Mid-Wilshire Site Planned for 10 Affordable Units Now Has Permit for 69

The city permit for 1025 S. Crenshaw Blvd. lists 55 low-income and 14 moderate-income apartments in a seven-story building.

Three years ago, the plan for a Crenshaw Boulevard property just south of Olympic called for 97 apartments, with 10 of them set aside for extremely low-income renters.

Now the city has permitted something else. L.A. Department of Building and Safety records show a permit issued Sept. 25 for a seven-story, 70-unit building at 1025 S. Crenshaw Blvd., labeled "100% affordable housing," with 55 low-income and 14 moderate-income apartments.

Same block, 27 fewer apartments, 59 more affordable ones.

The 97-unit plan came from Jamison Services, a Koreatown-based developer, Urbanize LA reported in July 2023. In July, Urbanize reported that Jamison had dropped that mostly market-rate plan, along with a market-rate project on the neighboring lot to the south, in favor of affordable housing.

The permit doesn't name a developer. A Jamison-affiliated entity owns the land, and a state tax credit application ties the project to Arden Residential, Jamison's new affordable housing affiliate, Urbanize reported. DFH Architects is designing it, according to a social media post by the firm that Urbanize cited.

Building and Safety records place the site in the Olympic Park Neighborhood Council area and City Council District 10. Urbanize puts it on the border between Mid-Wilshire and Koreatown.

The Building and Safety record describes five stories of Type III-A construction over a two-story Type I-A base for apartments and parking, 91 feet tall and 54,426 square feet in all, with a listed valuation of about $8 million. Plans were filed Oct. 9, 2025, according to the same record, so the permit took just under a year.

The bigger change may be in who fits inside. The 2023 plan had only studios and one-bedrooms, Urbanize reported then. The new project is classified as a Low Income Housing Tax Credit Large Family project, which Urbanize says means bigger apartments than affordable buildings usually get.

The Building and Safety record also says construction can't begin without a Cal/OSHA permit. A permit is permission, not a building: plans change, permits lapse, and some projects never get built.

If this one rises, a lot drawn three years ago for studios and one-bedrooms gets a building meant for families.

Source: data.lacity.org, retrieved October 7, 2026. Other sources: la.urbanize.city, la.urbanize.city (2).