Jamison looks to build 30-unit apartment complex in Koreatown

Jamison Services plans to build a 30-unit apartment building in Koreatown.

The prolific Koreatown-based developer has filed plans to build a seven-story complex at 544 South Mariposa Avenue, Urbanize Los Angeles reported. It would replace a parking lot.

Plans call for using the city’s Transit Oriented Communities incentives to allow for a larger building than zoning rules allow in exchange for three of the apartments to be set aside as affordable for extremely low-income households.

The project, designed by DFH Architects of Santa Monica, would include 30 one- and two-bedroom apartments with a rooftop patio deck. The Cape Cod blue-and-putty building would feature corner balconies with floor-to-ceiling doors and windows.

The project is one of dozens of proposed and under-construction developments Jamison has in Koreatown and beyond.

In August, the company filed plans to convert the Pierce National Life Building, an office fixture in Koreatown for a half century, into a 13-story apartment building at 3807-3815 Wilshire Boulevard.

Jamison Services is a unit of Jamison Properties, Koreatown’s largest commercial landlord. It owns other office and residential buildings near Wilshire/Western Station, including the Art Deco Wilshire Professional Building. It just broke ground on a 230-unit apartment building next door. 

In June, it won preliminary approval to build a 127-unit mixed-use tower at 626 Kingsley Drive in Koreatown. 

— Dana Bartholomew