Wednesday, August 28, 2013

249 Apartments Coming to the LA/West Hollywood Border

8150 W Sunset, as it currently exists.

A sizeable mixed-user appears to be on its way to the eastern edge of the Sunset Strip.  Check out this filing with City Planning:

8150 W SUNSET BLVD 90046
DEMO EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCT A MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT WITH 111,000 SF. OF COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USES AND 249 RESIDENTIAL UNITS

This new proposal comes in the wake of a resurgence in hotel and residential development along the strip.  The 100,000+ square feet of retail/restaurant space is unsurprising due to the location's ample Sunset Blvd. frontage.  The residential units above are a nice touch, although this site is not within walking distance of a Metro station.


While I will not shed tears over the death of a strip mall at the back of the property, it will be a shame to lose the mid-century Chase Bank building fronting Sunset.  Perhaps the facade can preserved as part of the new mixed-user?

4 comments:

  1. Don't shed any tears even for that Chase bank as that strip mall and bank were the cause of the demise of the Garden of Allah. I hope this new project will look nice and be called (and in design) Garden of Allah in homage.

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    1. I never knew that until today. There's definitely a lot of history to the site. Thanks for the information!

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    2. It also the parking lot that Joni Mitchell wrote the lyric in her classic song Big Yellow Taxi: "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" in reference to the demise of the Garden of Allah. Thank you to whomever is writing this site. You're like Curbed LA - except relevant, topical and well-written.

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