Category has beat back an appeal trying to block construction of a 45-unit apartment complex in West Los Angeles.
The West Hollywood-based developer led by Daniel Pourbaba was approved by the Los Angeles City Planning Commission to build the five-story complex at 12202-12214 West Exposition Boulevard, in Sawtelle, Urbanize Los Angeles reported. It would replace four single-family homes.
The appeal was made by an adjoining homeowner of the project near the Metro Expo/Bundy Station.
The unidentified owner, who lives in a single-family home next door, cited multiple objections to approvals granted by Planning Commission staff, claiming that he didn’t receive notice of the project, that the building design violates zoning rules and that public records had been withheld.
A staff report disputed those claims and urged the commission to approve the project.
Plans call for a five-story building with 45 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments above an underground parking garage for 28 cars.
Approvals include Transit Oriented Communities incentives permitting a larger building than allowed by zoning rules in exchange for five affordable apartments for extremely low-income households.
The white building trimmed in black, designed by Ciam Architects, has vertical windows, exterior balconies and a rooftop deck covered by a trellis, according to a rendering.
The project is a result of the Exposition Corridor Transit Neighborhood Plan, which rezoned single-family properties to the south of Expo/Bundy Station for apartments.
Under the plan, Carmel Partners, based in San Francisco, just bulldozed more than 20 single-family homes to construct three buildings with more than 600 apartments, according to Urbanize.
Category, founded by Pourbaba as Property Construction in 2018, has built apartment buildings in Venice, Silverlake, West Hollywood, Echo Park, Fairfax, Melrose, Hollywood, Playa Vista, Hancock Park, West Adams and Beverly Grove, with pending projects in Culver City and Santa Monica, according to its website.
This month, the developer revised its plans to build a 145-unit affordable housing complex at 511 North Hoover Street, in East Hollywood.
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