Checking in on 18 Key Downtown Housing Projects
Below, Los Angeles Downtown News checks in on 18 key projects that have a housing component. This isn’t the traditional Downtown News “Development” issue where we update every project in the community — more than 100 are in various stages of development, by the way — but rather is a momentary look at some of the residential complexes that are under construction, in the planning stage, or that recently debuted.
649 Lofts649 S. Wall St.
Developer: Skid Row Housing Trust
Height: 7 stories
Residences: 55 apartments
Neighborhood: Skid Row
Completion: Late 2019
Website: skidrow.org
Key Details: The project at Seventh and Wall streets will create supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals, with rents for the studio apartments expected to be $473-$788 per month. There will also be on-site supportive services, including a 25,000-square-foot clinic on the ground floor. The project is being funded partly through Proposition HHH, approved by city voters to create affordable housing.