Six years after plans for a hotel tower fell through, the owner of a large, vacant property in Koreatown is set to instead build housing.
Developer Leo Lee, who set out one decade ago to redevelop the lot at 3800 W. 6th Street, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for what could eventually be an eight-story building featuring 219 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments with 8,748 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and two-level, 173-car basement parking garage.
3800 W. 6th StreetGoogle Street View
Although the project utilizes density bonus incentives, plans call for a fully market-rate development. The affordable housing requirement for the new building was satisfied by the construction of a seven-story, 80-unit senior affordable housing complex which Lee recently completed on an adjacent site on Hobart Boulevard.
EWAI is designing the project, which is depicted in a rendering as a contemporary podium-type building.
3800 W. 6th StreetGoogle Maps
Construction is to occur over a roughly 27-month period, according to a news release. Grading and shoring permits have been approved for the project, but a full building permit has not been issued at this point in time.
The project site is located one block west of the intersection of 6th Street and Harvard Boulevard, where Jamison Services recently completed work on a similar mixed-use housing complex.
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