85-Unit East Hollywood Project Withstands Appeal

The Los Angeles Planning Commission last month voted 7-0 to deny an appeal against approvals for a planned eight-story, 85-unit apartment project in East Hollywood, minutes from its June 10 meeting show. The owner and applicant behind the project, which will rise at the southwestern corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and North New Hampshire Avenue, is LA-based company Canfield Development.

Following Tier-4 transit-oriented communities approvals given to the project in the spring, Eric Moore filed an appeal of the planning department’s determination on behalf of Citizens for Reasonable Development. The appeal was based on several arguments, including that the project runs contrary to the Hollywood Community Plan.

The planning commission’s decision to deny the appeal and sustain the planning department’s earlier approvals follow planning staff’s recommendation that it do so based on judged consistencies with the area’s specific plan, among other reasons, according to a staff report.

As a result, the project will move forward with approvals that include an 80-percent density bonus, per Tier-4 TOC incentives. Plans call for 21 studios, 57 one-bedrooms, two two-bedrooms, and five four-bedrooms, with 10 of the 85 units set aside for extremely low-income households.

The development will replace three buildings at the approximately half-acre project site, including a commercial building, a storage building, and a two-story single-family dwelling.

The Hochhauser Blatter Associates Architecture & Planning-designed project will also include 1,137 square feet of commercial space and provide 74 vehicle parking spaces and 52 bicycle spaces.

The project will feature amenities including a gym, courtyard, and roof terrace.

An affiliate of Canfield Development acquired the project site at 4750 W. Santa Monica Blvd. for about $5.5 million last year, according to Los Angeles County property records.