A string of commercial buildings at the border between the Mid-City and Carthay neighborhoods are poised for redevelopment, according to an application recently submitted to the Los Angeles Department of City Planning.

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Local real estate investor Nahum Samar, working through the entity Pico Treasures, LLC, is seeking to develop multifamily housing and commercial space on a roughly one-acre property at 6116-6144 W. Pico Boulevard.  The project, which would rise just east of La Cienega Boulevard, calls for the construction of a six-story edifice featuring 125 one- and two-bedroom apartments above approximately 4,500 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and 76 parking stalls on a single basement level.

West Pacifica Design is the architect behind the Pico Treasures project, which is depicted in renderings as a contemporary white and grey structure accented with boxy orange protrusions.  Floor plans show a small mid-block setback at street level, which would be used for open space, as well as multiple courtyards and recreation rooms located within the building.

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Samar's application proposes entitlements through the Transit Oriented Communities guidelines to achieve greater density and reduced on-site parking.  Additionally, reductions to open space and setback requirements have been requested.  In exchange, the project would set aside 13 apartments as affordable housing priced at the extremely low-income level.

The new project near La Cienega is the latest in a string of mixed-use projects for the section of Pico which bisects Mid-City and Carthay, including a 123-unit development from Cityview and a Googie-inspired apartment complex from Ikon Ltd.  Wiseman Residential has also obtained approvals for a 125-unit apartment complex at Pico's intersection with Crescent Heights Boulevard.

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