T
erry and Tobias Harris, brothers and developers with Visionary Development Group, are planning a 90-unit affordable housing complex in East Hollywood. Their firm has filed plans for a seven-story building at 4537-4345 West Santa Monica Boulevard, which would replace a laundromat. The project would feature 90 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments above 836 square feet of ground-floor shops.

    No on-site parking would be provided, but the developer would use density bonus incentives to allow for a larger building than zoning rules permit. The project would be built as affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households, utilizing Mayor Karen Bass' Executive Directive 1 to streamline approval. Designed by Kevin Tsai Architecture, the building's unique design features four alternating stacks of rounded gray tablets with a corrugated screen.

    The ground-floor shops would have floor-to-ceiling windows, while the roof would contain two terrace decks. The project site is near Metro's Vermont/Santa Monica Station, which has spurred development in the area. Visionary Development Group aims to develop 1,000 units of affordable housing this year, primarily in Los Angeles.