Introducing Urbanize National Steven Sharp Fri, 04/19/2024 - 04:00 We are pleased to announced the launch of Urbanize National. As you may already know, Urbanize Media is a network of digital publications covering real estate, architecture, and urban planning news with a hyperlocal focus. Since launching in Los Angeles in 2015, we have added sister sites covering Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, New York, Seattle, and Toronto. Urbanize National brings them all under one umbrella - news from all of our city sites in one place, as well as big picture stories which impact all corn ..read more

84 apartments unwrapped at 11630 S. Main Street in Broadway-Manchester Steven Sharp Thu, 04/18/2024 - 11:30 In Broadway-Manchester, construction is all but complete for a new apartment complex from SoLa Impact. Triple Main, located just north of the I-105 Freeway at 11630 S. Main Street, consists of a five-story building containing 84 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments above ground-floor parking for 42 vehicles. View looking east from Main StreetUrbanize LA The project was approved using Transit Oriented Communities incentives to permit a larger building with more residential density ..read more

New L.A. River green space breaks ground at 19941 Haynes Street in Winnetka Steven Sharp Thu, 04/18/2024 - 10:30 Construction kicked off earlier this month on a project which will transform a long-vacant lot on the south bank of the Los Angeles River in the San Fernando Valley into a pocket park. The Haynes Street Greenway project, will take shape on an empty 5,000-square-foot plot at 19941 Haynes Street that covers a nine-foot box culvert which allows stormwater to flow into the L.A. River. Plans call for improving the space with new landscaping, trees, outdoor seating, and a textured concre ..read more

Developer walks away from proposed mixed-use complex at 7035 N. Laurel Canyon Boulevard Steven Sharp Thu, 04/18/2024 - 09:30 A proposal which would have replaced a post office in North Hollywood with housing and commercial uses is going on hold - permanently. Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Department of City Planning terminated the pending general plan amendment and zone change application associated with a project from Jacmar Cos. at 7035 N. Laurel Canyon Boulevard. A representative of the project had contacted the Department to request an indefinite hold on the project in January. 70 ..read more

State awards funding for 17 L.A. County affordable housing developments Steven Sharp Thu, 04/18/2024 - 08:00 This week, the California Department of Housing and Community Development announced $523.8 million in new funding for affordable housing through the second round of awards from its Multifamily Finance "Super NOFA." That money will go toward 51 different projects across the state, creating more than 4,000 new homes - all restricted to households earning no more than 80 percent of the area median income level. Of that total, 17 projects in Los Angeles County are set to receive more than ..read more

New look for proposed office complex at 1630 Euclid Street in Santa Monica Steven Sharp Wed, 04/17/2024 - 11:30 A pending presentation to the Santa Monica Architectural Review Board reveals a new look for an office building Redcar Properties is planning just west of Memorial Park. The proposed development, which first went before the Architectural Review Board in August 2023, calls for razing smaller commercial buildings to make way for a new 47,300-square-foot office building atop a two-level subterranean parking garage. View looking northwest from Euclid StreetRedcar / L.A. Group / House ..read more

California Landmark Group completes 100 apartments at 1221 N. Myra Ave. in Silver Lake Steven Sharp Wed, 04/17/2024 - 10:30 Construction is officially complete for M1, a new multifamily residential complex from California Landmark Group in Silver Lake. The project, billed as Silver Lake's largest new apartment building in nearly a decade, replaced an automobile repair shop at 1221 N. Myra Avenue. The new six story building features 100 one-, two- and three-bedroom dwellings, along with several co-living suites. Exterior of 1201 N Myra AvenueMichael Hayes The apartments are currently 60 per ..read more

Mixed-use complex reaches its peak at 2455 S. Overland Avenue Steven Sharp Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:30 In Rancho Park, wood framing has reached the top floor for a new mixed-use apartment complex from Los Angeles-based developer GPI Companies. Overland & Ayers, now rising just south of the shuttered mall at 2455 S. Overland Avenue, consists of a six-story building which will features 201 apartments atop approximately 6,200 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and parking. The site was formerly a garage serving the adjoining Westside Pavilion, a portion of which has been converted by G ..read more

150-room Cambria Hotel debuts at next to Hollywood Burbank Airport Steven Sharp Tue, 04/16/2024 - 10:30 A ribbon-cutting ceremony held on April 4 marked the official debut of a new a new Cambria Hotel next to Hollywood Burbank Airport. The project from Choice Hotels, built at 3501 N. San Fernando Boulevard, is located across the street from Metrolink's Burbank Airport - North Station. The six-story, 150-room hotel includes 1,131 square feet of meeting space, a fitness center, and outdoor courtyard, a library lounge, a grab-and-go market, and the restaurant RhuBAR. Rendering of the Cambria H ..read more

Santa Monica Architectural Review Board weighs in on four mixed-use projects Steven Sharp Tue, 04/16/2024 - 09:30 At its meeting scheduled for April 18, the Santa Monica Architectural Review Board is slated to review four proposals which would bring new housing and commercial uses to infill sites across the city. View of 2600 Wilshire looking southeastKoning Eizenberg Architecture The first, Beverly Hills-based Mark Leevan Investment Co., is planned for a corner lot at 2600 Wilshire Boulevard, where it would replace a former bank building now occupied by a New Balance store. Plans call for ..read more