The North Temple transit corridor is continuing to attract developers despite current economic headwinds.
A project proposed at the northwest corner of Jeremy Street (850 W) and 100 South in the Euclid/Fairpark neighborhood hopes to build 46 studio and “junior bedroom” apartment homes in a five-story structure.
The market-rate proposal is located just over ⅓ mile south of the Jackson/Euclid TRAX station. Notably it is only ½ block from the Folsom Trail, a corridor slated to be transformed into a linear park by the city.
The project will provide only six parking stalls for the 46 units, a nearly-negligible .13 to 1 parking ratio. Its density on the .2 acre lot is impressive, at 230 units/acre on TSA-UN-T zoning. The studio and junior bedroom units vary from 370 to 720 SF.
The lot previously hosted a handsome two-story single-family home built in 1900.
The developer, Dre London, with a Santa Monica, CA address, has hired locals Axis Architects to design the project.
Amenities include a lobby, a “generous clubhouse,” a roof terrace and bike storage.
While those features are likely important to prospective tenants, the developer is marketing the project based on its affordability.
“The 850 project responds to a burgeoning demand for affordable housing close to downtown,” developers wrote in their documents submitted to the city.
The studio and junior bedroom units “are perfectly suited for young professionals seeking to live downtown at a price they can afford.”
Somewhat amusing are the designer’s attempts to meet the city’s “active use” and “visual interest” standards at ground floor.
Ground-floor windows of dwelling units are described as angled, “meant to captivate onlookers and pedestrians, transforming ordinary sunlight into a mesmerizing display of shifting colors and intricate reflections” [typos corrected].
With residents likely drawing down their street-level shades permanently, how mesmerizing will that visual interest be for pedestrians?
Architectural drawings courtesy of Axis Architects.
The project is likely to appear on the Planning Commission’s agenda in the first months of the new year.
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