A developer with plans for a mixed-use apartment complex near the intersection of Western Avenue and Washington Boulevard in Harvard Heights is thinking bigger, thanks to state legislation.

Late last year, EGC Real Estate submitted an application to the City of Los Angeles for a site at 1828 S. Western Avenue, seeking approvals for a project dubbed "West Terra." The proposal called for the construction of a new six-story building featuring 189 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments above approximately 6,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.

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In a revised application submitted last week to the Planning Department, now seeks approvals for a taller seven-story building featuring 224 apartments. The new project is also described as a mixed-use building.

New plans rely on the recent adoption of AB 1287, state law which provides for a "stackable" density bonus in which projects which provide a requisite amount of affordable housing may receive additional incentives for setting aside homes for moderate-income households - a category which typically refers to those earning between 80 and 120 percent of the area median income level.

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The revised project would include 17 units of very low-income affordable housing and 17 units of moderate-income housing, in lieu of the 28 very low-income units previously planned.

The proposed project is one of a handful of ground-up developments EGC Real Estate has in the works for Central Los Angeles, joining an eight-story, 63-unit residential complex now taking shape on New Hampshire Avenue and a 67-unit mixed-use building recently built on Vermont Avenue. Both of those buildings are located in the Koreatown area, to the south of 9th Street.

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