Pre-pandemic plans to build a mixed-use apartment complex on a triangular-shaped property in Culver City have been retooled to emphasize housing over commercial uses, per a recent approval granted by city officials.

Back in 2021, developers 3MR Capital and The John Buck Company secured entitlements to redevelop a former commercial complex at 11111 Jefferson Boulevard with a mixed-use building featuring 230 studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments with commercial uses on the first and second floors and subterranean parking for 653 vehicles. By 2022, work for that project seemed to commence, with the razing of the Coco's restaurant, post office, and Valvoline that previously occupied the project site.

Sepulveda and Jefferson cornerKFA Architecture

In the ensuing three years, with the land remaining empty, rumors of changes swirled around local social media groups. A letter issued in late May by the City of Culver City confirms that a new project, now helmed by developer Lincoln Property Company, will move forward with the following changes:

  • an increase in the total amount of housing from 230 homes to 344 homes, as well as an increase in the number of affordable units from 19 to 52;
  • a decrease in commercial square footage from 66,500 to 2,000 by eliminating office space;
  • placing parking in a central garage rather than subterranean levels; and
  • an increase in the amount of publicly-accessible open space from 13,800 square feet to 17,520 square feet.

Likewise, KFA Architecture is now designing the project, which is portrayed in a rendering as a contemporary structure ranging between five and six stories in height.

Landscape plan for 11111 Jefferson BoulevardKFA Architecture

An environmental report included with the approval indicates that construction of 11111 Jefferson is expected to occur over approximately two years, commencing as early as July 2026 and concluding by July 2028.

Lincoln Property Company, long a developer of offices in Culver City, has recently branched out into residential development, with plans for a similar mixed-use project with 309 apartments at 5700 Hannum Avenue in Fox Hills.

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