Just north of the sprawling property which houses the Mormon church's Los Angeles Temple in Westwood, a 1930s single-family home is poised to make way for a new apartment complex.
View looking north from Ohio AvenueLabyrinth Design Studio
The proposed project, which would rise from a wedge-shaped lot at the intersection of Ohio and Wilkins Avenues, calls for razing the existing home to clear the way for a new five-story edifice featuring seven apartments above a small subterranean parking garage.
The property owners are listed as the entities FIN Holdings, LLC and Wilkins Group, LLC, which are affiliated with Anaheim-based Keystone Builders, Inc. and Los Angeles-based Lumar Corporation, respectively. The two entities are seeking the approval of Transit Oriented Communities incentives, permitting a larger structure than allowed by zoning in exchange for setting aside one apartment as deed-restricted affordable housing.
Labyrinth Design Studio is the architect behind the project, which is depicted in renderings as a contemporary low-rise structure highlighted by a rooftop oculus hovering over a private deck.
View looking south from Wilkins AvenueLabyrinth Design Studio
Two blocks west of the project site on Westwood Boulevard, larger multifamily residential developments are poised to replace commercial structures between Massachusetts Avenue and Ohio Avenue.
- Westwood (Urbanize LA)
