An appeal filed against approvals for a 114-unit apartment project in Koreatown was denied by the Los Angeles Planning Commission last month, according to minutes from the commission’s June 10 meeting.
Margarita Lopez filed an appeal on behalf of Coalition For An Equitable Westlake MacArthur, initially arguing that the project, which is being led by developer Jamison Properties, doesn’t qualify for an exemption from environmental review granted by the planning department in March. Lopez went on to file a notice to withdraw the appeal after a necessary deadline, according to a planning staff report. Therefore, the appeal still went before the city’s planning commission but was denied by a 7-0 vote.
As a result, the project will move forward with its prior approvals for a seven-story apartment development rising at 815 – 831 South Kingsley Drive, southwest of the intersection of South Kingsley Drive and West 8th Street.
Named Kingsley Apartments, the planned development was approved for Tier-3 project incentives under the city’s Transit Oriented Communities Incentive Program, allowing for a 70-percent density bonus over the otherwise allowed 67 units. Per TOC requirements, the developer will set aside 12 units for extremely low-income households, plans show.
The apartment project will provide 159 parking spaces across the ground floor and two underground levels, as well as 118 bicycle spaces.
Designed by DFH Architects, the community will offer about 10,500 square feet of open space, including a 3,820-square-foot roof deck, a 1,741-square-foot courtyard, and a roughly 1,000-square-foot fitness room.
Also involved in the design is Gaudet Design Group, the project’s landscape architect.
The planned unit mix is made up of one studio, 61 one-bedrooms, and 52 two-bedrooms.
The project is rising in place of two single-family dwellings, an accessory dwelling unit, a duplex, and a two-story childcare facility, each of which was razed under a demolition permit issued in 2017, according to planning documents.
