An affiliate of developer RYDA has submitted plans to construct an 82-unit mixed-use project at 3209 – 3227 W. Sunset Blvd. in the Silver Lake neighborhood, a planning case filed by the city on Friday shows.
The project would rise on a 22,500-square-foot, four-parcel lot that since 1951 has been used for the storage and use of hazardous materials for automotive service-related activities, according to applications materials. Any construction would be preceded by the removal of two abandoned underground storage tanks under oversight by the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The LA developer is seeking an off-menu, 42.5-percent density bonus through a conditional-use permit (above a 57-unit base density), as well as other off-menu incentives including a 34-percent decrease in residential parking and a height increase from 45 feet to about 80 feet, plans show.
Plans call for 70 residential parking spaces along with a waiver on the 50-space commercial parking requirement to zero spaces. The majority of parking spaces would be provided through Park Plus Automated Parking System, an automated parking stacker for vehicle retrieval and storage in vertical and horizontal arrays, application materials show.
The project would also provide about 8,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space and 80 bicycle spaces.
The residential portion would contain 44 studios, 24 one-bedroom units, and 14 two-bedrooms, with eight units reserved for very low-income households. The project would also provide about 5,700 square feet of common open space, including roof terraces totaling about 4,000 square feet and roughly 1,760 square feet of lounge and fitness areas, plans show.
An RYDA affiliate recently acquired the project site for just over $9 million, according to a transaction recorded with Los Angeles County in 2019.
The developer is joined by project architect MVE + Partners and land-use consulting company Irvine & Associates.
The Silver Lake project site has been occupied in part by Sunset Body Works, an auto body shop.
