semi-subterranean parking. Construction at 6055 W. Pico BoulevardUrbanize LA Located at Pico's intersection with Crescent Heights Boulevard, the apartment complex was entitled ..read more

Compton College to build on-campus affordable housing Steven Sharp Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:30 Studies have shown that nearly 20 percent of California's community college students have faced homelessness. Compton College aims to face that challenge head on, with a new dormitory complex in the works at the northeast corner of its campus. The proposed housing project, planned for a 2.8-acre site along Main Campus Drive to the south of Greenleaf Boulevard, is being funded through a $80-million allocation included in the 2022-2023 California state budget and an SB 169 grant. Plans call for the constr ..read more

Wildlife crossing takes shape above the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills Steven Sharp Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00 Concrete girders now span across the US-101 freeway in Agoura Hills, as construction of the $92-million Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing hits a key milestone. The new bridge in Liberty Canyon is being built to preserve California's famed mountain lions, as well as other wildlife, which are isolated by the freeway network that crisscrosses the region. Officials have used the late P-22, who crossed by the 405 and 101 freeways to take up residences in Griffith Park ,as a mascot for the proj ..read more

Affordable housing debuts at 1500 E. Anaheim Street in Long Beach Steven Sharp Tue, 04/23/2024 - 11:30 An April 16 ceremony with Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson marked the completion of Wellspring, a new affordable and permanent supportive housing complex from Bridge Housing Corp. at the intersection of Anaheim Street and Walnut Avenue. Located on a previously vacant site at 1500 E. Anaheim Street, the project consists of a five-story building that features 88 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments with parking for 156 vehicles. The new housing is reserved for renters earning between 30 and ..read more

Mixed-use development on the rise at 3045 S. Crenshaw Boulevard in West Adams Steven Sharp Tue, 04/23/2024 - 10:30 Just north of Jefferson Boulevard in West Adams, wood framing is now rising above the concrete podium of the latest South L.A. development from CIM Group. The project, located on the former home of West Angeles Church at 3017-3045 Crenshaw Boulevard, will eventually consist of a six-story building featuring 168 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments above approximately 40,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Plans call for parking for 253 vehicles. Rendered ..read more

UCLA's new Mid-Wilshire hospital starts to take shape at 5900 Olympic Boulevard Steven Sharp Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:30 A red tower crane stands high above what was once the Olympia Medical Center in Mid-Wilshire, as work continues to transform the shuttered facility into a new neuropsychiatric hospital for UCLA Health. Aerial view looking northeastHOK The project, which began construction in March 2023, is located at 5900 Olympic Boulevard - just east of the notorious Fairfax-Olympic-San Vicente "asterisk." It is intended as both an expansion of and replacement for the 74-bed Stewart and Lyn ..read more