A quick three months after we last checked in, wood framing has sprouted for SoLa Impact's new mixed-use development just south of the K Line's Leimert Park Station.

The project, called the Crenshaw Lofts, is located at 4611 S. Crenshaw Boulevard,  and consists of a seven-story building that will feature 195 studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments above subterranean parking.

View looking northwest from Crenshaw BoulevardKFA Architecture

Approved plans rely on Transit Oriented Communities incentives to allow for a larger building than would normally be permitted by zoning rules. In exchange, 22 of the new apartments are to be set aside as deed-restricted affordable housing at the extremely low-income level.

KFA Architecture is the contemporary podium-type building, which will include courtyards and roof decks.

The building's ground floor will be activated by a 9,000-square-foot tech and entertainment center, which is being built in partnership with Live Nation, and is intended to provide access to provide young people from the surrounding neighborhood with paid internships in production and entertainment fields.

Completion of the Crenshaw Lofts is expected in late 2025, according to the SoLa Impact website.

4605-4641 S Crenshaw BoulevardGoogle Maps

The project, which is under construction less than one year after the debut of the K Line, joins a number of projects now in the works surrounding Leimert Park Station. A similar 101-unit development with retail is proposed for a site located one block north along Crenshaw, and a smaller mixed-use building is now rising from a site on 43rd Street.

The project site also sits just west of Sankofa Park, the northern bookend of the 1.3-mile Destination Crenshaw public art and open space project.

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