Nonprofit developer eyes 73-unit affordable complex in Long Beach

West Hollywood Community Housing wants to build a 73-unit affordable apartment complex in Long Beach.

The West Hollywood-based nonprofit developer has filed plans to build the two-, three- and five-story buildings at 3401 Cerritos Avenue, north of the 405 Freeway, Urbanize Los Angeles reported, citing a new environmental report.

They would replace a windowless commercial building.

Plans call for the trio of buildings at Cerritos and Wardlow Road, west of Long Beach Airport, containing one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments and underground parking for 103 cars.

All of the apartments would be affordable, save for a legally-required manager’s unit. The affordability levels were not disclosed.

Deed-restricted housing generally ranges from affordable units set aside for very-low-income households earning less than 50 percent of area median income; low-income households earning between 50 and 80 percent of AMI; and “workforce housing” for moderate-income households earning between 80 percent and 120 percent of AMI, according to California Community Builders.

The white and brown complex, designed by L.A.-based Urban Architecture Lab, would include a courtyard, community room, fitness room and laundry facilities.

Construction is expected to start next fall and be completed in 2026. A cost of the project was not disclosed.

West Hollywood Community Housing, founded in 1986, runs 22 affordable housing complexes with 785 apartments, according to its website.

In April, the City of Long Beach declared a two-thirds acre lot with a defunct grocery store owned by the city in California Heights to be surplus property. It’s where West Hollywood Community Housing proposed building a 100-unit affordable housing complex.

— Dana Bartholomew