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

USC breaks ground on women’s soccer and lacrosse stadium at 3000 S. Hoover Street Steven Sharp Tue, 04/23/2024 - 08:00 The new home of USC women’s soccer and lacrosse is officially underway. Aerial view of Rawlinson StadiumUSC Athletics Earlier this month, the university broke ground on Rawlinson Stadium, which will expand upon Soni McAlister Field at 3000 S. Hoover Street, where both the soccer and lacrosse programs have played. The roughly $38-million facility will consist of a three-story structure with space for 2,500 fans - more than double the 1,000-spectator capacity of McAlister Fi ..read more

Proposed ordinance could limit redevelopment of RSO units in Northeast L.A. Steven Sharp Mon, 04/22/2024 - 10:30 Faced with the task of rezoning for more than 250,000 new homes under its approved housing element, the City of Los Angeles has streamlined the approval of affordable housing developments and rolled out new ordinances which could ease the conversion of vacant commercial buildings into apartments. But as new projects encroach into working class neighborhoods filled with rent-stabilized apartments, a member of the L.A. City Council is looking to pump the breaks on certain development ..read more

243 apartments completed at 1800 Beverly Boulevard Steven Sharp Mon, 04/22/2024 - 09:30 Two-and-a-half years after breaking ground in Historic Filipinotown, construction is complete for the Belle on Bev apartments, Cityview announced earlier this month. Built at 1800 W. Beverly Boulevard, consists of a six-story building that will feature 243 studio, one-, and two-bedroom above 3,500 square feet of ground-level retail space and a 292-car garage. According to a project website, rents range from $2,299 to $3,900 per month. “We are proud to have partnered with the [Historic Filipinotown] communi ..read more

Brightline Vegas-to-Southern California high-speed rail line to break ground Steven Sharp Mon, 04/22/2024 - 08:00 A groundbreaking ceremony with U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is scheduled today in Nevada for Brightline West, the $12-billion high-speed rail line which will connect Las Vegas to Southern California. Brightline West system mapBrightline West The news, first reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, marks the formal start of construction on the 218-mile passenger rail line, following months of prep work along the corridor. Trains would run at speeds of up to 200 ..read more