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| Viewed from the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Las Palmas Avenue |
Five years after stalling out with developer DS Ventures, Central Hollywood's massive Lexington project is somehow alive and kicking. The mixed-use development, proposed for a 5.9-acre site at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Las Palmas Avenue, would create a series of low-rise buildings featuring apartments and/or condominiums above ground-level commercial space. A recently released FEIR casts some light on the updated, and slightly reduced development program.
Revised plans for the Lexington were designed by Santa Monica-based VTBS Architects, and call for six buildings, ranging from five-to-seven stories in height. The low-rise structures will contain a total of 695 studio, one and two-bedroom units. This represents a sharp decrease from the 786 dwelling units proposed under the former development program. Conversely, the new plans call for just under 25,000 square feet of ground-level retail and restaurant space, a slight increase from the original proposal. The project will also offer parking accommodations for nearly 1,400 vehicles, to be located in a three-level, partially-underground garage.
