One block north of Metro's North Hollywood Station, construction has commenced for a new multifamily residential development.

The project, entitled by Ryan Makabi of JRNG QOZB, LLC, will rise from a site at 5547 N. Elmer Avenue. Plans authorized by the City of Los Angeles call 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.

Makabi sought approvals for the project using Transit Oriented Communities incentives to permit a larger structure than otherwise allowed by zoning rules. In exchange, nine of the new apartments must be set aside for rent as affordable housing at the extremely low-income level.

JZA Architecture is designing the project, 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.

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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