In Wilmington, non-profit developer and service provider Brilliant Corners has opened a new permanent supportive housing complex just south of Pacific Coast Highway.
View looking northwest from Avalon BoulevardUrbanize LA
The Las Palmas apartments, located at 1355 N. Avalon Boulevard, includes the adaptive reuse of a 1950s Safeway into housing, as well as a new four-story residential building on a previously vacant lot to the south. The project, which received a temporary certificate of occupancy last month, includes 54 studio and one-bedroom dwellings, in addition to on-site offices for case management services.
KFA Architecture designed the apartment complex, which retains the Googie facade and sidewalk palm trees of the former supermarket. Within, raised floors were installed to elevate the apartments above the street level, and a courtyard was carved into the center of the building to provide light and open space for residents.
The new construction to the south shares a landscaped yard and a small courtyard with the former supermarket.
Ribbon cutting for Las PalmasBrilliant Corners
Funding for 1355 Avalon included money allocated through the Measure HHH Challenge program. The project was developed by Brilliant Corners in partnership with Richman Group.
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