At its meeting yesterday, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission approved a proposal from Atlas Capital Group to replace surface parking on the east side of the Row DTLA campus with housing.

The project at 787 S. Alameda Street calls for the construction of a trio of eight-story buildings totaling nearly 900,000 square feet of floor area. Combined, they would contain 1,000 apartments in a mix of studio, one-, and two-bedroom floor plans, as well as parking for 1,092 vehicles and 6,547 square feet of ground-floor retail space.

View looking west from Alameda StreetKFA Architecture

The Planning Commission's approval was required for the granting of density bonus incentives to permit the scale of the project. In exchange, Atlas Capital would set aside 114 total apartments as affordable housing for very low-income renters.

KFA Architecture is designing 787 Alameda, which is shown in renderings with setbacks on the upper floors of the building that create a series of cascading terrace decks. Numerous common outdoor courtyards and amenity spaces are also shown scattered throughout the buildings.

Massing of proposed apartment buildings at 787 S. Alameda StreetKFA Architecture

The Row DTLA campus, formerly known as Alameda Square, spans roughly 30 acres at the intersection of 7th and Alameda Streets and is currently developed with 1.7 million square feet of commercial uses in nine separate buildings. The property was previously the headquarters of American Apparel.

Atlas Capital Group acquired the Row Site along with other assets once owned by defunct developer Meruelo Maddux more than a decade ago. In the years since, the New York company has pursued approvals for new mixed-use projects on some of the marquee properties it acquired in that deal. East across Alameda Street from the Row DTLA site, Atlas has secured approvals for a new production studio at the former Los Angeles Times printing plant. The company has also received approvals for a 725-unit apartment complex next door to Metro's Chinatown Station.

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