Cityview’s Westchester Apartment Plan Gets OK

Cityview’s plans for a nearly 500-unit apartment building on a block in Westchester received the OK from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission.

The commission’s vote earlier this month now paves the way for Cityview to redevelop the site of an auto repair business and Del Taco into a 489-unit apartment complex with over 16,000 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor, Urbanize Los Angeles reported.

Nearly 550 parking spaces are planned for the AC Martin-designed building, which will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments at 6136 West Manchester Avenue. Sixty-four of those units will be set aside for very low-income households as part of the state’s density bonus incentive program, planning documents show.

In the fall, Cityview tapped the state’s density bonus in Assembly Bill 1287, reworking its plans for the site. The incentive program allowed for more units with two less apartments slotted for affordable housing. The company’s re-filed plans reflected an 11 percent increase in apartment units, compared to the 441 that were part of the original 2022 filing with the city.

Construction could begin as early as this year, with the project coming online in 2027, according to Urbanize.

Westchester continues Century City-based Cityview’s strategy of buying and building multifamily properties in what it calls gateway markets.

In the case of Westchester, the Manchester Avenue project will be one of several looking to remake the portion of Sepulveda Boulevard running through the Los Angeles neighborhood bordering Inglewood, El Segundo and Culver City.

Cityview launched in 2003 and now touts on its website a portfolio of more than 6,000 multifamily units in California, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Arizona, Colorado and Texas.

Last year was a busy one for the firm, helmed by CEO Sean Burton. Among its buys was the $36 million purchase of the 112-unit Candela apartments in the Hollywood Hills. It also snapped up the 130-unit Tralee Village Apartments in Dublin, Calif. for $46 million.

— Kari Hamanaka