# City Planning Commission Approves 70-Unit Mixed-Use Project in Jefferson Park
*The Los Angeles City Planning Commission has approved a six-story, 70-apartment mixed-use building at 2800 West Jefferson Boulevard, replacing an auto body shop with new homes, retail, and nine very-low-income units.*

**Section:** Development
**Tags:** Development, Jefferson-park, Housing, Mixed-use, Kevin-tsai-architecture, Transit-oriented
**Reading time:** 2 min

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Planning Commission has approved a proposal to replace an auto body repair shop in Jefferson Park with a six-story mixed-use apartment building at 2800 West Jefferson Boulevard.

The project from Steve and Hannah Lim, first filed in 2024, would deliver 70 studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom homes above 2,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, with nine apartments reserved as very-low-income affordable housing.

## The Project

Designed by Kevin Tsai Architecture, the development spans roughly 70,852 square feet and reaches 70 feet in height. Its 70 homes include 10 studios, 20 one-bedroom, 35 two-bedroom, and five three-bedroom apartments, averaging about 898 square feet each. The building would replace two one-story auto repair buildings, a surface parking lot, a single-family house, and a detached garage.

Nine apartments would be set aside for very-low-income households for 55 years — one of them satisfying a replacement requirement for the existing home on the site. To build 70 units where base zoning allows 56, the project uses a density bonus, along with a 3.34:1 floor-area ratio in place of the otherwise-permitted 1.5:1.

## At a Glance

- **WHERE:** 2800 W. Jefferson Blvd · Jefferson Park
- **HOMES:** 70 units · 9 very-low-income
- **SCALE:** Six stories · 70 feet
- **ARCHITECT:** Kevin Tsai Architecture
- **TRANSIT:** ~0.5 mi from Expo/Crenshaw Station
- **IMAGE:** Kevin Tsai Architecture

## Design and Access

Although the site qualifies for a zero-parking option under California's AB 2097, the approved plans retain 45 vehicle spaces, plus 60 long-term and eight short-term bicycle spaces. Vehicle access sits along the rear alley, while the commercial frontage and residential entrance face Jefferson Boulevard.

The renderings show dark gray exterior surfaces paired with wood-toned panels, repeated vertical bays, recessed balconies, and a rounded corner marked by stacked projecting balconies. Open space totals 6,602 square feet, including a second-level courtyard, a 3,310-square-foot rooftop deck, and private balconies. Per the architect, a landscaped planter beneath the central opening doubles as a rainwater collection system, and units are designed for cross ventilation to reduce reliance on artificial cooling.

## Curator's Note

LA context: this is textbook transit-oriented Jefferson Park — a half-mile from the Expo/Crenshaw station, swapping an auto body shop for 70 homes and street-level retail. The rainwater-harvesting courtyard and cross-ventilated units are the kind of quiet sustainability moves that add up as the corridor keeps densifying around the K Line.

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Curated by VIBES News Desk · Published 2026-07-26
Source: https://www.curationsla.com/vibes/2026-07-26-2800-west-jefferson-70-unit-mixed-use-jefferson-park

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