The Los Angeles Office of Zoning Administration has given approvals to plans by Geneva Street Partners to develop a six-story, 228-unit eldercare facility in Encino, according to a determination letter posted this month by the city.
Designed by project architect Vessel Architecture, the planned project will take shape at 17500 Burbank Boulevard, replacing five one-story buildings totaling 20,000 square feet occupied by the Bethel Encino ELCA Church and Preschool. Plans call for an approximately 280,000-square-foot, 94-foot-tall building with 196 assisted-living and independent-living guest rooms and 32 dementia/memory care guest rooms.
Plans approved this month include design changes introduced by Geneva Street Partners late last year. The company originally had plans for a slightly larger, 238-unit building at the 1.8-acre site.
The project will provide 164 vehicle parking spaces between one subterranean parking level and a portion of the ground floor of the building, according to the latest plans.
Once open, the eldercare facility will be operated by Spectrum Retirement Communities, a Denver-based developer, owner, and operator of senior housing communities around the U.S.
Also involved in designs for the project is landscape architect SQLA.
Planned amenities include a 3,856-square-foot second-floor outdoor deck, a sixth-floor sky deck, a spa and salon, and a theater room, among other features.
The property has been owned by an affiliate of Geneva Street Partners since May 2020, when it was acquired for approximately $8.2 million.
