Lendlease project in Baldwin Hills scores $316M loan

Habitat to include 260 luxury apartments, 253K sf of offices near Metro station

Lendlease, Aware Super land $316M in financing for mixed-use project in Baldwin Hills
Americas for Lendlease's Meg Spriggs and Aware Super's Deanne Stewart with Habitat at 3401 South La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles (SHoP Architects, LinkedIn)

Lendlease and Aware Super have snagged $316 million in construction financing for a mixed-use project containing 260 luxury apartments in Baldwin Hills.

The Australia-based developer and pension fund secured the loan for Habitat, a 461,000-square-foot, two-building project at 3401 South La Cienega Boulevard, the Commercial Observer reported. It would replace a 3.5-acre storage facility. 

Barings and Counterpointe Sustainable Real Estate provided the hybrid financing package for the approved project east of Culver City.

Part of the deal employs C-PACE funding on the sustainable portions of the project, including a 125-kilowatt solar array. The development is designed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions, both in its construction and operation, when complete in early 2026.

Plans for the project include a 12-story, 260-unit “ultra luxury” apartment building; a six-story, 253,000-square-foot office building; and 2,900 square feet of ground-floor shops and restaurants. An underground garage would serve 785 cars.

The project, designed by New York-based ShoP Architects, would feature a residential tower and office building with upper-level setbacks to create terrace decks. The office building would include mass timber in its design.

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An acre park, designed by Downtown L.A.-based Relm, would fill out the “live-work-thrive” campus and it would open onto a bike path near Metro’s La Cienega/Jefferson Station.

Sustainable aspects of the development include 64 electric vehicle parking spots, more than 220 bicycle parking spaces, natural ventilation and lower-carbon concrete. 

Lendlease bought the development site in 2021 for $92 million, with plans for its first project in Los Angeles. Three years ago, the project was estimated to cost $600 million.

Habitat isn’t the only mixed-use development near Culver City to secure multimillion-dollar financing, according to the Observer.

Hackman Capital Partners and Affinius Capital landed a $75 million refinancing package this month from Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo to build Culver Steps, an office and retail project anchored by Amazon Studios and luxury grocer Erewhon. 

— Dana Bartholomew

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