After sitting fallow for nearly two years, earth movers have arrived at a collection of vacant lots just south of Expo/Bundy Station in Sawtelle, where Carmel Partners has secured approvals for the construction of more than 600 new homes.

View looking west from Bundy DriveUrbanize LA

Located on the former site of roughly 20 homes along the west side of Bundy Drive, as well as on several adjoining parcels facing Amherst Avenue. Plans call for a trio of eight-story buildings, including:

All of the buildings were entitled using Transit Oriented Communities incentives to permit larger structures with more housing than allowed by zoning rules. In exchange, 69 of the new apartments are to be set aside for rent as affordable housing at the extremely low-income level for a period of 55 years.

Site plan for properties from 2201-2301 S Bundy DriveTCA Architects

TCA Architects is designing the contemporary podium-type buildings, which were all enabled by the adoption of the Exposition Corridor Transit Neighborhood Plan, which permitted the neighborhood of single-family homes to the south of the station to be redeveloped with apartments.

Carmel is one of the developers responsible for transforming neighborhoods around several E Line stops. In 2020, the company completed work on Linea, a 595-unit apartment complex with retail next to Expo/Sepulveda Station, which was followed by the Cumulus District, a sprawling complex next to La Cienega/Jefferson Station that features more than 1,200 apartments and a Whole Foods. The company's other upcoming projects include a high-rise apartment tower on La Cienega Boulevard just south of Beverly Hills city limits.

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