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Mixed-use project in LA’s Boyle Heights combines apartments and a museum

Toledo Capital pitches affordable housing plus Chicano art in development named Xola

Toledo Capital pitches affordable housing with Chicano art museum in Boyle Heights
Toledo Capital Development's Alfred Fraijo Jr. with rendering of 2141 East Cesar Chavez Avenue (Toledo Capital Development, Getty)

Mixed-use projects usually match homes with offices, shops or restaurants. But Toledo Capital Development wants to combine affordable housing in Boyle Heights with a museum for Chicano art.

The Boyle Heights-based developer led by Alfred Fraijo Jr. has filed plans for a 19-unit apartment building and a six-story museum at 2141 East Cesar Chavez Avenue, Urbanize Los Angeles reported. It would replace a commercial storefront.

Both buildings would be fast-tracked by L.A. Mayor Karen Bass’ Executive Directive 1, which streamlines city approvals for affordable housing.

The project, dubbed Xola, would include a 96-foot-tall Museo de Arte Chicano LA in front, according to plans filed with the city. 

In back would be a 10-story, 126-foot-tall complex with 19 one-, two- and three-bedroom affordable apartments set aside for households with moderate-, low- and very low-incomes. 

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Designed by Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao, the complex would be built on less than 0.18 acres with buildings sheathed in glass and brick, rooftop decks and a courtyard breezeway.

The Xola development is one of a handful of ED1 projects planned in Boyle Heights, including a 51-unit complex near 1st and Soto streets. 

Developers have also proposed mixed-income and market-rate projects, including a 50-unit building at 2115 East Cesar Chavez Avenue.

— Dana Bartholomew

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