New housing is coming to an empty lot up the street from Metro's North Hollywood Station, per a new application to the Los Angeles Department of City Planning.

The project from Ryan Makabi of JRNG QOZB, LLC, planned for a site at 5547 N. Elmer Avenue, calls for the construction of a new seven-story, approximately 65,000-square-foot building containing 84 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments atop parking for 40 vehicles.

Rendering of 5547 N. Elmer AvenueJZA Architecture

Requested entitlements include Transit Oriented Communities incentives, which would permit a larger structure than otherwise allowed by zoning rules. In exchange, nine of the new apartments would be set aside for rent as affordable housing at the extremely low-income level.

JZA Architecture is designing 5547 Elmer, which is depicted in renderings as a contemporary podium-type building clad in stucco, fiber cement panels, and simulated wood. Plans show numerous recreation rooms scattered across the building, as well as a central courtyard and a rooftop deck.

5547 N. Elmer AvenueGoogle Maps

The project is one of a number of infill apartment buildings being pitched for the blocks to the north of North Hollywood Station, including projects on Fulcher Avenue and Burbank Boulevard. The largest project of all is slated for the Metro-owned properties flanking the station itself, where Trammell Crow Company has long-term plans for more than 1,500 homes.

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