Wood framing has reached its peak for a mixed-use development now under construction near the intersection of 6th Street and Western Avenue in Koreatown.

The project at 601 S. Manhattan Place and 4000 W. 6th Street, which replaced a gas station, consists of a six-story building that will feature 51 one and two-bedroom apartments above 3,300 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and parking for 31 vehicles.

View looking east from Manhattan PlaceRichard Bourne

Property owner Manhattan on 6th, LLC entitled the site for development using Transit Oriented Communities incentives to permit a larger building than would have otherwise been allowed by zoning rules. In exchange, six of the new apartments are to be set aside for rent as affordable housing at the extremely low-income level.

KSK Design is the architect for the project, according to plans approved by the City of Los Angeles.

601 S. Manhattan PlaceGoogle Maps

Plans to redevelop the property with housing date to 2017, when the same project team initiated an application for a slightly smaller 44-unit development.

The project site is located one block northwest of the Wilshire/Western subway station, and around the block from a larger 230-unit development now being built by Jamison Services.

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