At its meeting on January 14, the Gardena City Council signed off on plans to redevelop a warehouse just north of Artesia Boulevard with a combination of apartments and townhomes.

The Normandie Crossing development, which comes from Saiko Investment Corporation and NextGen Apartments, would rise from a property located at 16911 S. Normandie Avenue. At the northern side of the property, plans call for the construction of a new five-story building featuring 258 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments - including seven moderate-income units - with parking for 416 vehicles. To the south, plans call for 75 three-story townhomes in three- and four-bedroom floor plans, each with a two-car garage at street level.

View looking northwest from Normandie AvenueUrban Architecture Lab

Urban Architecture Lab is designing the apartments and townhomes, which are shown in plans with amenities including courtyards, swimming pools, clubhouses, and fitness centers.

Discretionary entitlements required for Normandie Crossing included a zone change and general plan amendment.

Street-level view of townhomesUrban Architecture Lab

The project has been pared back from what Saiko had initially pitched for the property in 2023, when the apartment building was envisioned as a taller seven-story structure with a total of 328 residential units. However, the revised scope left the number of townhomes unchanged.

Despite the reduction in size, Normandie Crossing will easily remain the largest apartment building in Gardena when completed, outstripping the 265-unit development from Cityview which recently topped off at the intersection of El Segundo and Crenshaw Boulevards and a new project planned by the Picerne Group on Artesia Boulevard.

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