Luigi Schiappa Pitches Townhomes in Harbor Gateway

Nine small-lot homes are planned for an empty lot in Harbor Gateway.

Luigi Schiappa Development filed an application with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning to construct nine townhomes at 16215 Bonsallo Avenue, Urbanize Los Angeles reported.

While the property has a Bonsallo Avenue address, the site is located inside a block with homes on both sides of the currently empty lot. The homes would be arranged in a single row around a shared driveway and connect to Bonsallo Avenue through a single parcel slated to remain empty as a driveway access point to the property. The L-shaped lot is one block west of the Interstate 110 freeway.

Each townhome would rise two stories and come in either two- or three-bedroom floor plans, each with a ground-level garage. Dir Design is the architect for the project. A portion of the property is listed by the City of Los Angeles as surplus land. Last fall, the city put out a call to private developers to build housing on small city-owned lots as part of the “Small Lots, Big Impacts” initiative.

Luigi Schiappa Development’s plans on Bonsallo Avenue are the latest multifamily proposal to land in Harbor Gateway.

Late last year, HVN Development submitted an application to the Los Angeles Department of City Planning to build affordable housing at 1300 West 218th Street, Urbanize Los Angeles reported. HVN’s plans call for the construction of a three-story building with 52 one-bedroom apartments for rent at the low- and moderate-income levels. Because of the affordable housing component, the project is eligible for citywide housing incentives. In the past, HVN Development has leaned on affordable housing incentives like Executive Directive 1, which expedites the approval process for fully affordable housing developments across the City of Los Angeles.

Other small-lot townhome projects in Harbor Gateway include Irvine-based Nerja Investments’ 22 townhome development at 15812 South Vermont Avenue.

The City of Los Angeles, which includes Harbor Gateway, is mandated by the state to plan for 456,643 new housing units by 2029. — Chris Malone Méndez