At a meeting earlier this month, the Redondo Beach City Council voted to approve plans for a mixed-use residential development a few blocks from the beach, overturning a late 2025 decision by the City's Planning Commission.

In December, the Planning Commission convened to review a proposal from Redondo Seaside Living, LLC to redevelop a site at 401-417 Pacific Coast Highway. The project, named Nivasa, would consist of a four-story building featuring 49 one-, two-, and three-bedroom homes with ground-floor commercial space and a 61-car garage. 

View looking southeastDFH Architects

The proposal relies on a combination of density bonus incentives and the provisions of AB 2011 to allow a larger building than would otherwise be permitted at this location. In exchange, eight apartments would be set aside for very low- and moderate-income households.

While state law severely curtails the ability of Planning Commissions to reject density bonus projects, the Planning Commission nonetheless voted to deny the proposed development on the basis of potential impacts to traffic congestion and beach parking. That decision prompted an appeal to the City Council, which reversed the earlier decision.

401-417 Pacific Coast HighwayGoogle Maps

The fight over the Pacific Coast Highway project comes in the wake of a decision by the California Second District Court of Appeal which struck down Redondo Beach's housing element, potentially making the City once again subject to the Builder's Remedy. A proposed development at the site of a power plant near the Redondo Beach pier was among the first visible Builder's Remedy projects in Southern California.

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