The Los Angeles City Planning Department last week received an application seeking approval for a project that would turn the site of a nursery into a residential complex. The proposed community, which remains unnamed, would bring 40 townhouses to the Sawtelle neighborhood in West LA.
Highlights
- Intracorp has submitted a proposal for a residential development in the Sawtelle neighborhood of Los Angeles.
- The plans call for 40 townhomes, two of which will be set aside for affordable housing.
- The site currently houses a plant nursery, which Intracorp seeks to redevelop.
Intracorp Homes Plans 40-Townhouse Project for Sawtelle
The application to permit single-family residences at the Sawtelle site was submitted in the name of Rick Puffer, Vice President of Development at Intracorp Homes.
The new residential project would span several lots of land, with addresses at 2007–2045 S. Colby Avenue, 11556 W. La Grange Avenue, and 2020–2024 S. Federal Avenue. The application seeks a permit to demolish the plant nursery and the five other structures that currently occupy the land.
Details of the Proposed Project
JZMK Partners, the Costa Mesa, California-based architectural firm, has created the plans for the project. The plans include 40 detached, three-story townhomes with roof decks.
The townhouses will be built with three different floor plans, ranging from 1,681 to 2,453 square feet. Units will have either three or four bedrooms. The plans also include driveways, attached two-car garages, and open space areas.
The application requests a 22% density bonus (raising the total units from 32 to 40) in exchange for dedicating two units as very low‑income housing. It also seeks one approved incentive to reduce the required space between buildings.
According to the official page, the case for the project is currently on hold. Dates and further details for the next steps are expected to be announced in due course.
If the proposed housing project is approved by the city, another one of Sawtelle’s nurseries will become a thing of the past. The neighborhood was once home to dozens of Japanese nurseries, many of which have already undergone redevelopment.
