The Los Angeles planning department has approved plans by supportive housing developer A Community of Friends to redevelop its Las Palomas Hotel property into an expanded supportive housing project, according to a planning case update posted by the city last month.
The development will turn the existing two-story, 62-unit affordable housing community at 2203 E. 1st St. into a four-story, 80-unit supportive housing community. The project site’s existing structure holds 61 apartments for low-income individuals, 50 of which are targeted to formerly homeless individuals experiencing mental illness.
Designed by project architect Koning Eizenberg Architecture, the project will entail about 21,000 square feet of new construction and a rebuilt interior. Bricks walls facing North Chicago Street to the west and East 1st Street to the south will be retained under project plans, which were first filed by ACOF earlier this year, according to planning documents.
Also involved in designs for the redevelopment project is landscape architect Orange Street Studio.
