Just over one year after getting the go-ahead from the City of Los Angeles, developer Haroni Investments has completed vertical construction of a multifamily residential complex in the Broadway-Manchester community.

View looking west on Florence AvenueJohn Kaliski Architects

The project, now fully framed on a 30,000-square-foot site at 1632-1656 W. Florence Avenue, consists of a five-story edifice that will feature 128 apartments - including 13 affordable units - above parking for 64 vehicles.

John Kaliski Architects is designing the project, which will include a ground-floor recreation room, two podium-level courtyards, and two rooftop terrace decks.

While functional and efficient in layout, stacking of units, and use of materials, the pattern of three-colored stucco, offset windows, and breaks in massing provides visual variety along each of the four elevations, and a sense of both formal and playful scale that relates the individual walking by to both the parts and whole of the design," reads a design description posted to the firm's website.  "An open-steel, orange-painted stair, rising up the façade marks the main sidewalk entry, and complements an offset pattern of similarly painted steel balconies and 'eyebrows.'"

1632-1656 W. Florence AvenueGoogle Maps

Completion of the apartment complex was originally anticipated in 2021.

Haroni is developing a handful of similar multifamily residential buildings in South Los Angeles, including projects located on Crenshaw Boulevard, Hoover Street, and Normandie Avenue.