Thursday, March 6, 2014

Second Half of MacArthur Park TOD Finally Moving Forward


It might be a little behind schedule, but development is finally coming to K.O. the underutilized space atop the Westlake/MacArthur Park subway station.  According to a document from the Los Angeles City Council, Metro and developer McCormack Baron Salazar are gearing up to start work on the second phase of their $45 million MacArthur Park transit oriented development.  Set to rise five stories in-between Alvarado Street and Westlake Avenue, the Torti Gallas/Roschen Van Cleve-designed structure will contain 81 low-income apartments above approximately 17,000 square feet of ground floor retail space.  The highly successful phase one, which opened across the street in May 2012, received over 1,000 applications for its 92 affordable units.  Given that level of demand, it's probably safe to assume that phase two will have little trouble finding tenants.  Especially at a location which provides a front row view of MacArthur Park.  The city memo indicates that work on phase two must commence by March 24, 2014 in order to comply with affordable housing financing requirements.  In other words, Red and Purple line passengers should be on the lookout for construction fencing and heavy equipment.

4 comments:

  1. Given the stated demand for phase I of this project, it is a travesty that this development is still very low in density. Sitting atop a Metro rail station, it should be ten times the size.

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    1. I assume the relatively small scale has to do with the fact that this almost 100% affordable housing.

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  2. Neal PaytonMarch 14, 2014 at 9:46 AM

    A slight correction. The project was designed by Torti Gallas and Partners in collaboration with Roschen Van-Cleve. If you would like more verification of that please contact me, or the owner, McCormack Baron Salazar

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    1. Neal,

      Thank you for the information. Are there any renderings of Phase II available?

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