An application to the Los Angeles Department of City Planning sheds more light on a proposal to build affordable housing along Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park.
The Flats on Sunset, proposed by Samuelian Group at 1150 Sunset Boulevard, will consist of a six-story building featuring 237 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments above roughly 1,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and parking for 147 vehicles. That represents a drop from preliminary plans unveiled earlier this year, when the project was to include more than 200 parking spaces.
Rendering of the Flats on SunsetDFH Architects
At the time funding was announced for the project earlier this year, it was expected that the Flats would serve residents earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income level.
DFH Architects is designing the building, which is shown in plans as a contemporary podium-type apartment complex. According to a landing page on the Samuelian Group website, the complex will also include a rooftop deck, children's play areas, on-site laundry facilities, and a fitness center, among other open spaces.
1150 Sunset BoulevardGoogle Maps
The project site sits directly across Sunset from the former home of the Metropolitan Water District, where a towering mixed-use complex was approved in 2022 but has yet to move forward. A proposal for a 327-unit apartment complex on a nearby site at 1185 Sunset Boulevard was also approved in 2025.
Samuelian Group recently broke ground on a separate affordable housing complex on Hyperion Avenue in Silver Lake, and has plans for another ground-up project in Woodland Hills.
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