The Los Angeles City Planning Commission has signed off on a proposed development which would replace low-slung commercial buildings at a prominent Hollywood intersection with a mixed-use high-rise complex.

The project from Galaxy Commercial Holdings, slated for a site at 6800 Sunset Boulevard, would rise at the southwest corner of that street's intersection with Highland Avenue. Plans call for the construction of a two-building development, including a 42-story tower featuring 304 studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments and 115 hotel rooms, as well as 23,000 square feet of  ground-floor commercial space fronting Sunset and Highland. A low-rise building containing 80 units of affordable housing for very low-income seniors would rise to the south along Leland Way. Both buildings would be served for parking for roughly 500 vehicles.

View from Leland/Highland cornerGensler

In exchange for the inclusion of affordable housing, the City Planning Commission authorize density bonus incentives to permit a larger project at this location than would have otherwise been allowed.

Gensler is designing 6800 Sunset, with OJB serving as landscape architect. The main high-rise would stand 504 feet above street level, but reduce in height while moving south to match the lower-scaled buildings along the Highland corridor to the south. Renderings show a contemporary glass-and-steel complex with amenity decks with landscaping provided along terraced roof areas.

View looking northwestGensler

The proposed development is not the only project aiming to bring height to the nearby area -  a property located just east is approved for the Crossroads Hollywood development featuring housing, a hotel, and commercial uses in buildings up to 32 stories in height. Plans for a second project, at Sunset and Highland - the CMNTY Culture Campus - have become the center of a high-profile legal fight.

Galaxy Commercial Holdings, the applicant, has previously been involved in projects such as the Vue residential tower in Downtown San Pedro, and a mixed-use residential project at  511 Harbor Boulevard, which was later completed by Trammell Crow Company.

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