At the intersection of Vermont and Manchester Avenues in South Los Angeles, the wrapping is off for Evermont, a new affordable housing complex from Bridge Housing Corporation.
The project, built on a site at 8500 S. Vermont Avenue that had been vacant for decades, includes 180 apartments in a pair of podium- type buildings. The first, Luminus@Evermont, features 118 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments that will be reserved for households earning between 30 and 80 percent of the Los Angeles area median income. The second, Vista@Evermont, features 62 one-bedroom dwellings set aside for older adults earning up to 30 percent of the area median income level.
View looking southeast from Vermont AvenueUrbanize LA
TCA Architects designed the two six-story structures.
The two apartments buildings are components of the Los Angeles County-led Vermont Manchester development, which finally brought development to a site that had been vacant since the 1992 riots. The housing will be accompanied by a new central plaza activated by ground-floor retail space and a 40,000-square-foot Target, as well as the public boarding school SEED LA, which includes 170 dorm rooms, 20 staff apartments, classrooms, a gymnasium, a dining hall, outdoor recreation space, courtyards and a rooftop garden, among other offerings. Metro is partnering on the school, which will have a STEM focus and serve grades 9 through 12.
Site plan for Vermont Manchester developmentTCA Architects
Other members of the project team include the Coalition for Responsible Community Development, Primestor, and Suffolk.
San Francisco-based Bridge Housing's other recent Los Angeles-area projects include new affordable developments in Long Beach, Koreatown, and Pasadena, as well as the revamp of the Jordan Downs complex in Watts.
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