TC Gets OK for 2.2M SF North Hollywood Development

The Los Angeles Planning Commission has approved Trammell Crow’s plan to build a 2.2M SF mixed-use development around the North Hollywood subway station.

The project, known as District NoHo, will include nearly 1,500 homes, as well as up to 450K SF of office space and 60K SF of retail, surrounding the Metro station at Lankershim and Chandler boulevards, according to a report in Urbanize LA.

The 15.6-acre project, first proposed seven years ago, will be built in phases over the next 15 years, in coordination with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Now that the city’s Planning Commission has flashed the green light, construction on the massive mixed-use development could begin in 2025. The site, currently occupied by a parking lot, will be subdivided into nine different blocks.

District NoHo, to be built around the B Line train station, will include 1,481 homes, of which 366 will be reserved as affordable for moderate-income households.

The apartments will be divided among three towers, including a 20-story building with 420 units; a 23-story tower with 508 units; and a 21-story building with 599 apartments.

Dallas-based Trammell Crow and its affiliate High Street Residential are planning 60K SF of shops, restaurants and bars in the NoHo development. Above-grade parking garages will have space for 3,313 cars, with 750 spaces reserved for Metro bus and rail passengers.

Transit improvements will include a new entrance to the subway on the west side of Lankershim, as well as an upgrade to the G Line bus terminus as well as new streets and walkways.

Three new plazas encompassing two acres of open public space will be created, with a two-way bike trail planned for Fair Avenue. The project is being designed by a consortium including Gensler, HKS, KFA Architecture and Relm.

The design team recently relocated underground parking into above-grade structures, an adjustment that reduced the overall height profile for the project. The original plan called for four high-rise buildings, a total that has been reduced to three.

A new art gallery and the installation of historic plaques will accompany the open public spaces.

Metro, as L.A.’s transit authority is known, reportedly is considering the formation of an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District for District NoHo, which would cover the cost of the planned affordable housing as well as upgrades to the Metro station, Urbanize LA reported.

The financing district plan anticipates completing the final phase of these upgrades by 2031.