Development Team
Owner/Developer
O.N.E. Company, Inc., and SIPA, general partners
Architect
ONE Company Architecture + ONE
Santa Monica, California
Project Data
Location
1747 North Normandie Avenue
Los Angeles, California
Size
16 units; 22,804 square feet of gross leasable area
Site
21,780 square feet
Completed
December 1998
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Normandie Village
Los Angeles, California
Normandie Village is a large family rental affordable housing development on a half-acre urban infill site in the East Hollywood area of Los Angeles. It has 15 three- and four-bedroom units and a manager’s unit in two three- and four-story buildings arranged to frame a lively courtyard and village center. Amenities include a tot lot, community gardens, barbecue, and seating just outside a community multipurpose room and laundry room. Walkways on the second and fourth floors and a generous second story outdoor deck overlook the courtyard. The units are a mix of townhouses and flats. Colorful murals celebrate the neighborhood’s and the project’s diversity and the hope of moving through dreams to success. Gated podium parking is provided at the rear of the site.
Rents are affordable to families earning less than 35 percent and 50 percent of median income and are restricted for 55 years. A supportive services program assists residents in obtaining needed services and in organizing desired on-site events and programs. The co-general partners are O.N.E. Company Inc., a woman and minority owned development firm, and Search to Involve Pilipino Americans, a community development program serving the Pilipino American community in the Los Angeles urban context.
Official Statement of Small-Scale Residential Award
This small, but significant, project exemplifies civic engagement: private for-profit, private nonprofit, and public sector agencies collaborated to provide a community-enhancing infill housing project for large low-income families in East Hollywood, a dense urban setting. This project has met its financial goals, providing attractive subsidized housing for 16 families of many ethnic backgrounds.
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