Uncommon Developers wants to employ new state density bonus laws to build a 12-story apartment building in Westwood.
The Chatsworth-based builder led by Jason Larian and Ryan Hekmat has filed plans to build the 88-unit highrise at 11027-11045 West Strathmore Drive, Urbanize Los Angeles reported.
The 153-foot tall building would replace a 12-unit Spanish Colonial apartment building, built in 1939, and a nine-unit apartment building, built in 1948.
Uncommon would use bonus incentives created by Assembly Bill 2334 and AB 1287, which allows a “stackable” density bonus if 15 percent of the apartments are set aside as moderate-income affordable housing, on top of other required affordable units.
The Strathmore Drive project would reserve 15 percent of the apartments for moderate-income households and 15 percent for very low-income households, for a total of 34 units, according to Urbanize.
The L-shaped gray, charcoal and white highrise, designed by JZA Architecture, would have large floor-to-ceiling windows, exterior balconies and a rooftop deck, with arched windows along the street, according to renderings.
The parking capacity, if any, was undisclosed.
Landmark Properties, based in Georgia, used state density bonuses to file plans for a similar 12-story, 84-unit apartment building at 505 South Landfair Avenue and 504 South Glenrock Avenue, in Westwood. It would replace two apartment buildings built in 1948.
Uncommon Developers, known for building the mixed-use headquarters campus of MGA Entertainment in Chatsworth, has proposed a slew of apartment buildings across Los Angeles.
Its co-founders are Jason Larian, son of billionaire toymaker Isaac Larian, CEO of MGA Entertainment, and Ryan Hekmat, who is married to Isaac Larian’s daughter. The offices of Uncommon Developers, founded in 2015, are inside the MGA headquarters building.
Uncommon projects include apartments in Northridge, North Hills, Inglewood, Hollywood, West Hollywood and Van Nuys.
A year ago this month, the nonprofit Yes In My Back Yard sued L.A. after the City Council refused to allow Uncommon Developers to use a fast-track affordable housing option to build a seven-story, 360-unit complex at 8217 North Winnetka Avenue in the San Fernando Valley.
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