A shuttered gas station at the border between the City of Gardena and the unincorporated community of Alondra Park is approved for redevelopment with apartments, per a notice issued by Los Angeles County's Department of Regional Planning.
Vargas Properties, the applicant behind the project at 15101 Crenshaw Boulevard, has secured approvals for the construction of a new seven-story building which would feature 222 studio apartments - most between 200 and 250 square feet in size - without on-site parking.
15101 Crenshaw BoulevardGoogle Street View
The project has employed density bonus incentives to permit a larger building than would otherwise be allowed on the site by zoning. In exchange, 15 of the apartments are to be set aside for rent by low-, very low-, and extremely low-income households.
Rahman Engineering is designing 15101 Crenshaw, which is depicted in plans with a contemporary look at a courtyard at the center of the property.
15101 Crenshaw BoulevardGoogle Street View
The project site sits a few blocks to the south of a site at 3127 W. 147th Street where Brilliant Corners has plans for a five-story, 78-unit affordable housing complex, and to the west on Marine Avenue from a new townhome development from G3 Urban.
The Crenshaw project bears some similarities to recent developments on Normandie Avenue in the neighboring City of Gardena, which are also comprised entirely of small, studio apartments.
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