CARA Architecture has unveiled a rendering for a planned Builder's Remedy development in Beverly Hills.

The proposed development, submitted to the city for review in August, would rise from a site just south of Wilshire Boulevard at 145 S. Rodeo Drive. Applicant Max Netty of Wilshire Rodeo Company, LLC has proposed the construction of an 18-story building featuring 30 residential units above 5,545 square feet of commercial space and automated, below-grade parking for 58 vehicles.

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As with all Builder's Remedy applications, at least 20 percent of the proposed residential units must be set aside for rent by low-income households.

CARA Architecture's design for the project calls for a building standing approximately 241 feet in height.

Plans for the site have undergone several revisions over the past two years - Netty had initially proposed a 17-story building with 56 homes, before dialing plans back in February 2024 to a 15-story, 30-unit building. The current project opts for greater height then the original, while sticking to the reduced density of the second proposal.

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Netty, the applicant, is also behind plans for a similar high-rise building on Camden Drive a short distance to the west.

The Builder's Remedy, a previously little-known element of state housing law which allows developers to ignore certain local zoning rules when a jurisdiction has failed to obtain certification for its housing element, has become a contentious subject in the City of Beverly Hills, where more than a dozen such projects are planned. The first project of its kind in the city, slated for a property at 129 S. Linden Drive, has been blocked by the city thus far. That has prompted a response from regulators with the California Housing and Community Development Department, who have informed Beverly Hills that failing to process the project violates state law.

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