Morningside High School Site Set for Townhomes

The city of Inglewood is poised to get nearly 600 new townhomes near the sprawling Hollywood Park entertainment hub.

An environmental report published by the city shows that HAS INDW Property Owner LLC has applied to build 571 townhomes on a 23-acre property between the defunct Morningside High and Woodworth Elementary schools, Urbanize Los Angeles reported.

The development, dubbed the “Morningside Project,” would include 403 row townhomes and 168 interlocking townhomes ranging from one to four bedrooms. Amenities would include two clubhouses, swimming pools, pocket parks, a dog park and parking for approximately 1,120 vehicles.

Of the new townhomes, 10 percent would be set aside for very low-income households. In Los Angeles County, “very low income” is defined as making a maximum of 50 percent of the area median income, equating to $53,000 for one person and $75,750 for a household of four.

The three-story structures are being designed by Danielian Associates. If the project receives the required approvals, including a general plan amendment and a zone change, construction is expected to occur in five phases between 2025 and 2029.

That timeline would bring some new residences near SoFi Stadium and the Intuit Dome online in the lead-up to the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Hollywood Park, spanning 300 acres, is in the midst of a transformation into a live-work-play paradise. Billionaire Stan Kroenke, owner of the Los Angeles Rams, is spearheading an effort to build a state-of-the-art film and TV complex in advance of the Olympics.

The 12-acre Hollywood Park Studios project would include five soundstages at 18,000 square feet each, with two that can combine into a single 36,000-square-foot stage. A three-story, 80,000-square-foot office building would contain support, production and postproduction facilities, while a nearby lot would provide space for trucks, equipment and actors’ trailers. It would also have an 1,100-spot parking garage.

“The vision for Hollywood Park has always been to build a city within a city combining media, entertainment and technology that will transform the greater Los Angeles area,” Kroenke said in a statement. — Chris Malone Méndez