A church and a school in Norwalk are headed for redevelopment as townhome-style condominiums.
The Norwalk Planning Commission approved a proposal from Hamilton Land Development calling for demolishing the church and school buildings at 12722 Woods Avenue and replacing them with a series of three-story buildings with more than five dozen townhomes, Urbanize Los Angeles reported.
The plan includes 61 two-, three- and four-bedroom townhomes, each with a two-car garage on the ground floor. The proposed development, designed by KTGY, is named “The Woods.”
It isn’t the only townhome development in the area. Last year, Norwalk city officials approved plans from Meritage Homes to build 93 townhomes less than a mile west, at 11459 Imperial Highway. That project would replace a shuttered bowling alley.
Norwalk, like cities across California, is racing to meet its state-mandated housing goals. The city is required to plan for 5,034 new units of housing by 2029 under its housing element. Hamilton Land Development’s proposal would reduce Norwalk’s obligations for above-market-rate housing to 1,501 units from 1,565, while its overall housing element obligation would drop to 4,185 units from 4,246.
Other multifamily projects are in the works in the Gateway City.
The Norwalk Planning Commission recently reviewed a proposal from developer Abbey Road to construct a four-story building at 11606 Firestone Boulevard, currently a surface parking lot.
Abbey Road is looking to build 90 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments set aside for rent to low-income and extremely-low-income households.
Another endeavor, dubbed the Norwalk Transit Village, would redevelop the former California Youth Authority prison complex at 13200 Bloomfield Avenue into more than 650 apartments in four- and five-story buildings as well as a row of 118 townhomes. At least 40 percent of the proposed units would be set aside as affordable, while a minimum of 345 would be rented at market rates.
— Chris Malone Méndez
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