In Koreatown, the wrapping is off at a new co-living apartment complex now taking shape at the intersection of 5th Street and Harvard Boulevard.

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The project, which is being built by Los Angeles-based ELK Development, consists of a seven-story building that will feature 40 apartments rented out room-by-room as 86 micro-unit suites. Each dwelling will have access to common living spaces, a kitchenette, and a private bathroom.

Pasadena-based BFK Architecture + Planning, per city records. The near-finished product closely resembles a rendering released at the time of the project's groundbreaking.

Completion is expected this year.

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ELK Development is developing additional multifamily housing projects in Koreatown and Hollywood.