Just south of  Metro's Heritage Square Station in Lincoln Heights, a red tower crane has appeared at the site of a new mixed-use development at 141 Avenue 34.

Aerial view looking south toward DowntownHunter Kerhart Architectural Photography

The project, which is being developed by Pinyon Group, is taking shape on a former industrial site directly south of the 110 Freeway. Plans call for the construction of new low-rise buildings which will contain a combined total of 468 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments above roughly 16,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Parking for 311 vehicles is also planned.

Pinyon entitled the site for development using Transit Oriented Communities incentives to allow greater density and less on-site parking than zoning rules would otherwise require. In exchange, 66 of the apartments are to be set aside as very low-income affordable housing for a period of 55 years.

Rendering of 141 Avenue 34KFA Architecture

KFA Architecture is designing 141 Avenue 34, which will include three buildings ranging between four and five stories in height. Renderings show a building with exterior finishes including stucco and metal, arranged parallel to one another and separated by outdoor amenity decks.

The project, which began work in late 2022, is expected to be built over a roughly three-year period.

Courtyards separating building at 141 Avenue 34KFA Architecture

Approval of the Avenue 34 development did come controversy free. The mixed-use complex faced spirited pushback from Lincoln Heights resident, who argued that the proposed development accelerate gentrification of the surrounding neighborhood, and alleged that the excavation required for building foundations and subterranean parking would release toxins embedded in the soil - a vestige of past heavy industrial uses on the property.

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